Originally Posted by LiquiMedia I didnt actually learn HTML. why? because I was actually drawing it! not writing the codes/tags. Furthermore, you must be familiar with those GUI software and set it not to clutter your code. It adds extra tags and messes up your code.

Interesting. I never had that problem and I've used Dreamweaver for about 10 years now. I have no problem in getting my code 100% valid. I now also hand code html & css and I use Dreamweaver. I could use notebook or a text editor if I wanted to, but I don't. Never known it to add extra tags or clutter my code. And I have never adjusted the settings to anything but what the standard is when its installed. I always check the code first before its finished so I really have no problem with DW personally.