Espresso for Mac User Reviews
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"Solid text editor, lackluster IDE."
Version: Espresso 1.1.2
Pros
Text editing is fluid and fast. The app is lightweight and the interface mostly stays out of your way. The extensible sugar system allows for community supported updates to editing languages.
Cons
You can't resize project sidebars or other portions of the interface. Text snippets are extremely basic (you can't sort or categorize them). There's no color picker. Nearly all of CSSEdit's features are missing. S-L-O-W development timeline.
Summary
With better support from the developer, Espresso could easily be the leading editor on the Mac OS. However MacRabbit has been slow to respond to community feedback and, for the most part, this application hasn't changed substantially since the original beta.
Looking forward to an update that brings more configuration options, better FTP and publishing, X-Ray and visual CSS editing. -
"Handy app for managing web sites"
Version: Espresso 1.1
Pros
It's a convenient way to manage an entire web site.
Cons
No syntax for css...css editing is straight text. Doesn't render photo files.
Summary
It keeps track of all the files in the selected folder, highlights syntax in several formats including HTML and php. Compares online files to local files and uploads, deletes, or ignores uploading/downloading files at user's option.
It keeps track of all the files in the selected folder, highlights syntax in several formats including HTML and php. Compares online files to local files and uploads, deletes, or ignores uploading/downloading files at user's option. (Current version does render graphics.)
Updated on Dec 22, 2009 -
"Very respectable program"
Version: Espresso 1.0.7
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I use Espresso for my everyday HTML/PHP/Javascript/CSS needs.
It works well, the colour coding templates available are nice, and it seems to be relatively stable.
I use it strictly as a coding tool. I don't use it for organizing my sites or projects. I found that functionality never worked the way I wanted/needed it to.
I don't use the FTP engine, as I found it is very elegant or reliable. (I use Forklift.)
Overall I give it a thumbs up. I purchased it as part of a MacHeist bundle, so got it at a good price.
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