Linked List: October 6, 2004

Wednesday, 6 October 2004

OmniWeb 5.1 Public Beta ★: New version of OmniWeb, now includes an up-to-date version of WebCore as the basis of its rendering engine.
PHP Function Index ★: AppleScriptable PHP documentation browser.
Michael Tsai on TextMate ★: Michael Tsai, in a very astute first look at TextMate:

TextMate doesn’t feel like BBEdit, CodeWarrior, Alpha, QUED/M, or Symantec’s IDE. It also doesn’t feel like ProjectBuilder, Project Builder, Xcode, or third-party NSTextView-based editors such as SubEthaEdit and TeXShop. As a result, I think it feels all wrong, but TextMate wasn’t designed for old Mac hands like me. It was designed for switchers. I would have a hard time switching to another platform if it lacked an editor that felt right, so I can certainly understand MacroMates’ motivation here. I’m rooting for their success in making switchers feel at home on the Mac.
2lmc Spool on TextMate ★: 10-minute summary. Blech is unimpressed, as am I.
TextMate Released ★: Supposed BBEdit-killer from Allan Odgaard. I find it telling that the web page starts with the supposition that Mac users envy Windows text editors.