I used Frontpage, and Frontpage Extensions on the server side. I used HoTMetaL, Dreamweaver, and a few other WYSIWYG editors too. They were good, but nothing quite beat Notepad (or BBEdit if you were on a Mac). I remember Adobe Pagemill was really handy for doing the same changes across hundreds of files too.
I used Frontpage for a good while (I made a nice chunk of change off of that app), but switched to Dreamweaver as I started doing more and more PHP.
But either way, I always loved those programs (and was really irritated by the elitists who said you couldn't make decent sites unless you used only notepad; those training wheels helped me become good at something that all of my "notepad-only" friends have all given up on).
But I agree, as fun as it was, I really have no desire to go back to that world.
MS Front page editor and Notepad were the only tools those days. But was really cool. I still remember my first website showing Dinosaurs family classification inspired by movie 'Jurassic Park'
As fun as it was then I don't want to go back.