IanKelley - 7:49 am on Oct 9, 2001 (gmt 0)

I've been hearing about this whole text editor, I love notepad thing for years... I have to wonder why so may web designers are smoking *****! ;-)

I've been using AceExpert (now AceHTML) for years. Like other non-WYSIWYG editors it's basically just a text editor that color codes your source so that it's easier to read and navigate.

There are, of course, all the extras like mass search and replace, syntax checking, spell checking, link verification, tag reference, various wizards, etc...

My question is this... Are web coders masochists? :-) Using a plain text editor after using one designed for HTML and scripting is just plain painfull.

Ok, I'm done now... The notepad debate has always mystified me. :-)