I visit this forum every day, just to see what's going on and importantly to see if NOF has finally got around to a major update to bring it up to the most current requirements - responsiveness.
The last few new versions have seemed to be little more than updates. My last working websites were built in NOF11, even though I bought later versions. My website portfolio is fairly small now, but overall still achieves about 12,000 visits per day across all sites.
Windows 7 is the most commonly used OS (42%), followed by iOS (32%), then Android (21%) - older Win versions etc make up the rest
67% of visitors use a tablet or mobile device of some type. (One motor trade site bends this average greatly - 88% come from mobile/small screen resolutions!! )
Most common screen resolution is 1280x768, but ranges from 360 to 1900 with surprisingly little differences in the ratios. Probably down to the massive range of devices available today.
Due to needing to cater for such a wide range of screen resolutions, I opted for Wordpress as my platform of choice - I know it wasn't everyone's favourite, but it is updated regularly, bugs get fixed, and the range of free and paid plugins means almost any task is possible. I know Franko expressed concerns that Wordpress sites were easily identified - this is/was true for many sites, but the range of customisable responsive templates now available plus the option to build custom templates means that virtually any type of website or customer can be accommodated.
Fusion has served me excellently for years, and I particularly liked its whole-site management and page design functions. Sadly these alone aren't enough to keep pace with modern requirements, and I honestly think the Netobjects team are being disrespectful to their customer base by expecting users to continue paying for 'new' versions which they know full well are just mildly reworked. To be blunt, I think their marketing emails are little more than attempts to squeeze every last cent/penny out of a once great but now obsolete product.
And of course if it wasn't for the knowledgeable regular contributors (you know who you are ) many purchasers of the software would have been left high and dry without any other means of help and support.
My last NOF website has now been replaced with a responsive Wordpress version, and unless Netobjects comes up with a genuinely NEW version, I won't be parting with any more cash.
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