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Article: Fab freebies: professional web apps can cost a fortune, but there are some surprisingly good tools for free, if you know where to look.(Product/service evaluation)
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- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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While I often concentrate on commercial applications, many of the technologies the Internet itself is based on stem from open-source projects. Until recently, many of these free technologies were hard to use.
In this column, I'll take a look at six programs or applets (some of which are on the Cover Disc) that combine decent features with a well-designed user interface. Free WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) Web editors are not as common as text editors. This area of the market is generally served by budget apps that offer more handholding for novices.
Nvu 1.0
Nvu (www.nvu.com or on the Cover Disc) is an open-source program--available for ...