HotDog
Encyclopedia
HotDog is the name of the HTML
web editing tool developed by Sausage Software
in the mid-1990s. At the time of its development, there were only a small number of HTML editors available on the market (such as HoTMetaL
) and HotDog gathered significant interest from web users (and then commercial users) due to its ease of use and "What you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG
) interface.
The program was developed by Australia
n Internet
entrepreneur
Steve Outtrim
. In 2000, the ownership of the product was sold from Sausage Software
and, despite still being called Sausage Software, is now run by a company unrelated to the Outtrim-founded Sausage Software.
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
web editing tool developed by Sausage Software
Sausage Software
Sausage Software was an Australian software company, founded by entrepreneur Steve Outtrim, which produced one of the world's most successful web editors: the HotDog web authoring tool...
in the mid-1990s. At the time of its development, there were only a small number of HTML editors available on the market (such as HoTMetaL
HoTMetaL
HoTMetaL was a very early commercial HTML-authoring software, released in 1994 by SoftQuad Software of Toronto, Canada.Based on the SGML engine of SoftQuad Author/Editor, HoTMetaL was released with a free version and a professional version . There was also a "light" version...
) and HotDog gathered significant interest from web users (and then commercial users) due to its ease of use and "What you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
) interface.
The program was developed by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
Steve Outtrim
Steve Outtrim
Steve Outtrim is a technology entrepreneur from New Zealand. He is best known for his success in the early "dot com years" of the Internet, as the creator of Sausage Software and its flagship product, the HotDog Web Editor...
. In 2000, the ownership of the product was sold from Sausage Software
Sausage Software
Sausage Software was an Australian software company, founded by entrepreneur Steve Outtrim, which produced one of the world's most successful web editors: the HotDog web authoring tool...
and, despite still being called Sausage Software, is now run by a company unrelated to the Outtrim-founded Sausage Software.