JustHTML is M-Soft.RU’s WYSIWYG editor. It was intended for those who wish to create their own website but do not know how to. It runs on Microsoft’s .NET Framework 2.0 and is currently on its version 2.0. The author announces that with this version he has made image insertion better.

JustHTML looks good. It actually resembles MS Office applications. This is a plus since those familiar with MSOffice would find the interface “familiar.” Another nice thing about justHTML is that it is CSS sensitive. By this I mean that if one knowlegeable inserts CSS styling on the head section of the HTML, the WYSIWYG interface would immediately take it up and present it the way it should be presented. The program is still immature however. In many ways it is inferior to NVu which is only in its version 1.0. And I found some deficiency in the way JustHTML inserts imagesThe first thing I noticed is that the context menu (right click –> Insert Image) and the button for Insert-Image work differently. When the first inserts an image, it creates a reference to the whole path (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\theimage.jpg). That alone is already an issue since if the intent of JustHTML is to help beginners, to create such a path is to make things more difficult. Second, the “Insert-Image” button makes its insertion relatively. However, here it does something strange: the application inserts a reference to an “image” folder that is not there yet but still renders the inserted image as expected. Again, this makes it difficult for the newbie.

JustHTML isn’t HTML 4 + friendly. It creates tags in upper case when it should be creating them in lower case. It can be argued that other WYSIWYGs do the same thing. I’ll grant them that but if the expressed intention is to help newbies, then JustHTML can begin by creating tags that are up to current standards. Thing is, even in stating the fonts to be used, JustHTML is still based on HTML 3.2

The program is still very immature. A lot of improvements can still be made. If you would like to try it but you don’t have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed, don’t. It will be a very incovenient install.

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