Drop, charge, and lose the cords
- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP
- Date added: April 02, 2008
- Total Downloads: 98,813
- Downloads last week: 749
- See full specifications
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 57 votes
See all user reviews
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If you dislike that achy, bloated feeling that other HTML editors can give your computer, KompoZer may be the freeware cure you're looking for. An open-source Web development tool built on the NVU architecture, KompoZer aims to improve upon the NVU's bugginess.
It does a fairly admirable job of that, while not being bloatware. Major editing buttons live on the top three-tier toolbar, including a one-click Publishing icon as well as one-clicks for Image insertion and Table and Form creation. Font tweaks like Size and Style live in toolbars just below that, making for easy HTML editing. A Site Manager, including File tree, is anchored on the left, although it can be collapsed, and the WYSIWYG standard means that KompoZer can compete more than adequately with other, better-known editors.
Currently packaged with Portable Apps, KompoZer's exposure seems to be growing. While this is a good thing, the program lacks a certain finish, potentially making it visually unappealing to "professional" users. Judging from the smooth, bug-free way KompoZer tested for us, it's definitely aiming to play the same tune that its competitors are.
Publisher's description
From KompoZer :Kompozer is an open source web development tool built on NVU. The project strives to fix bugs in the NVU project and added new features to it. Both the HTML editor as well as the CSS editor has so far be fixed and updated as part of the Kompozer project - and many more changes are scheduled. Apart from that the main feature set is exactly as in NVU. And one of the most important features is still that editing take place in WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) mode allowing you full control of layout as you work with your web design.
Version 0.7.10 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
Version 0.7.10 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
More popular Web Site Tools downloads
- 14,491 downloads 1. Artisteer
- 7,642 downloads 2. Adobe Dreamweaver
- 5,523 downloads 3. Web Page Maker
- 2,629 downloads 4. Actual Drawing
- 1,946 downloads 5. WebSite X5 Evolution
- See all Web Site Tools downloads
User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 57 votes
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 5 of 29 user reviewsSee all 29 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: KompoZer 0.7.10
"Convenient for Editing Multiple Documents Simutaneously"
Pros: I love the tab feature, menu choices - a real lightweight utility that is easy to learn and use. I'm only doing simple editing now - the same thing on several documents and the ease of this program is a huge help - it did say it works with CSS - but I haven't tried it yet. I really like the simplicity and convenience of this program.
-
0 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: KompoZer 0.7.10
-
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: KompoZer 0.7.10
"Lightweight, free, wysiwyg--what more could you want?"
Pros: Free free free. Portable. Lightweight. True what-you-see-is-what-you-get webpage editing. You can also view and work directly in HTML.
-
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: KompoZer 0.7.10
Pros: Fairly simple to use, a decent alternative to the high priced software on the market.
Cons: The only CON I have about Kompozer is that it requires at least some knowledge of HTML editing. The Help file isn't all that helpful regarding how to use the software, and there's no tutorial, visual or text, that I've been able to find.
-
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: KompoZer 0.7.10
Pros: On par with all the fancy ones.
- See all 29 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
Previous Versions:
