Reasons why using FrontPage, Dreamweaver, and anything else other than Notepad is irrational

1) If you use software, you are only as good as your program. If you use Notepad, you are as good as your brain. Software can not do everything, but you can.

2) It is common for software to include CSS that is local. Let us say that you have a 300 unit long list. In that list there is a date, name, number, etc. Each element has the same color, font size, font weight, alignment, etc (meaning that all the names: are blue, 30px, and have underline text-decoration, and all the dates: are red, 50px, and have a text-decoration of double strikethrough.). It would be logical to define some classes in the head so that you do not have to rewrite the CSS rules every time they are needed (300 times). [So write it once, vs 300 times!]. But software does not do that, it would most likely rewrite the dame rule over and over, not only adding to the size of the file (reduce speed, more memory on disk, eats bandwidth) it adds complexity to the code, making it harder for others to edit (much less understand what is going on in the code).

3) Not dependent on software

4) Software only knows how to do a function one way. As you should know, there are many ways to do something. Depending on what needs to change, the fix can be something like a change in the CSS ( as in changing a rule and/or using the cascade to your advantage) or a change in the structure of the HTML file, each having pro and cons. For example, say you forgot to add a style to all of your table cells. Well, you can just add a class to the table and boom: table.quickFix tr td {style}. However, software only knows how to fix a problem (or create an effect) one way, and that way many not be the most helpful.

5) I have seen software that used the Font tag!!! (the w3c has killed the font tag)