Open Source Web development tools

[nmeyers-BigylZdZcsdmcu3hnIyYJQ at public.gmane.org (Nathan Meyers)]

Jerry Natowitz wrote:
> I installed Kompozer on my 12 YO daughters computer, copied all the 
> digits photos there, and let her loose on the family website.
>
> She did a very good job, but one thing I noticed, and perhaps this is a 
> characteristic of WSIWYG editors.  Most of the digital photos were 
> around 2000x3000 pixels but she reduced the display size to the 300 to 
> 600 pixel range.  I would expect an editor to create a smaller image 
> files, but instead Kompozer attempted to use the original images and let 
> the web browser take care of scaling.
>   
Maybe I don't get out enough, but I wouldn't expect Kompozer to 
downscale the images for you. Yes, your daughter conveyed some intent by 
setting the size attributes on the <img> tag, but I wouldn't expect 
Komposer to interpret that as an action to perform on the image files.

Nathan

> I say attempted, because the jpgs rapidly exceed the 10MB (!) limit for 
> rcn customers.
>
> Do any of the FOSS WSIWYG editors have an image editor included?
>
> 	Jerry Natowitz
> 	j.natowitz-KealBaEQdz4 at public.gmane.org
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>
> Nathan Meyers wrote:
>   
>> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>>     
>>> There are a couple of web sites that I've inherited. While neither 
>>> require much maintenance, I was wondering if anyone has a favorite 
>>> development tools. I certainly can use VI or EMACS and edit the bare 
>>> html, but there are times when WYSIWYG saves some time.
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>> Kompozer is a petty nice HTML editor.
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