What software do you use?

[Jason.K]

Here is a list of software that I use for my websites:

Dreamweaver MX
Fireworks MX
Flash MX (only starting to learn it)
Photoshop 7
FTP Exlorer
Meta Tag Maker Wizard 2 (Pixel Persuasion)
Sothink DHTML menu builder

Give a list of software you use, I would just like to know what software is common and any software that sounds good and I am not using.

[jofa]

Visual Studio .NET
VS 6.0
NotePad/TextPad
Photoshop


Another useful tool: HyperSnap-DX 5 (screen capture and image editing)

[isotope235]

Notepad
Homesite (home)
Visual I-dev (work)
Topstyle
Fireworks
Adobe Acrobat

[vgarcia]

Dreamweaver MX
HTML-Kit
Visual Studio (6 and .Net)
Photoshop 6/7
Flash MX
e-mail clients (Outlook at work, Mozilla mail at home)
Corel Painter classic (came with my Wacom tablet)
MS Office (for requirements, business docs, etc.)

That's about it.

--Vinnie

[Simo]

Dreamweaver MX
Photoshop 7
MS Office
MS Outlook

[vgarcia]

Oops! I forgot about the most important software I use:
IE (6/PC, 5/Mac)
Mozilla (1.2)
Opera (6.05 and 7)
Lynx
Konqueror

--Vinnie

[Hierophant]

Homesite 4.51 (won't upgrade but might think about it if Microsoft buys Macromedia).
Textpad
Paintshop Pro
Topstyle Pro 3.0
SecureFX (FTP style program).

[Indian]

HTML-Kit
Crimson Editor
Paint Shop Pro
Topstyle Lite
Leech FTP

[vgarcia]

Originally posted by W. Luke
Homesite 4.51 (won't upgrade but might think about it if Microsoft buys Macromedia).
Textpad
Paintshop Pro
Topstyle Pro 3.0
SecureFX (FTP style program).

I think they've "integrated" Homesite into DW so if you like the hand-code-only environment of HS then DWMX isn't for you. Also, don't you think the DOJ would (or should in any case) stop the rumored MS/Macromedia merger if it's official? I can think of a few "anti-competitive" moves on MS's part for buying MM (i.e. cornering the market on Flash; this would probably kill a good portion of J2EE web development, etc).

Also, how's PaintShop Pro? I've never used it but have heard it's a pretty good program. How does it compare to Photoshop/Fireworks/etc.?

--Vinnie

[Hierophant]

The feds might stop it if it goes through. But the chances of a Republican administration stopping it are not likely. The DOJ doesn't have the authority to stop any merger. They can go to court about it but it is the SEC that has ultimate say in the matter. There is definately no monopoly in Image or HTML Editors though so any case against Microsoft will be weak on a proposed merger of this kind. They still sell Homesite separately but I was not impressed with the upgrade as it didn't seem to do anything but re-brand it and add in all sorts of Macromedia "garbage". J2EE is not a Macromedia technology but in reality a Sun Microsystems Technology so a merger won't effect the pathetic efforts to market the technology already in place. Microsoft already has a Java IDE that they sell.

As far as Paint Shop Pro, it is much easier to use than Photoshop and one doesn't have to go to Design School to make a few image edits here and there. Never tried Fireworks.

[shoebox]

Editplus
Photoshop
Illustrator
Eyedropper.exe (small single executable for picking color codes off the screen.)

[vgarcia]

Originally posted by W. Luke
Microsoft already has a Java IDE that they sell.

It's so obsolete though! I don't know anyone who's seriously used visual J++ in years, since finding out that their code is not as cross-platform as they imagined.

--Vinnie

[Hierophant]

They also have J#. It is an IDE, what you program with depends on the runtime behind it, you can still download the newest runtime and SDK directly from Sun and use it with either J++ or J#.

Personally, I think Java is rubbish and have only seen one decent program written in it and that is Editize. Everything else is too cumbersome and therefore slow and bulky to use. Makes me feel like I am running software on an old IBM XT again.

[Hartmann]

Here is my website kit:

Adobe Photoshop 7
Freehand 10
Dreamweaver MX
Context
Visual Studio .NET
SmartFTP
IE/Mozilla/Opera/Konqueror

[S7even]

Notepad
HTML-Kit
Dreamweaver MX
Photoshop 7
Illustrator 10
SmartFTP
MS Office
Flash MX (but still with the knowledge of flash 5 only)
Soon i will have TopStyle Pro 3 also. I've heared very good things about it.

[mjames]

Fireworks MX
Photoshop 7
Homesite 5
WS_FTP LE
AOLpress
Office XP
PuTTY
Textpad 4

[JulianD]

Here's mine:


- Mozilla
- Editplus (for edit a file quickly)
- Total Commander (FTP, File Management)
- Putty (SSH access)
- ZDE (PHP Programming)
- CVS

[naveed]

I mainly use these programs:

Notepad/KWrite
Dreamweaver MX
Paint Shop Pro 7
WS FTP

And sometimes Xara3D5, Photoshop 7 and Flash MX (I'm still new at Flash).

[link-DX]

Here is a list of software that I use for my websites:

Dreamweaver MX
Fireworks MX
Flash MX (only starting to learn it)
Photoshop 7
FTP Exlorer
Meta Tag Maker Wizard 2 (Pixel Persuasion)
Sothink DHTML menu builder

Give a list of software you use, I would just like to know what software is common and any software that sounds good and I am not using.

It`s true.........................................

[[Paul]]

Notepad
Photoshop 6
Illustrator 9
Fireworks 4
WS FTP LE
JPadPro (for XSLT, XML, XSQL, JSP, JAVA)
DreamWeaver (only for testing rollovers for quickness)

Counter Strike for stress relief

[his]

PhpEdit
Dreamweaver MX
Photoshop 7
Cute FTP
Top Style
Interdev

[Andy Project]

dreamweaver
photoshop
flash
notepad
ws ftp
psp (sometimes)

[Ruchir]

PS 7
Frontpage 2000 ( sometimes )
Notepad
Editplus ( sometimes )
BM4 ( helps in making banners )
Cute FTP 4.0

[mydster]

TopStyle Pro 3.0 [HTML/XHTML/CSS]
Notepad [HTML/XHTML/CSS]
LeechFTP [FTP]
EditPlus [Programming]
Photoshop 7 [Graphics]

[j0n]

notepad
dreamwever (on the occasion)
Photoshop 7
plasma
3d max
flash mx

thats about it.. the standard