A Good Day For Style!
Earlier I mentioned that one of my favourite apps CSSEdit has been updated and just 2 hours after that Panic release their all-in-one development app Coda.
I’ve literally only just opened it up and connected via FTP to my website but I have to say it’s pretty slick. I like the little screenshot of my website on the sites listing, it’s a nice touch. Graphically it’s clean and fresh but if you read the MacApper review you’d already know that (don’t you just hate that they did that?).
Only having used it for about fifteen minutes, there is one thing that bugs me. The CSS tab feels like its ripped out CSSEdit, added some mirror-like effects to the colours and changed the name slightly. The mirror-effect on background colours isn’t helpful in the slightest as you’re not sure if its set to the upper (lighter) colour or the lower (darker) colour and when you click on a class/id name the colour changes to blue and so you can’t see the colours anyway, which seems useless.
The “one-window web development” app is basically trying to replace the need for applications like TextMate, CSSEdit, Transmit and Terminal; having all these open seperately is apparently a pain?
TextMate + CSSEdit + Transmit = $113
Coda = $99 $79, introductory price
Would you buy Coda over the others? If you already own any/all of the others would you make the switch?
12:38 am
I had the same first impression of the CSS tab as you did. Not as elegant as CSSEDit, I think it’s the weakest link in Coda. Also, the Clips are not as useful as the Snippets in skEdit, my preferred editor. You need to be able to organize them in folders. Coda is a brilliant idea, but in reality it doesn’t benefit you very much over your favorite apps. It does seem faster than Transmit, though.
1:51 am
I noticed that it seemed faster than Transmit too - I even did a direct test uploading the same file to the same directory and Transmit actually took longer.
It’s odd, as I would have assumed they just bundled Transmit in under the hood but maybe they found a way to speed it up slightly.
2:06 am
The Panic site says that Coda uses a next-generation Transmit Turbo engine. Looks impressive.
BTW, I’ve just written up my first impressions: Panic Coda 1.0 First Impressions.
3:16 am
Looks Pretty Slick!