The Webmistress — Tue, 07 May 2002 13:45:08 +0000

I haven't explored it fully yet (was going to over the weekend but vodka proved too strong a distraction!!) but it does seem to have developed the css side of things from a quick glance!

Mike Feury — Tue, 07 May 2002 13:09:24 +0000

Yeah, I'd say HomeSite too - the "tag insight" is great if you're not a pro designer, or have a bad memory. So I got double value

I moved onto DreamWeaver from HomeSite for speed reasons [I don't get paid by the hour ], but I expect I'll be using EditPlus a lot more now as I move towards CSS Positioning. Unless there's some magic in DW MX...

I recommend EditPlus highly - and it's also a hell of an editor for producing ezines!

Suzanne — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:11:23 +0000

Editpad is really nice because the Classic version fits on a floppy, which rocks for using it in remote locations, it doesn't hide anything, you can search for hidden characters like \n \t \r et cetera.

Homesite, CSE HTML Validator, NoteTab Pro, BBEdit are all fairly even. The validator is incorporated into Homesite (or a part of it is, anyway), but also comes with it's own text editor.

BBEdit is mac only.

doublehelix — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:27:11 +0000

Homesite.

detox — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:44:21 +0000

have to jump in and say Homesite definitely.

Soooo customisable and extendable!

p.s stay away from the dark side of microsoft visual studio etc!!!

Abhishek Reddy — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 04:27:03 +0000

For almost any web coding I recommend JGSoft EditPad. The Pro version supports color-coding and the works. Fair price too, IMO.

Megan — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:21:52 +0000

Macromedia's design tools - scroll to the bottom where Taff and I summarize some of Homesite's best features
Five Tools/Services You Can't Live Without - most people mention an HTML editor of some sort
What do you use? - a more thorough discussion of the options
Which HTML editor do you use?

Megan — Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:16:54 +0000

There are tons of options out there. If you take a look at some of the threads in this forum here, or do a search for the topic you'll find a lot of different responses to this question.

I think that the bottom line here is that you should really try out a bunch of different options and see which one works best for you. Everyone seems to have a different preference when it comes to HTML editors. Look around at your favourite download site - the rating system there should tell you a lot as well.

In my opinion Macromedia's Homesite is the most powerful and versatile HTML code-based editor on the market. However, there are many, many reasonable substitutes out there, often free (Homesite costs about $110 US... I think...)

Let me see if I can dig up a couple of other threads about HTML editors.