Group test: web editors

“So, if you’re looking around for a great web editor for Linux,
just what is the state of editors for Linux and does it get any
better than Vi or Emacs? Let’s take a look at what options are on
offer today.

“One of the first web editors we came across is Amaya, and it
immediately piqued our interest. What struck us was the fact that
this is the editor not only used by, but also endorsed by, the W3C
– they of web standards fame – immediately forcing us to cast a
more critical eye than we would normally.

“What’s interesting is that Amaya is designed to enable you to
try out some of the very newest technologies within XHTML, and also
to act as a kind of standardschecking tool to ensure you produce
clean pages that adhere to the rigid guidelines laid down by the
W3C.

“With all this in mind, we were expecting to see a pleasant
interface, offering easily accessible options. What we experienced
of Amaya fell short of that ideal, in that it appears to be a
hastily mashed-together tool with the sole purpose of doing some
limited debugging of XHTML code – when we could get it to stay open
without crashing for long enough to use it.”

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