<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
(	O
NOF	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
web	O
design	O
tool	O
,	O
from	O
1996	O
to	O
2001	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
NetObjects	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
marketed	O
from	O
2001	O
until	O
2009	O
by	O
Web.com	O
(	O
former	O
called	O
Website	O
Pros	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
acquired	O
the	O
application	B-Application
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
July	O
2009	O
on	O
distributed	O
again	O
by	O
the	O
re-established	O
NetObjects	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
has	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
generates	O
HTML	B-Language
or	O
(	O
since	O
release	O
11	O
)	O
XHTML	B-Language
through	O
its	O
own	O
proprietary	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
origins	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
date	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
Samir	O
Arora	O
,	O
David	O
Kleinberg	O
,	O
and	O
Sal	O
Arora	O
did	O
research	O
in	O
early	O
information	O
navigation	O
applications	O
—	O
before	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
browser	B-Application
"	O
was	O
born	O
and	O
Mosaic	B-Application
was	O
invented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Rae	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
Arora	O
brothers	O
and	O
David	O
Kleinberg	O
developed	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
environment	O
called	O
SOLO	O
(	O
Structure	O
of	O
Linked	O
Objects	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
technological	O
basis	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1995	O
with	O
an	O
initial	O
investment	O
by	O
Rae	O
Technology	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clement	O
Mok	O
,	O
Victor	O
Zaud	O
,	O
Karen	O
Rall	O
,	O
and	O
Susan	O
Kare	O
,	O
interactivity	O
designers	O
,	O
were	O
contracted	O
to	O
accomplish	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
and	O
design	O
its	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
hopes	O
of	O
the	O
newly	O
founded	O
company	O
were	O
high	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
reactions	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
IT	O
observers	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
releases	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
and	O
1997	O
were	O
very	O
positive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
other	O
awards	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
received	O
were	O
InfoWorlds	O
Analyst	O
Choice	O
Award	O
and	O
PC	O
Magazine'''s	O
Editors	O
 '	O
Choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
of	O
great	O
success	O
,	O
NOF	O
fell	O
back	O
in	O
market	O
share	O
and	O
reputation	O
against	O
the	O
competition	O
,	O
mainly	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
,	O
though	O
it	O
always	O
kept	O
a	O
dedicated	O
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Annual	O
Reports	O
,	O
"	O
licenses	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
balance	O
sheet	O
represent	O
only	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenue	O
from	O
software	O
sales	O
was	O
$2.44	O
million	O
in	O
2007	O
(	O
no	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
was	O
released	O
)	O
,	O
down	O
from	O
$3.58	O
million	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
$3.86	O
million	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
reached	O
the	O
biggest	O
resonance	O
in	O
Germany	O
,	O
reaching	O
nearly	O
two-thirds	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
is	O
not	O
an	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
but	O
an	O
HTML	B-Language
generator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NOF	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
similar	O
to	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
applications	O
like	O
Pagemaker	B-Operating_System
(	O
now	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
has	O
pixel-level	O
control	O
over	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
page	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
actions	O
on	O
pages	O
get	O
written	O
into	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
database	O
,	O
which	O
generates	O
HTML	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	B-Application
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
intended	O
to	O
give	O
them	O
a	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
a	O
workflow	B-Operating_System
they	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetObjects-specific	O
graphical	B-Application
interface	I-Application
proved	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
barrier	O
for	O
programmers	B-Application
who	O
wanted	O
full	O
access	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
external	O
editor	B-General_Concept
was	O
needed	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
that	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manually	O
changed	O
HTML	B-Language
code	I-Language
cannot	O
be	O
imported	O
back	O
into	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
later	O
versions	O
,	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
so-called	O
"	O
insertion	O
points	O
"	O
have	O
been	O
implemented	O
where	O
pieces	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
can	O
be	O
inserted	O
into	O
the	O
NOF-generated	O
code	O
(	O
like	O
between	O
HEAD	B-General_Concept
tags	I-General_Concept
or	O
inside	O
BODY	B-General_Concept
tags	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
11	O
comes	O
with	O
HTML	B-Language
inspectors	O
for	O
every	O
object	O
on	O
the	O
page	O
and	O
limited	O
possibilities	O
for	O
editing	O
code	O
in	O
the	O
Code	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
workspace	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
offers	O
different	O
views	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
project	B-Application
management	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Site	O
view	O
,	O
the	O
web	O
project	O
is	O
laid	O
out	O
and	O
structured	O
(	O
NOF	O
is	O
a	O
site-oriented	O
HTML	B-Language
generator	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
visualization	B-Application
technology	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
has	O
been	O
patented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
operates	O
with	O
a	O
draw-based	O
layout	O
editor	B-General_Concept
very	O
similar	O
to	O
Desktop	O
publishing	O
(	O
DTP	O
)	O
or	O
Computer-Aided	B-Application
Design	I-Application
(	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
8	O
,	O
basic	O
bitmap	B-Application
editing	I-Application
capabilities	O
are	O
integrated	O
in	O
the	O
image	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
objects	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
accurately	O
with	O
pixel-level	O
control	O
on	O
the	O
page	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
aligned	O
or	O
evenly	O
