The best freeware Web editors???

photoweborama · May 12th, 2008, 08:22 AM

My wife has been using Netscape editor for years, but she is fed up with it.
What is the best WYSIWYG free or open source web editor you have found?

She needs it to do her ebay stuff, but she has almost no technical ability.

And since she is doing ebay stuff, it has to be generic web compliant, no Frontpage kind of programs that stick a bunch of proprietary code into it.

I tired Maguma, but it might be too complex for her...

Thanks in advance.

WallyArms · May 12th, 2008, 10:38 AM

Have you tried SeaMonkey? It is a free open source browser/editor based on NetScape.

MGade · May 12th, 2008, 10:44 AM

Notepad - seriously! Teach her a few tricks and a small library of lines to copy/paste and bare code is pretty easy. (Yo photo!!)

aunchaki · May 12th, 2008, 11:07 AM

For years I used HomeSite, a great lightweight editor for Windows. It's still available, but it got bought by Adobe/Macromedia and now costs more money ($99). It's probably a good bet for someone with little technical ability (and no desire to learn).

I've used the HTML Editor in SeaMonkey and it's OK. I had a project that needed proper handling of UTF8 text, including right-to-left handling of Hebrew characters. SeaMonkey came to my rescue.

As for the text editors: I hate NotePad. I LOVE NoteTab Light, a free Windows text editor. I also have tried NotePad + and it's OK (has line numbering, which is nice).

I do most of my work over SSH to UNIX servers, so I do 90% of my work in VIM (an arcane UNIX text editor). I don't want to bring the Vi vs. Emacs wars to TDPRI, but they're more violent than the Tele vs. Les Paul wars, any day of the week.

But seriously, a good text editor is worth its weight in gold. Though for your wife, something like HomeSite is probably better. There's a free 30-day trial.

GhostofJohnToad · May 12th, 2008, 11:14 AM

CoffeeCup has good stuff and very reasonable. I think they also have a free editor. There also used to be NVU but I don't think it is updated any longer.

drewsblues · May 12th, 2008, 11:27 AM

Not too many good, free, WYSIWYG editors out there these days. Lots of good, free text-based editors, though. PSPad, Notepad+, and PFE being three that come to mind. Textpad is also excellent, but it costs a few dollars ($45 USD, I think).

For free WYSIWYG, I'd give KompoZer (formerly NVU) a shot. Even though it's not being actively developed, it is still good for basic Web page development:

http://www.kompozer.net/

Let us know how it works for you...

photoweborama · May 14th, 2008, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drewsblues

http://www.kompozer.net/

Let us know how it works for you...

Hey, Kompozer is really good. I think that will be the winner. It is really easy to use.

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aunchaki Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Western New York Posts: 1,110 16 Photos	For years I used HomeSite, a great lightweight editor for Windows. It's still available, but it got bought by Adobe/Macromedia and now costs more money ($99). It's probably a good bet for someone with little technical ability (and no desire to learn). I've used the HTML Editor in SeaMonkey and it's OK. I had a project that needed proper handling of UTF8 text, including right-to-left handling of Hebrew characters. SeaMonkey came to my rescue. As for the text editors: I hate NotePad. I LOVE NoteTab Light, a free Windows text editor. I also have tried NotePad + and it's OK (has line numbering, which is nice). I do most of my work over SSH to UNIX servers, so I do 90% of my work in VIM (an arcane UNIX text editor). I don't want to bring the Vi vs. Emacs wars to TDPRI, but they're more violent than the Tele vs. Les Paul wars, any day of the week. But seriously, a good text editor is worth its weight in gold. Though for your wife, something like HomeSite is probably better. There's a free 30-day trial. __________________ Two Teles, One Strat, Two Acoustics (6 & 12 strings), Two Mandolins (4 & 8 strings), One Bass (5 strings)

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drewsblues Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 163 9 Photos	Not too many good, free, WYSIWYG editors out there these days. Lots of good, free text-based editors, though. PSPad, Notepad+, and PFE being three that come to mind. Textpad is also excellent, but it costs a few dollars ($45 USD, I think). For free WYSIWYG, I'd give KompoZer (formerly NVU) a shot. Even though it's not being actively developed, it is still good for basic Web page development: http://www.kompozer.net/ Let us know how it works for you... __________________ -- Drew

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MGade NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 6	Notepad - seriously! Teach her a few tricks and a small library of lines to copy/paste and bare code is pretty easy. (Yo photo!!)

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GhostofJohnToad Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Age: 34 Posts: 676 7 Photos	CoffeeCup has good stuff and very reasonable. I think they also have a free editor. There also used to be NVU but I don't think it is updated any longer.