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It has just come to my attention that Microsoft's FrontPage program is still being used by some people. WTF? I was scared for a moment, but a quick search shows that the program was discontinued in 2003, but it was replaced by other similar MS products, and Publisher is also used to create Web pages, which are every-bit as awful -- I was just looking at one.

Back in the day, stone-age flint-chipping tools like FrontPage, filled a niche; people who wanted even the simplest sort of Website were at the total mercy of blood-sucking brainiacs who could write HTML. FrontPage wasn't the only tool that allowed  clueless, code-less  people to produce simple Web pages at the expense of all that was holy about code, but FrontPage was well-know for just how bad it's code was. But the users it was aimed at didn't care, and they didn't have much choice.

Now they have a choice. Why would anyone use something like Frontpage or Publisher to produce a Website, when they can use a Content Management System, like Wordpress, Drupal, or Joomla, to name a few.  CMS are free, easy to use, and produce good results. I can only imagine that a lot of people who would benefit from them, still don't understand what CMSs are.

Illustration by Dave Gilson. Nicked from here.