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BBEdit 7.1 Adds Safari-Based Preview
A user writes, "BBEdit has added a 'Preview in BBEdit' command in 7.1, so you can preview HTML inside BBEdit itself, using the Apple's Safari libraries." Also added is support for SFTP (file transfers over SSH), Rendezvous discovery of FTP servers, and more. Just-released version 7.1.1 adds more refresh options for the Preview feature.
BBEdit was, is, and probably will be an awsome program for the Mac. It's emacs without the bloat. :)
But everyone here's heard of it, right? RIGHT?!
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I can't find a use for BBEdit outside of this niche these days either. I once used it to open stubborn text files and the like (much like I once used GraphicConverter to open stubborn image files), but the only reference I've seen in software recently to BBEdit it in dreamweaver's option to work with this app to edit code and the like. I imagine that this experience is not unique - it seems that as more standards support is added to the mac os, and as file systems become stronger, there is less and less use for this sort of app.
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I can't understand why anyone would pay $179 for BBEdit.
Because they don't realize you can download BBEdit Lite, then buy the BBEdit for the upgrade price of $119?
On a different note: an app you spend all your time in, that you rely heavily on, is worth a lot of money. I'd pay a lot more than $179 for BBEdit.
If BBEdit adds the site management that Dreamweaver has, I may switch to BBEdit full time...
Not going to happen. BBEdit is such a good program because it is simple. It is developed by Bare Bones software. It is a bare bones text editor. It does what it does and is the best at it. It's not going to morph into something else.
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