From the article: 10 Best Web Editors - According to About.com Readers
About.com readers speak out about their favorite Web editor features, from WYSIWYG to code view and everything in between. What do you think is the most important feature of an HTML editor or Web page editor? What do you think?
Yes, a WYSIWYG & a script editor
- Now, I am assuming we're discussing free and commercial web page editors, and if such is the case, yes, a WYSIWYG is very helpful, be it for viewing roughly how the page is laid out, or be it in script view, where one can lay the HTML, PHP, etc. manually, then have a means of review easily accessible. Way too many time, WYSIWYGs are given a bad rap, and usually by designers/developers who simply haven't taken the time to learn hot to efficiently use them. Be it Dreamweaver, Expression Web or other popular programs., I highly recommend that an editor have both, where you can see the exterior of a site, as well as to tweak any interior issues of a web page. Whichever route one chooses, PATIENCE is a definite must have, even for the most patient of individuals.
- —tnfan62
easy gear change; edit drop-downs
- I like an easy gear-change between raw code, preview, and Wisywig edit or "draft view". In draft view I like to edit drop-down menus easily for my shop stock. I like a parser that leaves the code the way I want it and I like a site editor that spots broken links and FTPs to my site.
- —Guest veganline
1 - It needs to look clean.
- 2 - File tree on one side of the main window that can access ftp folders 3 - Built in browsers are a plus, but not a substitute for popular browser testing. 4 - Color code my code. So many scripts are fixed by noticing where the color deviates in the text. 5 - NOT a WYSIWYG
- —Guest Xaxas
not WYSIWYG
- grrr I hate those stupid editors that are wysiwyg only. My clients love to use them but they break the pages more often than they edit them, and then I'm callec back to fix it all.
- —Guest Maos
