Sniptools

Very pleasant Gecko-based interface and (almost) all the functions you need in an HTML editor.

Why do we need a new HTML editor, you ask. Simple, I still have to see one that works across different platform and looks and performs the same. Activestate has had Komodo for a while, but it’s not free, in fact it’s somewhat highly priced for an editor, even if it has PHP and Perl functionality.

On Windows, having tried several others (1 2 3), UltraEdit still remains my editor of choice for reasons that grow on you. Dreamweaver is quite useful especially when you work with multibyte characters in your text, but it’s a RAM-feasting monster.

If only NVU could add some functionality to display files with server side code (ASP, PHP, JSP, and so forth) in them, which are basically HTML templates, and add support for PROJECTS or some such way of accessing entire folders right within the editing interface, I would seriously consider taking it for a ride.

Sidenote, my biggest take-away from using this tool is the fabulous Gecko-based interface. It’s highly responsive, and quite pleasant to use. Time to move on from Delphi, I guess.

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