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Reader Reviews : KompoZer Reviews

User Rating 3.5 Star Rating (13 Reviews)

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It's one thing to read my review of KompoZer, but is it really all that? Find out what other designers think of KompoZer and how they use it every day.

These are reviews of KompoZer (various versions) by people who use it or have used it. Find out what other Web designers think of one of the most commonly used Web design software packages.

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Waiting Patiently for HTML5

I am not a web developer, other than for myself. I am a fashion and costume designer and I wanted the ability to make a basic online portfolio for myself. I created the first version of my site in 20…More

No Background Images = No Good

Kompozer would be a good tool for the novice to build a site with but it has one major flaw and that is that, at least for me, it will not publish a background image. That is major. This bug has been…More

Too Buggy to Use

I have tried Kompozer several times while looking for a decent WYSIWYG HTML editor to replace the discontinued Claris Home Page. My needs are modest, I just want to update various simple HTML pages, …More

Kompozer is Very Versatile

Kompozer allows WYSIWYG editing, or, if you go to the source code view, you can edit and paste code.If you cut from the WYSIWYG view, you can paste the code directly in email editors without losing f…More

Good for Personal Sites

very nice WYSIWYG editor for free. does not include site management capability but for a quick HTML page it works great. mostly used for personal site have done a couple of 3-5 page company sites for…More

Can't Add Facebook "Like" Button

This was easy enough to use following an on-line tutorial, but I cannot add a FB like-button, it changes the title and I cannot publish. ALso some other stuff tends to happen for reasons unknown to m…More

Creates Bloated Code

This is just a new version of Netscape Composer. Same controls and it adds so much extra HTML coding that it makes the HTML pages really bloated. If I use the same font on one page only toggling back…More

KompoZer 0.7 on Macintosh

This program has a few quirks (on the Mac, at least). For example, when you try to change the color of something in the color dialog, there is a button called "last-picked color." Sometimes it puts i…More

KompoZer 0.7.1

The HTML editor is great, I switch between KompoZer and Notepad++. Several documents can be opened and edited at once. I recommend all of my noob customers try KompoZer.Pros * Publishes with a click …More

KompoZer 0.77

I find KompoZer to be the easiest software for me to use to teach WYSIWYG and HTML editing for web page production, because it works exactly the same on each of the major platforms, Macintosh, Linux …More

KompoZer 0.7.1

I found this web editor very useful. I manage two websites for local non-profit dance groups (www.cincyecd.org and www.cincyhistoricdance.org) and cost was my prime concern. I wanted have an editor t…More

KompoZer 0.77

This is a much better WYSIWYG than ACE, which I used to use. It beats hand coding in something like notepad by light years. I use it to write replies to web forums and paste into RTF writers. I have …More

KompoZer

This tool has been very useful in designing the CSS. Expecially this is useful in knowing what properties are configurable for a HTML element. Also we can directly see the effect of changing that par…More

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