Lars Pind

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CSSEdit

December 17, 2004 · 3 comments

http://www.macrabbit.com/cssedit/

Just bought a copy of CSSEdit from MacRabbit, and I like it. Makes it really easy to organize and edit the CSS. And I’m still pretty amazed, after my recent switch to the Mac, at how productive it is – I can edit the CSS file directly from where it is, under subversion control, and being served by the web server, so it’s just save and reload in the browser and svn ci when i’m happy with the result. Nice. Only downside: I feel bad for these MacRabbit guys, seeling software in US dollars, but living in Belgium, having costs in Euros, while the dollar is falling like a rock. But oh, well, I’m a happy camper – makes it cheaper for me.

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  • 1 Bruno Mattarollo // Dec 17, 2004 at 02:45 AM

    Have you seen StyleMaster?

    StyleMaster is a Windoze and Mac OS X tool, a bit more expensive than CSSEdit but very good. Danielle has been using the Windoze version and she loves it.

  • 2 Lars Pind // Dec 17, 2004 at 12:43 PM

    Thanks for the tip Ahh, it looks interested, but it has floating toolbars (I hate those, waste so much time moving them around), and it doesn't look like it has the single most useful feature of CSSEdit, namely the grouping functionality that makes it easier for you to navigate your stylesheet.

  • 3 Jarkko Laine // Dec 19, 2004 at 09:51 PM

    Wish I could have the best of both worlds I took a swirl of both programs and wish I could have the best sides of both in one app. The grouping function in CSSEdit is marvelous, my CSS files tend to end up pretty cluttered when I add more and more stuff to them. Grouping certainly helps to keep things organized and to minimize the needed CSS code. The UI of CSSEdit might be a tad better, but Style Master isn't bad, either. I don't mind the floating toolbars (there's only two of them, others are Mail.app-style drawers), I rarely use their functions so I can just disable them. Where Style Master truly shines is the documentation. Not the documentation of the app, but that of CSS syntax. The app shows the browser support for every CSS rule and more extensive information is only one click away. I'm pretty sure it saves a *lot* of debugging time and testing in different browsers -- while being very educational at the same time. Dammit. I want them both. Combined.