Just making a note of this site which has a bunch of Photoshop tutorials. No, I don’t use Photoshop but GIMP has many comparable functions and these could be corrupted for my own use.
*cue mad laughter*
Day: July 9, 2004
Ran across this article while doing some of my daily blog-hopping. I’m posting a note about it here to make sure I go back and try this sometime this weekend.
As you might imagine, I’m bored at work1 and I’m trying to come up with something to keep my brain alive. So here’s another QotD2 for you; what are your favorite web development tools?
My response is slightly complicated because I use both Linux & Windows and use different tools under each. Note that these lists are presented in no particular order.
Linux Web Development Tools
- Quanta for editing HTML, CSS & PHP.
- Bluefish is another good tool for editing HTML, CSS & PHP but its interface just feels a lot more clutured.
- GIMP for editing images, though to be perfectly honest I hate using it because the interface is just wretched. Unfortunately, I’m not aware of another image editor that I can use under Linux which has the functionality that I need.
Windows Web Development Tools
- UltraEdit is the best text editor for Windows. Period. It’s not free but there is a time-limited demo. You can edit pretty much anything with UltraEdit and there are additional wordlists & dictionaries for it to make it even easier to use. Though as I recall CSS is not included with the default word list –this means UltraEdit won’t do syntax highlighting for CSS by default– but an additional wordlist can be downloaded to take care of that.
- Fireworks MX is the best image editing program, particularly for web work. It’s interface feels very well laid out, hiding options you don’t immediately need and grouping similar options together. Plus, it uses Adobe Photoshop’s plugin architecture allowing you to easily expand the functionality of the software. Again, this isn’t free software but there is a time-limited demo. Unfortunately, the Crossweavers version of Wine lists this program as Known Not to Run; so I won’t be running this under Linux any time soon. *sigh*
1 For the record, I am working right now. I’m trying to get the program I test to generate some errors so I can test some new functionality that the programmers added to the error handling. Naturally now that I want the program to break; it’s not. *sigh*
2 QotD (acronym): There are 2 generally accecpted meanings for this acronym,
- Quote of the Day
- Question of the Day
Unless otherwise noted, this site uses the 2nd definition.
I know I probably spend too much time online reading websites and what not, but of late I’m finding that many of the sites I normally visit are becoming a bit dull. So, I’m looking for suggestions on what other interesting sites are out there1. If either of my 2 readers have suggestions; I’ll be happy to check them out.
Note: Before making your suggestion; please visit my portal page and make sure it’s not one that I already visit. Thanks!
1 We’ve got to have something to do at work, right? 🙂