“Superb portable WYSIWYG web editor”

With Portable NVU ("new view") you get a portable and powerful web-editors which you can take anywhere on a USB stick. Like FrontPage or Dreamweaver, this the free HTML editor works on the "What you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG) principle no matter if you are inserting text, images or multimedia objects. Through an easy-to-understand interface, and thanks to many design options, you can design some really impressive sites on the move.

The program is based on the same Gecko engine that powers Firefox and Thunderbird and features an FTP site manager, color picker, tabbed interface, CSS editing, standard-compliant markup, fully customizable interface, a built-in spellchecker and more. For those that want an HTML editor don't worry - you can jump between the WYSIWYG Editing Mode and HTML using tabs.

In my mind, this is one of the easiest and most impressive WYSIWYG web editors I've ever used and the fact that it fits on a USB stick is simply amazing.

Languages:

English

OS requirements for Portable NVU:

OS: Win98/98SE/Me/2000/XP

Pros

Portable - fits on a USB stick
WYSIWYG interface simple to use

Cons

Not as advanced as Dreamweaver but still good

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Nvu Portable is an easy-to use web editor packaged with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

KompoZer is an unofficial bug-fix release for Nvu that fixes many of the outstanding bugs in Nvu 1.0. As Nvu is no longer updated, KompoZer is recommended.