Wednesday, February 02, 2005

XML + CSS: The Future of Word Processor?

Nvu 0.80 is released today. Daniel Glazman, the author, used to work for CPD (Client Product Division) at Netscape. My interest in this area comes from:
  1. We need a good word processor for the web. A rich edit control is supported on both IE and Mozilla now. So a Blogger type of WYSIWYG editor is a no brainer. But we also want to blend the web with print, which requires a good page (as in Letter or A4) oriented editor.
  2. Our word processor should be standards compliant. Documents produced should be directly viewable in the browser.
So an XML + CSS based editor seems to fit the bill. Nvu is just a perfect solution for that. As we grow our idea, it may very well have an important role to play in our grand scheme of things.

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