Open source or low cost alternative to dream weaver?

July 16, 2004 4:39 AM

is there a way to get free or low cost open source alternatives to
dream weaver, that would still run on a windows box? I've got dreamweaver
at the office, but didn't bite the big one to buy it for my personal
machine.
posted by leotrotsky to Computers & Internet (9 answers total)

What have you found so far in your googling, etc.?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 6:40 AM on July 16, 2004

The lowest cost way to get something exactly like Dreamweaver is to take a visit to http://astalavista.box.sk and search for Dreamweaver crack....
posted by zeoslap at 7:03 AM on July 16, 2004

Response by poster: Best I've found so far is Nvu... but do I detect an implication, Flanders?
posted by leotrotsky at 7:17 AM on July 16, 2004

There is a list of HTML editors on this page, I believe some are shareware and such.
(or if you put a few of those software titles into a search, you may come up with other lists)
Also there is a tucows category.
posted by milovoo at 7:49 AM on July 16, 2004

Response by poster: many thanks, milovoo.
posted by leotrotsky at 8:18 AM on July 16, 2004

[obvious] search for "wysiwyg html editors", otherwise you'll just get fancy text editors.[/obvious]
posted by signal at 8:31 AM on July 16, 2004

no implication, just wondering what you've done so I don't do it again. But it turns out I didn't help out at all, so never mind.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 9:01 AM on July 16, 2004

Doesn't the DW license permit use by one user at a time on multiple machines? I'd read the fine print, and if so, ask the employer for the license number to do a home install. (All web stuff is work-related, right? Enhancing your skills and experience...)
posted by Tubes at 9:13 AM on July 16, 2004

Dreamweaver probably registers itself using a hash of your machine's hardware configuration (I doubt it just uses your MAC address) and will prevent multiple registrations.
posted by plinth at 10:07 AM on July 16, 2004