I did have a lot of tables (that I skipped and used a different method to display things) and also graphics with links to different sites that I couldn´t get to work but besides this I´m happy I took the effort in reading the simple tutorial. A few glances at the tutorial and the user guide got me through and I now have an existing new web site, waiting to be approved by my client and to be uploaded with Cyberduck to the web hotel. I then used that start to make a new version of my existing page and I put a couple of days into this. I did the Ambient web page by reading the tutorial for this, and got the important, basic stuff. So, I decided to stick with Xway and see if could get the hang of it. I downloaded a free trial of Everweb and saw that I would have to relearn, and even with all their videos, some reading was important. When I got to the point that I really needed to update to MacOS Catalina (and maybe Big Sur) I realised that I had to move on. Since then, I´ve only done monthly small updates for the client. I did a simple web page for client some 10-15 years ago, and used Freeway for this. My wife has used for Word for 25 years and every time I look at it, I feel like I'm being punished. Sort of the diametric opposite of the Microsoft approach, which visually, is sort of like trying to unravel linguini. I like the Mac's iWork UI, which XWay employs, especially that the depth can be hidden until needed. They've put a lot of effort into them though and it shows. The only video tutorials I've ever just sat through without complaining (to myself) are from Affinity Photo. My personal view of the XWay tutorial, is that following it step-by-step, is actually a very efficient way to learn the basics. it would have been faster just to work through the process whilst only quietly muttering complaints to ourselves, under our breath. Of course, we've learned to zap through video and to skim-read written, although often in the end. Written are annoying, because they're often arcane and poorly written. I hate tutorials full-stop! Video are really annoying, because they're so slow to get to the point.
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