Do you write html in notepad?

[chili5]

Yep although the rendering window can be quite messed up at times. Seriously at school, all my forms elements overlapped each other in the display window in dreamweaver.

[G_Morgan]

Originally Posted by Xav

How come? I can understand the ASP.NET support, but normal HTML files don't have any bias, do they?

The problem isn't if you edit the file directly by hand. It's if you use code generators. MS tools produce files intentionally designed to break under other web browsers.

If you write everything manually then naturally there's bugger all MS tools can do to harm you.

[Xav]

I'm not sure about break - I've never had much of a problem with VWD's WYSIWIG. It just writes normal valid XHTML code. It's usually cross-browser, in my experience.

[TcM]

So your pages will not end up MS-Friendly with VWD?

I still have to try it...

[getzephyr]

I feel notepad is a good choice, it is very easy to edit or delete

[chili5]

Notepad is fine to start with but when you start creating more complex web sites it will to be frustrating to use because you will have a lot of files open.

All your .html files, .css files and possibly .php and .js files. Gets quite messy which is why you should get a better text editor at least and before xav says it, get VWD.

[Xav]

Stole the words right out of my mouth.

It must be said, though - VWD cannot syntax-highlight PHP files without tricking it into believing they are HTML. But considering you were using Notepad before, it's a minor complaint.

[TcM]

So, VWD does not suggest php and does not detect php?

[chili5]

Of course not VWD is a microsoft product, of course their only gonna support their technology.

[TcM]

What technology? I mean, HTML is not their technology... and neither PHP...

So why support HTML and not PHP.