IXLA Webeasy Deluxe

Customer Reviews:

IXLA WebEasy Deluxe [Posted on 2000-03-28]
The WebEasy Deluxe (version 1.4) package contains two basic items. First the WebEasy Software, and second a Digital Camera, which easily downloads photos to the software package.The included "User Manual" documentation package is very poor and incomplete and requires the user to rely on the software based "Help Screens" for detailed operating information. However, the "Help Screen" software is NOT INCLUDED with the software package. It is necessary to download a "Utilities" package from the IXLA website which includes the "Help Screens". I successfully downloaded the "Utilities" package twice from the IXLA website (approx. 13+ megs) and was unable to install the package each time because no executable file (.exe) was included with the download, thus making it impossible to RUN and install the files into the WebEasy Software. I contacted "Level II Technical support for assistance" and am still waiting for an E-mail reply.A supplimental "ClipArt" CD is included but cannot be accessed without the software contained in this "Utilities" package.The software portion of the package, which is used to create your own Web-Sites, is operational even without the "Utilities" package and is absolutely marvelous. It simplifies the process of creating and publishing a website. The second portion of this package includes a Digital Camera, the "IXLA SuperPro 640". The camera is easy to use, and easily connects to your computer via the USB or Serial Port (cables included). Once connected it is an easy matter to download the photos to the software package and use them in the website you're creating. However, the quality of the pictures was absolutely terrible. Despite the reported 640x480 resolution (which is typically quite acceptable for website use), the pictures were grainy, lacked contrast, and had poor color saturation. The pictures were of such poor quality as to make the camera a useless addition to the package. I called IXLA about this problem, and they confirmed that they had many complaints about the SuperPro 640 camera, and were also disappointed with the photographic quality of the images, as a result they were in the process of looking for a replacement camera. Even IXLA considered the camera a defective element within their web development package.RECOMMENDATION: * If you don't mind a "hunt and peck" approach to learning how to use a software package, the WebEasy Software is GREAT.* The included Documentation is absolutely Terrible.* The Camera is inherently a defective product, and a total waste of money.* The file transfers from the IXLA website cannot be installed into the software package without contacting technical support.* Technical support Level II is slow to respond. (I'm still waiting as I write this review.)* There is so much wrong with this package, that it constitutes a "defective" product and as such I returned it for a refund.

IXLA Webeasy without the camera [Posted on 2000-07-08]
This is a very easy easy program to use if you don't plan to put any banners on your page or do any of your own html additions. It would be a wonderful tool for a child. They would need help to import the pictures, and to build and upload the file to the web. After everything is there its complete clicking to do a web page. If you plan to add any html at all to your page do not buy this, otherwise it is a very easy tool. Just too easy!

designed for child, too simple for adult [Posted on 2003-05-26]
If you plan on doing any custom programming whatsoever to the templates, this is useless. If you are joe blow and don't really care what some homepage of yours looks like then you can use this and probably be very happy because you don't need to know HTML. However if you are trying to run a business of course you realize that you can't just expect some template to do exactly what you want. All of the templates are background .gifs, and HTML shows up over them, making the templates extremely difficult to work with and customize.

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