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RAGE WebDesign 2.9

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RAGE WebDesign

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The Bottom Line

RAGE WebDesign is a text editor for Macintosh best suited to Professional Web Developers. It costs $29.95. There is a free trial.

Rating

3 Stars
Score: 107 / 40%

Pros

  • Color coding in an HTML text editor with an HTML validator to create correct code.
  • Preview your code in various browsers, and add other browsers as you add them to your system.
  • Manage your entire site using FTP within RAGE WebDesign.
  • Tabbed editing of multiple files.
  • There is a built-in tool to beautify your HTML and make it easier to read and manage.

Cons

  • No CSS or accessibility validators.
  • No images, video, or multimedia support.
  • No JavaScript support.

Description

  • Text editor without WYSIWYG.
  • HTML validator.
  • Browser preview built-in.
  • Spell checker included.
  • Wizards for forms and other HTML tags make it easy for beginners to use.

Guide Review - RAGE WebDesign 2.9

RAGE WebDesign is a great editor. It packs a lot of features into a simple to use text editing platform. You can use it to learn HTML and get your websites up and running quickly. It is a good tool if you need to convert a site from HTML to XHTML and CSS.

If you are looking for a text HTML editor for Macintosh, RAGE WebDesign is a good choice. It offers all the typical text editor features like an HTML validator, color coding and tag completion.

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User Reviews
5 out of 5
Yahoo SiteBuilder 2.8, Member Carl Lewis

This is the best web editor there is. For ease-of-use, it can't be beat. The user interface is much like windows, so there is almost no learning curve. You can have your first web site up and running…More

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