I want to buy a web design software..

2007-05-15T01:12:00.000+05:30

I want to buy a web design software . My budget is $50.I dont like to code and want to make sites as first as possible.So let us see :

Features

Web Page Maker
Download Trial

WYSWYG – What you see is what you get i.e. what you see in the editor is equal to the published website, no code needed : YES

Drag and Drop – YES

CSS – You can format style sheet with out knowing CSS – YES

Navigation Menu – Menu maker – YES

Dropdown Menu - NO

Thumbnail, mouse-over effects, ready-to-use Java Script effects, text link style sheet, tables, forms, iFrames : YES

Create A Logo : YES

Link – Can change colour ? Can create mouse over ?Can open a link in iFrame ? – YES

Pre-designed Web Templates – YES

One Click Publishing – YES

Page Manager - Create websites with multiple pages and easily manage – YES

HTML Code Window – Can simultaneously generate source code ? - NO

Button Editor supporting flash and sound effect – YES

Form Maker - YES

Easy Website Pro

Download Trial

WYSWYG – What you see is what you get i.e. what you see in the editor is equal to the published website, no code needed : YES

Drag and Drop – YES

CSS – You can format style sheet with out knowing CSS – YES

Navigation Menu – Menu maker – YES

Dropdown Menu - YES

Thumbnail, mouse-over effects, ready-to-use Java Script effects, text link style sheet, tables, forms, iFrames : YES

Create A Logo : YES

Link – Can change colour ? Can create mouse over ?Can open a link in iFrame ? – YES

Pre-designed Web Templates – YES

One Click Publishing – YES

Page Manager - Create websites with multiple pages and easily manage – YES

HTML Code Window – Can simultaneously generate source code ? - YES

Buttons Editor supporting flash and sound effect – YES

Form Maker - YES

Net Object Fusion
Download Trial

WYSWYG – What you see is what you get i.e. what you see in the editor is equal to the published website, no code needed : YES

Drag and Drop – YES

CSS – You can format style sheet with out knowing CSS – YES

Navigation Menu – Menu maker – YES

Dropdown Menu - YES

Thumbnail, mouse-over effects, ready-to-use Java Script effects, text link style sheet, tables, forms, iFrames : YES

Create A Logo : YES

Link – Can change colour ? Can create mouse over ?Can open a link in iFrame ? – YES

Pre-designed Web Templates – YES

One Click Publishing – YES

Page Manager - Create websites with multiple pages and easily manage – YES

HTML Code Window – Can simultaneously generate source code ? - YES

Buttons Editor supporting flash and sound effect – YES

Form Maker - YES

Price

Web Page Maker

$49

Easy Website Pro

$69

Net Object Fusion

$109.95

Service

Web Page Maker

Answer you within 24 hours

Easy Website Pro

Customer can Login to their customer account and solve their problems

Net Object Fusion

Various options to access their support : Newsgroup, email, online support center

First Impression

Web Page Maker

Easy to use – recommended for beginners

Easy Website Pro

Lots of features like logo-maker, intro-maker etc.

Net Object Fusion
For the pros (for the price)

What do you think ? Ya,Web Page Maker is my choice.(lowest price,nearly equal functionality)

I want to pre-order Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2007-04-14T20:40:00.000+05:30

It's official! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's magical Harry Potter series, will be released on July 21, 2007. In the February 1 announcement from the book's publisher, Lisa Holton, President of Scholastic Children's Books, said, 'We are thrilled to announce the publication date of the seventh installment in this remarkable series. We join J.K. Rowling's millions of readers-young and old, veterans and newcomers-in anticipating what lies ahead.' Save the date, and let the countdown begin!

I want to pre-order this book . But I am confused about the point of sale. My priorities are clear :

Price : Lowest
Shipping and Handling Cost : Lowest
The store must be reliable and well known .

This book is available for pre-order only in Amazon, Amazon UK, Sify Shop, Barnes & Noble.com and Buy.com

For Amazon

List Price : $18.89
Shipping and Handling Cost : $12
Reliability : I had purchased from Amazon earlier.That time they deliver the product within 7 days(I stay in India)
Popularity : Oldest known online shop

For Amazon UK

List Price : £8.99 ~ $15.99
Shipping and Handling Cost : $8
Reliability : I had not purchased from Amazon UK anytime in my life . But they are well respected even in India for Amazon US.
Popularity : Approximately 10 years in service.Many people in Asia don’t know that their is an UK version of Amazon

For Sify Shop

List Price : Rs.732 ~ $16.27
Shipping and Handling Cost : Less than Amazon as they ship from India and I stay in India.
Reliability : I had never purchased from them earlier
Popularity : Approximately 3 years in service.Many people even in India don’t know about this site.

For Buy.com

List Price : $22.18
Shipping and Handling Cost : $3
Reliability : I had not purchased from them anytime in my life .
Popularity : Approximately 10 years in service. Well-known in US but not in Asiatic countries

For Barnes and Nobles (B & N)

List Price : $20.99
Shipping and Handling Cost : $3
Reliability : I had not purchased from them anytime in my life .
Popularity : Oldest. Well-known in US as a book-shop but not in Asiatic countries

So the price is lowest in Amazon UK but the shipping cost is higher than Sify .But Sify is not a very popular online store . As Amazon is extremely popular and respected world wide and Amazon UK is just a sub-sidiary of the same company,I prefer Amazon UK . Though if they do not ship to India I’ll go for Sify . My last choice will be to purchase from B & N.

If I rate Best as 10 and Worst as 0 then,

For Amazon

List Price : $18.89 = 7/10
Shipping and Handling Cost : $12 = 3/10
Reliability : I had purchased from Amazon earlier.That time they deliver the product within 7 days(I stay in India) = 10/10
Popularity : Oldest known online shop = 10/10

Total = 30/40

For Amazon UK

List Price : £8.99 ~ $15.99 = 9/10
Shipping and Handling Cost : $8 = 4/10
Reliability : I had not purchased from Amazon UK anytime in my life . But they are well respected even in India for Amazon US.= 8/10
Popularity : Approximately 10 years in service. Many people in Asia don’t know that their is an UK version of Amazon = 7/10

Total = 28/40

For Sify Shop

List Price : Rs.732 ~ $16.27 = 8/10
Shipping and Handling Cost : Less than Amazon as they ship from India and I stay in India. = 9/10
Reliability : I had never purchased from them earlier = 6/10
Popularity : Approximately 3 years in service. Many people even in India don’t know about this site. = 4/10

Total = 27/40

For Buy.com

List Price : $18.88 = 7/10
Shipping and Handling Cost : $3 = 8/10
Reliability : I had not purchased from them anytime in my life . = 7/10
Popularity : Approximately 10 years in service. Well-known in US but not in Asiatic countries = 5/10

Total = 27/40

For Barnes and Nobles (B & N)

List Price : $20.99 = 5/10
Shipping and Handling Cost : $3 = 8/10
Reliability : I had not purchased from them anytime in my life . = 7/10
Popularity : Oldest. Well-known in US as a book-shop but not in Asiatic countries. = 5/10

Total = 25/40

You can easily understand that Amazon is the clear leader .It will be better for me to pre-order the book from Amazon .

My first choice was Sify or Amazon UK but after rating all the shops, my decision had to be changed .

Decide by Comparison

I want to buy a web design software..

I want to pre-order Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows