I have a new client who wants to get a site up and running quickly. I'd love to wait and see if Themeframe is what I should be using to build the site, but she can't wait. I plan to use Ata 3.4.4, and I'm wondering how hard it will be to switch to Themeframe later on. I realize the answer to that can't be precise, because even I don't know exactly what features will be in the new site.

At some point, I would love to see a comparison of Ata vs. Themeframe: what will TF do that Ata doesn't?

Themeframe is a WYSIWYG theme creator with live preview and drag & drop action. Themes can be created in a very visual way. The results can be seen immediately on the same page, the live site doesn't need to be reloaded all the time. Also performance improvements (1 DB query instead of 200+), more fine grained control and and and. It will require a 1280+ pixels monitor, Firefox or Safari, and WP 2.8+

It will take a while until Themeframe is fully finished so I wouldn't plan with it for a site that needs to be done soon. I plan to release the CSS & menu creator part of it within days, with static page templates. This will be functional and good enough to create themes but the theme settings part and other modules will follow later.

Ah, I see. OK, I'll go ahead, and just salivate.

I've tried Artisteer. Will it be something like that?