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Redwood City, CA, March 10, 1997 -- NetObjects, Inc. today announced that its category-creating NetObjects Fusion 2.0 Web site development software has won a C/Net Internet Excellence Award. NetObjects Fusion 2.0 for Windows was named the "Best Web Design Tool," edging out Microsoft FrontPage'97 and HomeSite 2.0 for this highest honor.
NetObjects Fusion is widely recognized as pioneering the category of site-oriented Web site software, and is used by designers, developers, and professional site builders within small businesses and corporations to build compelling sites, not just pages.
"NetObjects Fusion remains the single most effective way to create and manage comprehensive, professional sites efficiently and intuitively," said the CNET editors judging the awards. "For the design-minded, the desktop-publishing-style authoring interface is friendlier and somewhat more intuitive. By starting with an organizational chart rather than an empty page, it is easier to manage the site from the top down. It also affords better pixel-level control of placement of objects, including snap-to guidelines. And the addition of simple, thorough site importing capabilities in version 2.0 really put Fusion ahead of FrontPage."
The CNET award follows other recognition for NetObjects Fusion 2.0 such as being named:
- "Product of the Week," PC Magazine On-Line, March 3, 1997;
- Finalist, Outstanding Business Software, Internet World Industry Awards
and being judged "Bottom Line: Excellent, Cons: None Significant" by an Infoworld reviewer.
"CNET has recognized what thousands of site builders tell us every day -- using NetObjects Fusion is simply the easiest and most productive way to build good-looking, sophisticated Web sites," said David Kleinberg, NetObjects' executive vice president of products. "It's also heartening to be rewarded for keeping our finger the pulse of Web site builders and delivering quality software to them in Internet time."
Since the introduction of NetObjects Fusion 1.0 in September 1996, over 150,000 site builders have downloaded it to build thousands of media-rich Web sites. NetObjects 2.0 for Windows is available today for an expected street price of under $500 in North America via Ingram Micro, a network of resellers and VARs and directly from NetObjects.
About NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc. is a privately-held company that is funded by Perseus LLC, AT&T Ventures, Norwest Venture Capital, Venrock Associates and private investors. NetObjects develops Web site building products that are based on the first visual, site-oriented approach to building Web sites, unlike first generation, text-based, page-oriented tools. NetObjects Fusion is the first smart Web site building application that integrates automated site building, professional quality design and data publishing, thereby lowering the cost, time and tedium of building high-quality Web sites. NetObjects Fusion has received wide acclaim including winning CNET's 1997 Internet Excellence Award for Best Web Design Product and being named one of the Top Five Internet Products of 1996, and PC Magazine's Editors Choice award.
For press inquiries, contact:
Kamini Ramani
Director of Corporate Communications
(415) 482-3238
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