Software excitement

Today has been an exciting software day for me and thought I would share.

Graphics bliss

I awoke to find that the FedEx guy came like Santa in the night. Well sort of. I slept late and he left the box on the doorstep instead of under the tree. And well he didn't wrap it. Anyway, the point I am getting at is that I was excited to see that my very expensive purchase arrived earlier than I expected and in one piece. I can now work without the aid of Rosetta. I still cannot believe Adobe took so long to release updates to make these major applications compatible with the new Intel based Macs.

Coding joy

The second exciting software announcement today was from the folks at MacRabbit. They have released a free update to CSSedit. The new version, 2.5, adds plenty of new features. Here's a quick look at the updates:

• Tabs. Yes, this one may not come as a surprise anymore. However, I am sure you will be quite surprised once you try them out. Pictures simply don’t do them justice.
• X-ray Inspector. This must absolutely be the most popular feature request of all time. Lo and behold, here it is: the X-ray inspector shows you what styles apply to the selected element in X-ray
• Selector Builder. Selector what? This is a brand new innovation that should make life much, much easier for anyone starting out with CSS (or teaching it). Define your selectors in plain English, and it generates the necessary code for you.
• Various improvements all over the application: a navigation bar in the Preview, a font picker, selector CodeSense, a text shadow editor, brand new shiny wonderful HUD inspectors, etc. Major changes everywhere!

And thirdly... is thirdly a word... whatever... The folks at Panic, the creators of Transmit, have released a brand-new piece of software — Coda. Coda combines text/HTML editing with a powerful CSS editor, terminal access and FTP. This integrated package is a great deal for $79 ($69 if you already own Transmit). It also allows for collaboration between various people. Have a look. I would like to get everyone's impression of this new package. I use CSSedit heavily and am wondering if I should or would want to switch to Coda for both my CSS and HTML editing. Your thoughts?