NVU - free alternative of Dreamweaver

NVU - The freeware alternative of dreamweaver
Platform: Windows 95/Me/2000/NT/98, Windows XP

License: Free Download

Nvu (pronounced “N-view”) is a discontinued WYSIWYG HTML editor, based on the Composer component of Mozilla Application Suite and Gecko 1.7. It is a common WYSIWYG editor for Linux and is intended to be an open source equivalent to proprietary softwarelike Microsoft Expression Web and Adobe Dreamweaver (although to date it is missing many features they possess). As a WYSIWYG editor, it is designed to be easy for novice users and does not require any knowledge of HTML or CSS to use.

Nvu  makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users.

User review: ”I’ve been waiting for this…”

Pros: Nvu is a nice, lighter weight alternative to the likes of Dreamweaver and FrontPage. Not only is it free, it’s easier to navigate and doesn’t hog system resources. It would be good for newbies, but more advanced users should find it useful, too. Applying custom styles and markup is easy, it supports UTF-8 extended characters, and it doesn’t hog system resources. I used Dreamweaver for years, from version 1.0 through MX 2004. I always hated its klunky interface, and now I have an alternative that doesn’t bog me down with all those unused bells and whistles.

Cons: Nvu-generated source code passes validation with flying colors, but it’s formatting is a little funky. Not a major drawback, though.

User review: ”Remarkable results can be acheived in no time…”

Pros: If you can use a word processor, you can use Nvu. Remarkable results can be acheived in no time with Nvu’s approach of allowing you to create web pages as easily as you would type a word processing document.

How about getting your created pages uploaded to your web site? It’s a snap since Nvu publishes them to your web site just by saving the document.

The help system is amazingly thorough, which is ironic since you probably won’t need to spend much time there to figure out how to get your project done, as the application is so easy to use.

Internet resource of NVU