I still believe in lightweight software (speaking of which Open Office, it’s time to go on a diet – you’re looking too much like Microsoft’s own products). There is no way that I want a 90MB text editor. I was sure I’d found my own Windows web development tool.īut when I downloaded Aptana Studio I was shocked to see 90MB come down the pipes. Our programmers here at Foliovision work in a cousin of Aptana called Eclipse and they love it. After reading quite a few reviews, I managed to find what is the finest development environment on Windows fairly easily – Aptana Studio. So I decided to look more seriously this time. I don’t know if the guys at htmlkit have a drug habit they are supporting with their newfound commercial activities and advertising but something is seriously amiss. While version 292 is free, all future versions and advanced functionality are relatively expensive, with just part of the pro package costing $65. Would you want to trust your html and CSS editor to people who can’t build a readable web page? Me neither. The website was particularly stressful with it’s ugly and unreadable four column layout. Nothing like being at home on BBedit (which while arguably drab, is not clumsy). I’d had a quick run-in with HTML-Kit a couple of nights ago which I found via somed SEO research I was doing (htmlkit are doing some serious link selling) but had not been happy at all with the tool. So I decided to take the plunge and go looking for a Windows XHTML/CSS editor which would allow me to open up files from the server. Pushing input and switching keyboards was not efficient (3 movements instead of one, along with a screenflash each time). (Both monitors are highly recommended, btw.) We’ve installed a Linux machine now – the first of many – and I had to give up my 20″ Samsung 205B and plug the Windows box back into the HP LP3065.
It’s just a matter of editing in CSSEdit or BBedit on the Mac, saving onto the server and pressing F5 on the PC keyboard. Usually, I am set up with two monitors on my desk, a 20″ Samsung 205B for the Windows box and an HP LP3065 for the Mac work station. The closest thing is to open up the file directly from the server and save it back to the server. In the absence of Web Developer’s Toolbar for Internet Explorer, there is no way to get instant Internet Explorer preview.
Unfortunately a quick excursion over to the Darkside and Internet Explorer (the blinkers through which 92% of the visitors to our clients still see the web – among Folivision vistors Internet Explorer users are a minority), showed that the CSS code just wasn’t working. It was especially easy to figure it out with the Web Developer’s Toolbar on Firefox. nonumbers ol class that I’d already been using. Firefox and Safari on Mac were a breeze to get right: just pull all the margins and padding off of ol.faq with a. I’ve just been debugging display issues in the CSS in Knowlege Constructs FAQ-Tastic tonight.
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