Know any good CSS WYSIWYG editors?

Hi guys,

I have been using Dreamweaver for years but lately I am not very satisfied with its CSS abilities. It seems to not have a good design view when building W3C sites and I kind of feel like I am loosing those extra minutes that I need in order to rap up a project fast. Has anybody been trying out anything else with better results?

I use Windows and / or Linux so suggestions for both platforms are welcome.

Cheers!

Dreamweaver is probably the best WYSIWYG editor there is around. Especailly the CS3/8 version.

I still highly recommend that you learn to hand code - it will pay you off big time.

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I hand code and I am ok with it in general. The thing is I was wondering if there is an editor that has a better design view. For example, when I used to design in tables, I could see the site being built from withing the DW Design View. Now, I can't really say the same thing. I open the pages in browsers to see the final result, but was just wondering about that small fraction of time that could be saved if the Design view was a bit better.

Personally, I try to avoid the design view. It does not accurately display the site. The best design view available is Firefox!

The best design view is straight from the browser

Stop depending on the software. You should be able to design your whole site with Notepad only.

DW is just a great tool because of the shortcuts (access directly to the server, code insight, etc..)

Loose the design view, stick to code view and use the actual browser to check your site.

You could save your time by designing your page in DW, save it and refresh your browser to see the result! How many minutes does it take to do just that
Most of everyone here (professional designer) use DW+FF!

Yeah, use Firefox!! Don't use IE, it sucks!

Quite the contrary ... not the "it sucks" part but the "Don't use IE" part

80% of your visitors are using IE. When developing a site it's important to check again EVERY major browsers: Firefox, IE6, IE7, Opera and Safari.

Not just Firefox.

What I mean was.. when developing your site/page, use FF to be your major testing browser. Most of your code will work in FF but not in IE. If you use IE for your testing, you will have a lot of problem when viewing the page in FF.

So, to reduce, or to save your time debugging the problem that IE creates, use FF for your testing, and later view them in IE, Safari, etc.. to solved any minor problem

I have all the browser installed in my machine so that I could test my page perfectly working in all type or browser (IE7, IE6, FF, Safari mainly. The rest just wasting time...)

Hence why you test in every browsers equally

Well, to accomodate this gentleman's wish, you could check out a program like TopStyle (http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals...e/Default.aspx). It's the only program I know that lest you preview the CSS code as you type it.

I can't say I really use it; DW8/Notepad++ and the browser works just fine for me at the moment.

DW9 (CS3) has "improved" css support insofar as you can move your css rules around in the css tab, that's what I've tried out at least. Here's an article from the vendor itself that explains a little more in detail what has been improved in cs3:

- http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamwea...cs3_print.html

Hi Spyros,

i would like to ask first what type / or any specif wy you building up a website using Dreamweaver. Because 4 years of my experience i haven't seen any problem when it comes to designing or CSS layouting. This tools is very nice and easy to use.

By the way do you table or /div?
and when it comes to rush hour project dreamweaver is the best..
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To be honest hand coding is faster than using a WYSIWYG. The problem is you are going to depend more and more on the "shortcut" approach and end up with other issues down the road which ultimately will cost you more time and money. DW itself is not evil but like any tool of its kind it has the potential to be disastrous. Just use it with caution if you plan to take shortcuts.

As for editors Notepad ++, HTMLKit are good free ones while TopStyle is commercial. In all honesty you could build very good web sites with nothing more than Notepad.

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Thanks guys! I settled with DW a long time ago and am now looking forward to version CS4 which looks very interesting. Take a look at for http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=592 more info.