Back then when I used Frontpage, I couldn't care less about the code quality or the output it generated. It helped me really quickly get a site up and running on the web. Especially personal or family websites. They had wonderful templates for those.

I don't know anything like Frontpage in 2020 that has such a short learning curve but that is as customizable.

I would really pay for something like a modern Frontpage without the bad stuff the author talks about. Despite me being a web developer with a decade plus experience doing websites, I would gladly enjoy working with such a nice tool.