so no more designing pages that work in IE6, you have to design pages that work period... so Serif is out..  cheap is not always best when it comes to software, as you've probably experienced.

I completely disagree with you. Everyone I know using Serif is very happy and never had to fix code at all. I've never had any complaints about my websites, they work well in any browser and Serif will still work for me (and many others). Cheap may not always be the best, but Serif certainly doesn't fit that description.

I'm in charge of the webdesign for my work also and there Frontpage is used. so I know how to write websites from code and still prefer using Serif. Implementing my own scripts from with in Serif is also no problem at all. I'm not sure what version you've used, but starting from version 9, Serif has improved their software tremdously. It amazing how much they're offering for the price they're asking and you get worth. Especially compared to FrontPage. It produces a mess and still you pay a lot for it.

As if more expensive software guarentees a better product.

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Due to the childish TOS changes, I'm not allowed to link to my other products outside of Rendo anymore :(

Food for thought.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZw0dfLmLk