Adobe InDesign is a page-oriented15 software that includes built-in, extensible support for importing and exporting XML files. InDesign also allows you to export pages directly to Adobe GoLive 6.0 to use in dynamically generating Web pages. It supports Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and share native Photoshop and Illustrator files and can share these with GoLive. Through its tagged Adobe PDF support, InDesign exports graphically sophisticated eBooks that can be viewed on different devices. InDesign also supports Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) for embedding metadata in documents.
Because it is a page-oriented development tool, as opposed to document-oriented, Adobe InDesign is a good choice for small 2-5 page documents where consistent look and feel is very important: marketing materials, offer briefs, and so forth. Many users find FrameMaker difficult to use in smaller, graphics intense documents. InDesign can be an excellent alternative.
Adobe GoLive is Adobe's competitor for Macromedia Dreamweaver. It does just about everything that Dreamweaver does, only a little differently. What it does not do as well as Dreamweaver is integrate as well with Authorware and Flash. Both GoLive and Dreamweaver will send you scurrying into the source code at edit time. The WYSIWYG editing mode is very nice and handy, but it is maddeningly imprecise. If Lo-Fi16 Web development is practically all your output, then GoLive may be an excellent choice, particularly if you are wishing to integrate more closely with print-deliverable development using FrameMaker. If Hi-Fi Web content is the majority of your online offering, then Dreamweaver has the edge in integrating with Flash and Authorware.