The Bottom Line
- Macros are organized in an intuitive "tree" structure
- Built in HTML and XHTML validation
- Flexibility in how to display code (color coded syntax, line numbering, text wrap options)
- Batch converts HTML to XHTML
- Easy to make global changes to all open documents
- No line wrap when syntax coloring is chosen
- Occasionally crashes when closing a large number of open files
- Beautify feature injects line breaks that screw up javascript
Description
- Price Paid: Free
- Type of Web Editor: Text
- Operating System: Windows
Guide Review - Arachnophilia version 5.3 - Web Editing Software Customer Review
Customer Review
I have used Arachnophilia almost since exclusively since i started designing in 1998. I chose it at the time because it was careware (free), and was easy for a neophyte to use. With each successive version, practical features are added that keep the program current with prevailing standards, and that improve the usability of the software. Although I hand-code almost exclusively, I make the most of a very sophisticated set of macros that semi-automate the process of inserting common tags. Every conceivable tag has a macro and they are intuitively organized in the familiar Windows directory tree style. The upgraded XHTML capabilities of the latest version have made a huge difference in my productivity level. It's a little frustrating that you can have color coded syntax OR text wrapping, but not both. Text wrap works only when color coding is turned off. For the most part it's a minor inconvenience, and I can understand the programmer's reluctance to gut the program code to change it. I occasionally try out other text and WYSIWYG editors, but always come back to Arachnophilia for virtually everything I do.
