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Best and Worst HTML Editors

2009-11-24T14:49:36Z

I am pleased to say that I have completed my best and worst editor lists for 2009. I reviewed over 130 editors for Windows and nearly 60 editors for Macintosh, and I was able to compile several lists for you to find the editor that will work best for you.

Windows HTML Editors

Macintosh HTML Editors

Best and Worst HTML Editors originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 14:49:36.

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Typography is More than Just Fonts and Text Size

2009-11-23T10:17:19Z

You can tell a website designer who cares about typography when they take the time to use things like curly quotes and em dashes instead of " and -- in their text. This article, Typography on the Web is About the Little Details, covers some of the details you might be missing that could improve your site's typography.

More About Sizing Type and Typography

Typography is More than Just Fonts and Text Size originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 10:17:19.

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Type is the backbone of good web design

2009-11-22T11:26:06Z

Lately, I've been getting into calligraphy in my art. I've gotten obsessed with how the letters are formed and how to draw them effectively. In fact, I find that most of the art I'm doing tends to deal with letters in some fashion. And it's fun to use type decoratively. What's interesting is that I hadn't really thought too much about this when it comes to Web design. Sure, I have lots of information on my site about fonts and typography, but even though I put it together with my offline designs, I didn't make the connection to online.

Then I found this post on The Design Cubicle: Type is the backbone of good web design. In it, Brian discusses many simple ways to improve your designs just through how the type is displayed. I love it!

Type is the backbone of good web design originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 at 11:26:06.

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HTML/CSS Frameworks and When to Use Them

2009-11-21T18:22:35Z

I found this post on Jens Meiert's blog today: HTML/CSS Frameworks: Useful, Universal, Usable,�Unobtrusive and I really enjoyed it. I've been looking more deeply into HTML/CSS frameworks for a while now, and honestly, I hadn't found any that really met my needs. And I think a large part of that is because many of them don't meet the criteria that Jens outlines. He recommends that they be:

Useful
Universal
Usable
Unobtrusive

Most of the ones I've looked at are either not useful to me or not usable because I couldn't figure them out quickly. From my perspective, unless it's immediately obvious how a framework is going to help me improve my site designs and speed of delivery, the tool needs to be so easy to use that I can muddle through for a while until I figure it out.

Are there any frameworks that you use regularly? Do you think that they meet the criteria Jens outlined?

HTML/CSS Frameworks and When to Use Them originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 18:22:35.

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Poll: Do you use includes on your website?

2009-11-19T08:30:17Z

An include is a script or tool that helps you include one HTML file in another. The most common reason to use includes is because you have content that is repeated across your website - such as navigation. When you use an include, you write the navigation as one file and then call it with an include reference in the pages where you want it to appear.

The thing is, includes are not something you can do with plain HTML. You have to use a script or tool of some sort to handle it. The original include was the SSI or server side includes. But now you can create includes with languages like PHP and ASP, JavaScript and even frames. You can also use tools like Dreamweaver library items to act as includes offline.

Poll: Do you use includes on your website? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 08:30:17.

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Wordless Wednesday - Readers' Favorite Web Page Designs: Ali Felski

2009-11-18T08:24:48Z

See More Favorite Web Page Designs or submit a page that you love.

Wordless Wednesday - Readers' Favorite Web Page Designs: Ali Felski originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 08:24:48.

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Editors - So Many To Choose From

2009-11-16T16:52:28Z

This week, I finalized two "best of" lists:

If your favorite editor is not on those lists, the best way to bring it to my attention is to write a review of it.

Editor Round Up

These are the editor reviews I finished this week:

For the rest of the month, I'll be focusing on the lists of best editors in several categories including:

Best WYSWYG editors
Best text editors
Best free editors
Best editors for small business owners
Best editors for children and newcomers to Web design

And finally, I'll provide a list of the worst Web editors for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux/UNIX so you'll know which ones to avoid.

Editors - So Many To Choose From originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 16:52:28.

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Poll: Do you indent your HTML?

2009-11-12T07:56:28Z

Indenting HTML code makes it easier to read and thus easier to maintain later. But some people feel that adding indents can increase the size of pages by adding in white space that isn't used on the page. Personally, I feel that it's important to have some indenting, so that the HTML is easier to read, but putting in a 4-space indent for every nested tag is a bit of overkill as well.

Poll: Do you indent your HTML? originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 07:56:28.

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Wordless Wednesday - Readers' Favorite Web Designs: Gourmet Traveler

2009-11-11T07:33:36Z

Editor Round-Up

2009-11-10T17:26:12Z

This week I reviewed 29 editors. If you are wondering if they all start to blur together, well, that's how I know I've reviewed enough editors for the day. :-) Only 73 left on my list. Whew!

Editor Round-Up originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 17:26:12.

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