Nvu: It Just Works
A couple of days ago I confessed that I’m back in the warm embrace of del.icio.us. The reason: I was lost in a sea of a gazillion search references, because I was searching for the wrong term (Vnu when what I wanted was Nvu.
Not only did I locate Nvu (pronounced “En View” by the in-crowd), I downloaded it, right there in Starbucks, over the T-Mobile WiFi, just as pretty as please. Next comes the amazing part.
Without reading even one word of user documentation, I opened Nvu and proceeded to reformat (and lightly edit) my “About” page here on Cloudy Thinking. It worked. No muss, no fuss, no learning curve, no nothing.
Mind you, what I did was pretty simple. But I know very few HTML commands, so being able to use a “what you see is what you get” editor was pure joy.
Are there other ways to skin this (HTML design) cat? Yes. But I like Nvu since it gives me plenty of headroom when I attempt more complex formatting.
Nvu is free, powerful, and easy to use. Not sure what more there is to say.
Check out the impressive set of Nvu features here.
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From the Nvu FAQ:
Question: Who is behind the Nvu project?
Answer: Nvu was started by Linspire, Inc. Linspire is committed exclusively to bringing Desktop Linux to the masses, and realized that an easy-to-use web authoring system was needed for Linux to continue its expansion to the Desktop. Linspire contributes significant capital, expertise, servers, bandwidth, marketing, and other resources to guarantee the continuation and success of the Nvu project. Linspire is pleased to have been able to contract with Daniel Glazman from Disruptive Innovations to be the lead developer and maintainer for the Nvu project. Daniel has been the chief architect for Mozilla Composer and brings a tremendous amount of experience and expertise to the Nvu project.