CSSEdit 2.0

I'm not a designer, heck I'm hardly a writer, but I do know good software when I see it (and a cute company logo). CSSEdit is a good piece of software, and it has only gotten better with version 2, released today. But what is it, you ask? CSSEdit is the premier CSS editor (that's Cascading Style Sheets to you) for OS X. Version 2 is faster, can save CSS from a remote website better, and auto saves your work. The big ticket feature is previewing CSS for dynamic applications (think blogs).
A demo is available while a full license will cost $29.95.
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I'm not a designer, heck I'm hardly a writer, but I do know good software when I see it (and a cute company logo). CSSEdit is a good piece...
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It looks nice, but I really find the developer extension in firefox to be better and cross platform and realtime and live edit ANY site, your page, with serverside code running from server, etc etc.. oh and free.
November 08 2006 at 6:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replytripdragon said:
"Think iWeb but for pros."
You know that's an oxymoron, right:)? This isn't print design, you're in a code world - you want the design elements without the technical requirements, then I'd say you're not a pro. Even painters need to know how to mix and what brushes to use.
14> CSSEdit promises to apply CSS the way different browsers show it, Safari, Firefox, various IEs. If this works as promised, could be very hot for web developers. Something that firefox doesn't handle.
November 07 2006 at 11:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI agree, this is a sweet little app. But nothing can take away the power of Smultron!
November 07 2006 at 10:24 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply> It's amazing because you can edit your stylesheet and see the changes immediatley on your server-side, scripted app like a weblog with PHP.
Why not just use Firefox with "Web Developer" installed? You can preview and edit your CSS right in the browser, and it's free. Make changes on the fly, and see them take effect.
Don't forget Xyle scope:
http://culturedcode.com/xyle/
But i agree, CSSEdit 2 Rocks !
I don't think I am ready for that kind of a change - I am getting to where I do everything in BBEdit (even some technical reports). I need to learn emacs or vi, pico is killing me. I should know what I'm doing - if I don't I need to learn. (painful as it may be)
November 07 2006 at 12:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyStyle Master is a bit too clunky. Play around with CSS edit and you'll find it a whole lot more organic. I have been waiting for this for a long time!
November 06 2006 at 6:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyChris , what you mean this ?
http://tacosw.com/main.php It been my work horse forever now. Simple and fast
The server side thing is very nice did not see that. But I do that with a local copy already which is easy enough.
tripdragon:
It's amazing because you can edit your stylesheet and see the changes immediatley on your server-side, scripted app like a weblog with PHP. Instead of having to make your edit, upload the CSS, reload the page, view it, repeat. You can now do it right in the CSSEdit app and see everything you're doing. Of course you need to know CSS but this utility makes it much easier and faster.
Don't toil in TextEdit just to prove a point, if there are tools that can make your life more effiecient you should use them.
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