Amaya is a browser/authoring tool that allows you to publish documents on the Web. It is a complete web browsing and authoring environment and comes equipped with a "WYSIWYG style" of interface, similar to that of the most popular commercial browsers. With such an interface, users can easily generate HTML and XHTML pages, as well as CSS style sheets, MathML expressions, and SVG drawings (full support of SVG is not yet available, though). Includes a collaborative annotation application based on Resource Description Framework (RDF), XLink, and XPointer.
Rated 50/50 by tickleonthetum at Feb 1, 2008
It would help if they used a screenshot showing the latest version of the User Interface, which is much better than the one shown.
Rated 30/50 by bluemoon562 at Aug 4, 2008
"Seems pretty good for free" I use Dreamweaver and nothing compares to that. But I am thinking about switching to a Linux environment and wanted to see what - if anything - comes close to DW. This program is missing some of the powerful features of DW. But it has a lot of features for a free program and seems decent. I just installed it so it's a little early to tell. - Can't view pages in different browsers? (Maybe you can and I didn't see how yet.) - Can't save in formats like PHP.
Rated 30/50 by twood at Nov 17, 2008
I looked into this as a possible website editor for the website a friend and I were working on and didn't get the feel for it. I tried for the life of me to get a simple black background on the page, after half an hour I wanted to bang my head against the wall. I'd much rather use KompoZer or Quanta Plus over this for the sake of handling webpages with a much more fluid grace. and easier to use interfaces.
Rated 50/50 by pjafrombbay at Dec 16, 2008
I love this software. I have a "homepage" setup with all my preferred CSS styles and use Amaya as my default word processor. Documents are HTML (XHTML) and so are free of nasty macros and are quite small and easy to e-mail. Everyone (at least all those with a web browser) can read my documents. Keep up the good work. Regards, Peter
Rated 50/50 by horsecharles at Dec 17, 2008
Of all the html editors, Amaya has always been the most intuitive, "most wysiwyg"... One example-- a simple copy / paste & edit of a page containing multiple rows and columns from one website into the application and back into the same or other website can wind up looking very different when utilizing other editors... even when only editing the text and nothing else. Amaya is ideal to use for someone who has little time to invest & even less desire to become an html geek.
Rated 20/50 by simpleway03 at May 14, 2009
"confusing interface. unnecessary fancy stuff" uh.. never really dug into this program because of its bad interface and unnecessary functions. doesn't read & save my file correctly; it saves crap to my file, destroying all formatting stuff making them 'one line'. doesn't even have CTRL + O to open files. i just want a simple code reader / editor but Amaya is not. wait until this program is mature enough to be useful.
Rated 50/50 by bostonmark123 at Aug 2, 2009
"Best free css html editor" For the price why use anything else. It is simple to use and set up CSS sheets. None. Maybe programs like cs4 and Dreamweaver are better as they have more options, but they are heavy, large and a huge learning curve.
Rated 30/50 by DudeBoyz at Sep 9, 2009
This is a decent effort, though I do wish that there were more obvious ways to force HTML version compatibility, which might help the new-ish users that they seem to target. There are some WYSIWYG oddities, such as having to click in the "display pane" to see changes you have typed in the "source code pane" - something that might be a bit confusing when you are adding a series of manual code changes one after the other. There were also some strange bits regarding the initial page / tab that is in place when you first start the application. It did not respond very well when I tried to specify a new location and file name to replace the default. You should not have to create your own blank and go to the EDIT > PREFERENCES menu to specify a "Home Page". Even the good old AOL PRESS application handled that type of thing smoother than this app does, and a few others as well. When Split View is active and you have entered the Code pane to make manual changes and then click on the table in the WYSIWYG pane, sometimes it does not let you click on empty rows / columns to type text in those. In order to get that to function, I had to actually close the Code pane and manually select one of the empty cells in the table in order to be able to type an entry into those cells. That is something that I should not have to do. What's the benefit of split windows if you cannot have it automatically update whatever pane you are updating from the opposite pane? You go to the WYSIWYG pane and type in a few comments - they should automatically appear in the Code pane and vice-versa. This app could really benefit from Context (Right-Click) Menus. Anywhere on the WYSIWIG page, you should be able to right click and see the formatting / setting options for the item below the cursor. If you Right-Click over a table, you should see relevant settings there. Same for empty background or text, etc. Would seriously improve usability, I would think.
Rated 50/50 by pjafrombbay at Dec 2, 2009
This is my second review of the software; I think I'm becoming obsessive. However, its still a really good product. I use HTML (and Amaya) as my default word processor. I have a HTML file I call "normal.html" and have it set as Amaya's home page. The finished documents are just as good as any from MS Word of OOo but without the bloat and anyone with a browser can read them. Regards, Peter
Rated 30/50 by Qwavel at Mar 3, 2010
"Great WYSIWYG web editor - but why no context menus?" Extremely powerful WYSIWYG web editor. Doesn't support context menus. I find this makes it much harder to use. I believe that Amaya is intended more as a web technology showcase then an end-user tool. For that it is great. Why not make the few changes, such as context menus, that would also make it a great end-user tool?
Rated 40/50 by johnnybgoodII at Apr 3, 2011
it is free need more tutoring and help it is free