A happy and prosperous 2004 to all on the list! :-) Web editors! One of my favourite topics :-) After a quick browse on www.nvu.com, my feelings is: They should not claim that it will rival Dreamweaver, but I will keep an eager eye on this project - it has potential.
A bit of background: I used to hand-code html until I discovered Dreamweaver. With Dreamweaver, I always kept the code in the top 3rd of the window, and while Dreamweaver's code is not perfect, its quite good for a WYSIWYG editor. When I migrated to Linux, I had a close look at what's available and settled for handcoding in Quanta. To make up for the loss of functionality, I started to use CSS and SSI intensively. Guess I don't miss Dreamweaver much, nowadays. I use Mozilla/Netscape Composer when I can't remember some tag or format or the other and I do not have a proper reference handy, to do a sample in Composer and then check the code :-) The thing I HATE about composer is that, if I write my own code, it will overwrite my code with it's own (rather clunky) code. And it is clueless about indenting. But it /does/ do a better job than OO :-) Ignoring all the enthusiastic marketing-speak on the their website, the questions I have in my mind about Nvu is: Will it understand SSI? And will it mature beyond being a quick interface for novice and hasty webcoders, and become a useful tool for serious webcoders? rgds Jaco On 15 Jan 2004 at 16:50, Paul William wrote: > I read it some time ago ;) I think they plan to enhance composers table > support without modifying the mozilla <editor> element (the GUI frame > that is used whenever you edit html eg. composer, mail messages). > > On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 15:22, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > > Or you could read the FAQ page at.... > > > > http://www.nvu.com/faq.html > > > > Robert > > > > What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? > > Dam! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2004 3:17 p.m. > > To: CLUG > > Subject: Re: Nvu > > > > It is either written on the mozilla platform or has mozilla embedded (I > > cant remember which). So its basically a new UI for mozilla composer and > > there is no comparision between the mozilla composer editor and > > dreamweaver. > > > > On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 09:59, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > > > This looks good (to me anyway) > > > > > > http://www.nvu.com/index.html > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Robert Fisher > > > SI Operations Support Manager > > > Fuji Xerox NZ Ltd > > > > > > Phone: 03 374 4709 > > > Mobile: 027 477 3356 > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? > > > Dam! > -- > > .''`. Paul William > : :' : Debian admin and user > `. `'` > `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system > >
