If you're looking for an HTML editor for Macintosh, there are lots of great choices out there. But these are not them. These Web editors for Macintosh are some of the worst I've found after doing an evaluation of nearly 60 editors (criteria). If you must choose an HTML editor, don't choose one from this list. Try an editor from this list instead: Best Macintosh Web Editors.
Each editor below will have a score, star rating, and a link to a more detailed review. All reviews were completed between September and November 2009. This list was compiled on November 24, 2009.
1. Manila
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Manila is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh best suited to Small Business Owners. It costs $1,099.00. There is a free trial.
Rating
1 Stars
Score: 15 / 6%
Manila is more of a CMS than a Web editor. But it's price (over $1000) prices it outside what most freelance Web designers and small business owners would be willing to spend.
2. EditLive! for XML
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EditLive! for XML is a editor for Windows Macintosh Linux/UNIX best suited to Professional Web Developers. It costs $8,990.00. There is a free trial.
Rating
1 Stars
Score: 17 / 6%
EditLive! for XML is a CMS for editing XML files. Because of this it doesn't have a lot of features I look for in a Web editor. Plus, the price, at over $8000, is only reasonable for large corporations that do a lot of editing of XML.
3. eWebEditPro+XML
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eWebEditPro+XML is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh Linux/UNIX best suited to Professional Web Developers and Professional Web Designers. It costs $604.00. There is a free trial.
Rating
1 Stars
Score: 21.5 / 8%
eWebEditPro+XML is primarily an XML editor, as such, it doesn't offer a lot of features that Web designers look for.
4. Create
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Create is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh best suited to Newcomers to Web Design and Children. It costs $149.00. There is a free trial.
Rating
1 Stars
Score: 26 / 10%
Create seems like it would be fun to use, and it uses the Macintosh interface well, but it's pretty expensive and doesn't expand much on the WYSIWYG interface.
5. 350 Pages Standard and 350 Pages Lite
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350 Pages Standard is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh Linux/UNIX best suited to Small business owners and Newcomers to Design. It costs $79.99.
Rating
2 Stars
Score: 27 / 10%
350 Pages is really a hosting provider first, and then a Web editor. The difference is that you can use their program to create and edit your pages on their server. But because of this, you can't simply buy the software, it's only available as part of the hosting plan which costs from $39.99 to $79.99 per year.
6. EditLive!
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EditLive! is a WYSIWYG and text editor for Windows Macintosh Linux/UNIX best suited to Professional Web Developers and Professional Web Designers. It costs $3,960.00. There is a free trial.
Rating
2 Stars
Score: 29 / 11%
EditLive! is a WYSIWYG editor, but it's for companies that have a CMS and need a way to allow their content producers add content easily. As such, it doesn't meet most Web designer's needs. And at nearly $4000 it's very expensive for individuals.
7. Freeway Express
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Freeway Express is a WYSIWYG editor for Macintosh best suited to Small business owners and Newcomers to Design. It costs $79.00. There is a free trial.
Rating
2 Stars
Score: 34 / 13%
Freeway Express is a simple WYSIWYG editor, it doesn't offer much more than that for Web editing.
8. Web Assist HTML Editor
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Web Assist HTML Editor is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh best suited to Professional Web Designers and Professional Web Developers. It costs $49.99.
Rating
2 Stars
Score: 38 / 14%
This is more of a tool for Web designers to give their customers an editor right in the Web page.
9. Radio UserLand
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Radio UserLand is a WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh best suited to Newcomers to Web Design and Children. It costs $39.95. There is a free trial.
Rating
2 Stars
Score: 39 / 15%
Radio Userland started as a blog editor and you can see it's roots. If that's all you want or need, then this all-in-one package (hosting and editor) would be useful. But for most designers, it's not as useful.
10. eWebEditPro
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eWebEditPro is a WYSIWYG and text editor for Windows Macintosh Linux/UNIX best suited to Professional Web Designers and Professional Web Developers. It costs $362.00. There is a free trial.
Rating
2 Stars
Score: 43 / 16%
eWebEditPro doesn't have a lot of features that I look for in a Web editor. If it had a more Macintosh-like interface, it might be easier to use, but there are better editors out there.
