I’ve been playing around with the choice application CSSEdit from macrabbit recently, and I have to say that I’m smitten. From a person that is only now getting into CSS and site design, I’ve learned so much from using this app in just a couple of days. I don’t know what I’d do without it to tell you the truth. I also don’t know what this site would look like without this program…oh yeah, like ass and chives.
Having the ability to peer into the template from which this site has been created is the best method of understanding how a site is constructed. It’s helped immensely when dealing with little visual issues and new features. I now have a much better grasp on how this template is arranged and the CSS objects within.
Just a couple of key features that I’d like to highlight, if I may:
X-Ray Mode
Yowsa!! You mean to tell me that I can load any page on the net and view it’s CSS object structure visually and interactively….yes.
Live Preview
Awesome!! So I can just fuck around with the CSS arguments and bang…I’ll see the result on a cached page?
Codesense
Nothing new, but very welcome when coding to avoid the cronic finger fuckitus.
Clean Layout
This is a more important feature than people usually give it credit for, but it makes using the program an absolute joy. Searching for objects, easy, previewing of an object in the sidepanel, easy, maintaining proper syntax while coding, easy.
Now I know that I’ve left a lot of features out, but that’s just because I’ve only started using CSSEdit, but I have to recommend this inexpensive and powerful app to all Mac users looking to bend their ugly ass website to their will. It will certainly help.
December 29th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Great stuff, man. Granted I’m not as interested in webdev as I used to be…mostly because of user-trouble @ the job concerning our would-be in-house website. Anything that makes this easier for chall is a bonus. Keep up the good work!