On Jul 22, 9:44 pm, NotInUse <[email protected]> wrote: > BBEdit has always been one of those apps I download/purchase as soon > as there is an update because each version is an improvement. Sad to > say v10 was the huge step backwards due to missing features. I can't
I wouldn't say "huge", but after a few days of site maintenance I do feel like some useful features have been lost where HTML editing is concerned. As a UI construct, the markup panel is a step forward from the modal dialogs, but it lacks their "handiness". Some of that has been mentioned here: no calc of image size, no capture of highlighted URLs for anchors, no sticky option selections, no URL list, no colour pickers for attributes, etc. I know I sound like a dinosaur contemplating the oncoming asteroid, but producing HTML in volume is a pretty mechanical chore, and those were all features that made the job a bit easier in v9. OTOH, the markup panel is pretty easy to work with, sensitive to the doc type (a nice thing), autocomplete works well, and it's not hard to imagine that some of the old "handiness" could be spliced in. I hope it will be. The model of working created by the markup panel is of a piece with the loss of most of the old HTML-related palettes, i.e., a shift from mouse to keyboard. In v9, you could churn out a heck of a lot of HTML with the palettes and modal dialogs and do very little typing. I'll miss that lazy man's option, but I reckon my fingers can take the strain. > And, of course, it may depend on end user use as well. v10 may be a > heck-of-an-app for *nix or Ruby files. I wouldn't know. It kind of is, and that is what ultimately convinced me to fork out the $40. Even if I have to go elsewhere for HTML work, BBEdit still handles all my scripting work quite well. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
