Finding tools that make a designer’s life easier is a constantly progressing part of the software industry. With CSS becoming more recognized as the standard and tools being capable of handling all types of media, it then comes down to usability. How user friendly is the software and how can it reduce development time?

HTMLPad 2008 wins in these areas for various reasons. The convenience of its interface is immediately noticeable. The reading panes can be selected from the view menu such as the property inspector, code explorer and file explorer. Just sifting across the menus reveals a set of powerful features. The HTML and CSS style wizards make it easy for anyone to format their templates. It includes the tool HTML Tidy which is effective for detecting bad markup.

The JavaScript editor is more intuitive as is the server side script editor. The idea is that you can now create your code albeit HTML, CSS or PHP much faster than with previous versions. HTMLPad 2008 allows you to quickly validate your code. Some of the excellent features include:

• HTML Style Editor
• CSS Style Editor
• XHTML Validation
• PHP editor
• GIF animator
• Create Screensavers

Web programmers will love the tool as it simplifies every task. Programmers will find ease of use when deploying code. It’s all about efficiency and HTMLPad 2008 shines in so many areas. Professional developers worldwide have turned their heads to this tool to complete the most complex web applications required by today’s standards.

The tool has kept the interface easy to use so that development time is minimized. Many software titles for designers and programmers have a steep learning curve. Unless you are already familiar with the software, it can be quite time consuming learning how to use many other software titles. HTML Pad does not require a steep learning curve and as result programmers whom have never used the software before van be up and running very quickly.

The interface loads quickly on various machines of differing specs. This is due in part to how the software does not consume much disk space. Also, the visual interface lends itself to a text environment discarding the bells and whistles inn favor of a tool that acts as a flexible buddy for programmers.

The toolbar contains all the buttons needed for quick ‘point and click’ access to the needed function. The software is light, fast and very powerful. These are the attributes every programmer needs in today’s’ fast results driven world.