According to the developers " KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.
KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding."
KompoZer is based on Gecko, the layout engine inside Mozilla so it has an impressive pedigree.
To anyone who has used Dreamweaver this will not present a huge learning curve and will yield predictable results.
To those who wish to get involved in the web industry this may be be a good starting point and as it is free it is within the reach of everybody.
KompoZer allows design view as well as code view so it is very easy to see what is going on during your design progect.
Those who are familiar with the DreamWeaver interface will feel right at home with KompoZer:
- WYSIWYG editing of pages, making web creation as easy as typing a letter with your word processor.
- Integrated file management via FTP. Simply login to your web site and navigate through your files, editing web pages on the fly, directly from your site.
- Reliable HTML code creation that will work with all of today's most popular browsers.
- Jump between WYSIWYG Editing Mode and HTML using tabs.
- Tabbed editing to make working on multiple pages a snap.
- Powerful support for forms, tables, and templates.
- The easiest-to-use, most powerful Web Authoring System available for Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh users.
So if you are just wanting to get started in web design or you are a company who wishes to start developing thier own inhouse web web site or intranet KompoZer may be for you.