distributed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
version	O
11	O
,	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
moved	O
along	O
to	O
CSS-based	O
layout	O
to	O
enable	O
pixel-level	O
control	O
of	O
all	O
objects	O
on	O
the	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
versions	O
generated	O
complex	O
hidden	O
tables	B-General_Concept
and	O
blind	O
GIFs	O
for	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Team	O
Fusion	O
Client	O
(	O
coming	O
with	O
the	O
NetObjects	O
Authoring	O
Server	O
)	O
had	O
used	O
CSS-driven	O
layout	O
at	O
least	O
since	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
release	O
11	O
still	O
offers	O
table-based	O
layout	O
as	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
maintain	O
upwards	O
compatibility	O
to	O
complex	O
projects	O
built	O
with	O
earlier	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
tab	O
on	O
page	O
view	O
starts	O
an	O
integrated	O
browser	B-Application
(	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
)	O
to	O
show	O
an	O
immediate	O
preview	O
without	O
leaving	O
NOF	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netobjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
11	O
can	O
show	O
a	O
preview	O
also	O
with	O
Firefox	O
up	O
to	O
3.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Styles	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
completely	O
user-defined	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
Cascading	B-Language
Style	I-Language
Sheets	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
views	O
are	O
Asset	O
view	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
image	O
and	O
media	O
files	O
are	O
managed	O
;	O
Publish	O
view	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
local	O
previewing	O
or	O
remote	O
publishing	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
FTP	B-Protocol
module	O
;	O
and	O
Online	O
view	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
added	O
with	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
MX	O
(	O
6	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
get	O
access	O
to	O
third	O
party	O
modules	O
,	O
tutorials	O
or	O
customer	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
has	O
been	O
praised	O
as	O
elegant	O
and	O
user-friendly	O
by	O
users	O
and	O
observers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
proved	O
to	O
be	O
flexible	O
for	O
small	O
to	O
medium-sized	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Experts	O
can	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
NOF	O
's	O
layout	O
capabilities	O
and	O
use	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
mere	O
front-end	B-General_Concept
to	O
PHP/SQL	O
database	O
or	O
advanced	O
e-commerce	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
formerly	O
popular	O
components	O
by	O
third-party	O
vendors	O
like	O
Coolmaps	O
or	O
Bitmotion	O
have	O
been	O
discontinued	O
or	O
remain	O
in	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
just	O
maintaining	O
compatibility	O
to	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
without	O
further	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scalability	B-Architecture
was	O
a	O
known	O
problem	O
of	O
early	O
versions	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
release	O
11	O
,	O
relying	O
on	O
improved	O
database	O
connectivity	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
integrate	O
XML-files	O
into	O
any	O
objects	O
on	O
pages	O
,	O
scalability	B-Architecture
is	O
not	O
seen	O
as	O
an	O
issue	O
any	O
more	O
by	O
the	O
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
limited	O
access	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
is	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
critical	O
flaw	O
by	O
many	O
web	O
developers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
was	O
not	O
designed	O
to	O
this	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
,	O
Website	O
Pros	O
kept	O
a	O
steady	O
pace	O
of	O
new	O
releases	O
with	O
enhanced	O
functionalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engineering	O
had	O
been	O
outsourced	B-Architecture
to	O
Romania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
Web.com	O
"	O
terminated	O
the	O
outsourced	B-Architecture
software	O
development	O
"	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
"	O
use	O
existing	O
in-house	B-Architecture
resources	O
to	O
assist	O
with	O
the	O
future	O
development	O
"	O
of	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
version	O
10	O
,	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
improved	O
compliance	O
with	O
modern	O
web	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NOF	O
10	O
(	O
2006	O
)	O
came	O
with	O
full	O
W3C	O
and	O
CSS	B-Language
2.1	I-Language
compliance	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
major	O
overhaul	O
of	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
CSS	B-Language
could	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
text	O
formatting	O
only	O
and	O
page	O
design	O
stayed	O
table-based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
11	O
(	O
2008	O
)	O
offered	O
CSS-positioned	O
layout	O
and	O
publishing	O
with	O
XHTML	B-Language
1.0	I-Language
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enabling	O
typical	O
Web	O
2.0	O
sites	O
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
AJAX	B-Device
widgets	O
like	O
accordions	O
and	O
tagged	O
panels	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
introduced	O
with	O
release	O
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
release	O
9	O
,	O
Website	O
Pros	O
also	O
distributed	O
"	O
NetObjects	O
nPower	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
collaborative	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
solution	O
,	O
to	O
use	O
with	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
basic	O
version	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Essentials	O
was	O
introduced	O
for	O
free	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
is	O
granted	O
by	O
an	O
active	O
user	O
community	O
in	O
newsgroups	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publication	O
of	O
books	O
covering	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
has	O
decreased	O
with	O
shrinking	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
McGraw-Hill	O
published	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
11	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
How	O
to	O
Do	O
Everything	O
"	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
2015	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
and	O
some	O
users	O
have	O
reported	O
problems	O
running	O
it	O
under	O
Windows	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Handbook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Killer	O
Web	O
Design	O
:	O
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
9	O
User	O
Manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetObjects	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
11	O
.	O
</s>
