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Comment on A Short Review of Espresso 2, a replacement for CSSEdit 2 by ELi

ELi — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:54:46 +0000

Since upgrading to mountain lion Espresso has revealed a few bugs, the most annoying is that the server sync no longer works as expected.

Comment on A Short Review of Espresso 2, a replacement for CSSEdit 2 by Tonio Loewald

Tonio Loewald — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:31:01 +0000

The problem with Espresso is that it’s not really intended as a replacement for CSSEdit 2 so much as a competitor for Coda that has failed in the market. The lack of support for rounded corners, transforms, etc. is only one thing. Another is that the CSS editing stuff disappears for styles inside a web page.

Another thing that cripples Espresso for me is that insane complexity of customizing the overall look. When I first started using espresso I spent some time getting to grips with its themes (which are basically a huge collection of custom CSS selectors, which makes sense) and made myself a fairly decent custom theme which had some cosmetic issues (bugs in espresso that only manifest if you don’t have dark text on a light background). Well when the bugs got fixed, my theme was completely broken. I created a new theme painfully, and then the next version of espresso broke that. Compare this to BBEdit which lets you get your theme pretty much right in about five minutes.

Finally, it’s pretty obvious that espresso simply hasn’t gained serious mindshare. The last update was in July (I’m writing this in mid-November), and there are no Sugars for LESS or UnityScript. (The fact that it pushes a Project interface in your face is a bad start — requiring me to use custom project files is the best way to make sure I don’t use your program — Espresso doesn’t _require_ them, but it pushes the Project UI in your face.)

It’s a shame Espresso has so badly dropped the ball, especially at a time when Coda is reeling from a poorly-received major update (seriously, Panic, who thought thumbnails of code is a useful feature?)

Comment on Librarians and programming revisited by karin

karin — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:25:38 +0000

I’m also getting the feeling that ischools are more programming intensive. I really think that model is the way of the future.

Comment on Librarians and programming revisited by Peter Murray

Peter Murray — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:28:14 +0000

Thanks for reflecting on my post and on your 2008 post. I agree that knowledge about programming is useful to have a sense of how complicated it can be, and also when you are getting a snow job. I get the sense, anecdotally at least, that the “i-schools” are getting more data and programming intensive.

Comment on Why every Library Science student should learn programming by Librarians and programming revisited | nirak.net

Librarians and programming revisited | nirak.net — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:46:57 +0000

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Comment on A Short Review of Espresso 2, a replacement for CSSEdit 2 by Adrian Anderson

Adrian Anderson — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:49:40 +0000

Agreed.
3Panel mode in CSS Edit is simply the best way to edit CSS. I still use it. There’s nothing better.

Comment on SXSW notes, Tech sessions by WebMatros

WebMatros — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:19:54 +0000

I like the advice from Stephen Woods! Good stuff.
And thanks for recapping your notes;-)

Oliver

Comment on A Short Review of Espresso 2, a replacement for CSSEdit 2 by Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:14:24 +0000

As a long time fan of CSSEdit through both version 1 and 2, I’m quite disappointed by the implementatin in Espresso. It simply lacks features that CSSEdit had.

CSSEdit has saved me so much time writing CSS during the years.

Maybe Espresso version 3 will be the tool that meets my expectations. Here’s hoping. Until then it’s Coda + CSSEdit… as long as the latter will run on my Mac. I hope the upcoming Mountain Lion won’t break it…

Oliver

Comment on A Short Review of Espresso 2, a replacement for CSSEdit 2 by Mike Barker

Mike Barker — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:13:10 +0000

I do really want to integrate it into my workflow (I’ve been using Espresso as my main editor lately).

I keep trying it but going back to CSSEdit 2. The 2 things they would have to reinstate in order for me to use it are:

1. The switchable ‘style name/style source’ search – which is essential for quickly finding styles
2. Duplicate style (⌘ + D) – which is just a great time saver

Comment on Current Design Process for Digital Humanities by Design/UX/Interface/Interaction In the Digital Humanities and Education | THATCamp Iowa City 2012

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:43:33 +0000

[...] reading: Jeremy Boggs’ post about DH design, Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. My post on my design process. Any [...]