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?

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.

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

• Top 20 Best Editors for Windows
• Top 20 Best Editors for Macintosh

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:

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• EditPlus
• Espresso
• Microsoft Expression Web
• Microsoft Expression Studio
• NetBeans
• NetOjbects Fusion
• PageSpinner
• phpDesigner
• PHPEdit
• Rapid PHP Editor
• Web Designer
• WordPad
• XMLFox
• XMLFox Advance

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.