![]() I hesitate to use the “HTML5” moniker, since that’s so overused to mean so many things today, but BlueGriffon does have support for elements in the current HTML5 specification. It’s set to handle any of the current HTML/XHTML specifications. ![]() ![]() In terms of looks and feel, BlueGriffon seems quite a bit like Nvu, and Mozilla (and Netscape) Composer before it.īut it’s been updated quite a bit since the Composer days. It uses the Firefox Gecko rendering engine for its WYSIWYG view, and seems to inherit quite a bit of other code from Firefox as well. The core application (as opposed to add-ons, which we’ll cover in a minute) is tri-licensed under the Mozilla Public License 1.1, the GPLv2, and the LGPLv2.1. ![]() BlueGriffon is sort of a continuation of that, since it’s the same developer leading the effort.īlueGriffon is a Mozilla-based “content editor” for the Web. Actually, it’s not the first on the scene - there was Nvu, but it fell by the wayside after the sponsorship from Linspire dried up. There’s certainly been plenty of demand for a WYSIWYG editor - and now we have one, BlueGriffon. Many users have cut their teeth using WYSIWYG tools, and don’t want to wrestle HTML and CSS code. If it was good enough for Web pages in 1999, why change? But not everybody is happy with technology that was cutting edge when Flock of Seagulls were popular. The recently released 1.0 of BlueGriffon brings an impressive toolset to Web designers and other users who want a slick, open source, Web Editor.įor some users (like me) Vim or another text editor is all that’s wanted for creating Web pages or working with CSS, etc. Although BlueGriffon is free to use, it can be extended with add-ons, although some of these aren't free and working out how to add them onto BlueGriffon is a bit tricky.īlueGriffon is an very impressive up and coming free WYSIWYG website editor which may prove a very solid alternative to commercial options.Įditor was losing focus when arrows keys are used to move the caret and a panel is visible L10N plete refactoring of CSS Properties panel's codesave in source view horks character setunprefixing box-shadow, border-radius and other updatesallow BlueGriffon to open local *.php files b=405allow changes of the document's charsetfloating toolbar was horked with the findbarCreate backup before saving a html file b=401copy/paste makes all URLs absolute b=398activeview popup too transparent b=372html4 and html5 source views can be close without prompt, switch to DOMParser with text/html type b=392fixed floating toolbar on linuxSerbian l10n addedLink Insertion dialog adds a mailto: to mail links even if already present b=394comments, PHP and PI support b=384negative margins were not allowed b=383refine background-repeat UI b=382Revert, CloseTab and CloseOtherTabs as context menu on tabs b=294floating toolbar now has a preference in Preferences panelformerly hidden pref forceLF now has a preference in Preferences panelbetter support for multiple charsetstext-decoration:none option missing in CSS panel b=381 ChangesĮditor was losing focus when arrows keys are used to move the caret and a panel is visible L10N plete refactoring of CSS Properties panel's codesave in source view horks character setunprefixing box-shadow, border-radius and other updatesallow BlueGriffon to open local *.If you’re looking for a WYSIWYG Web Editor for Linux, look no farther than BlueGriffon. However, the WYSIWYG interface makes it easy enough to feel your way around. There's very little in the way of help documentation so using it is a case of trial and error. If you're an advanced coder, you can switch to Source View mode to hard-code your page so there's something for beginners and experts in BlueGriffon.īlueGriffon is very impressive although its still very much a work in progress. The project you edit will look exactly the same in Firefox 4 as it does while you're working on it.
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