Site Title: Moyra's Web Jewels
Web Adress: http://moyra.com/jewels

Why do you use Fusion?

I am not an HTML person. I figured this out after creating my first web site in 1996. Its not "Hyper Text Markup Language" to me. Its a constant tedious battle to get the code to fit my vision of the finished pages.

Without NetObjects Fusion, I would have long ago given up the fight to make what is seen in the browser pages look like my sketches - and yes, I sketch all my layouts.

From the very first time I opened up NetObjects - version one, back in 1996 - I couldn't believe how easy it was to organize and lay out attractive pages any way I pictured them in my imagination.

Honestly, and without exaggeration, my life would not be what it is without NetObjects Fusion. I would simply not exist on the Web, and I would probably be working for a corporation, wearing a suit and stifling under the artistic constraints of pushing grey and navy pixels and attending endless meetings. Instead, I work for myself doing what I love, and stay incredibly busy.

The three most indispensable programs I have, without which I simply could not survive - literally, since I do this for a living - are Adobe Photoshop, Metacreations Painter and NetObjects Fusion.

I use it because it is the absolute best web site creation program I have ever found. And yes, I have demo'd the "others".

Your five favorite web sites?

For different reasons, and at different times:

Fischer West ( http://www.fischer.com.au )
The art, the inventiveness. The man is simply said, one of my Internet Art Gods.

i-us (http://www.i-us.com)
The most informative and content rich online community for digital artists

Web Monkey (http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey)
The best collection of how-to guides for designers on the web.

DHTML Guru (http://www.htmlguru.com)
Its the only web site I keep going back to because I would like to learn how to make a site as visually engaging as this one. Its not just a tutorial site - its an experience. (note to self: learn how to use actions in NetObjects Fusion)

THE WEB DESIGN CLINIC (http://www.webdesignclinic.com)
Hand picked resources for web page builders and a wonderful E-Zine. And I don't say this because I occasionally contribute graphics tutorials to the E-Zine- the Web Design Clinic actually *is* one of my most used web resources.

Will the world go crazy on jan 01 00? ;-)

The world goes crazy every day. I hope it will go even crazier on that day, it being the first of a new century and all. As to the world as we know it ending due to monster computer disasters and so forth, I doubt it. In any case, most people will be too hung over and tired from New year's parties to even notice. Myself included. Unless, of course, NetObjects Fusion, Photoshop and Painter are not Y2K compatible. Then I WILL go crazy.

Thank you Moyra! You are one of the web's true jewels!