Keep Your Software Simple! A Review of EditPlus

Keep Your Software Simple! A Review of EditPlus

I like my software simple. If it's too complex or difficult
to figure out, I don't use it.

For example, I have tried a lot of different programs for
creating my web pages. These include:

Namo Webeditor
Microsoft Frontpage
Dreamweaver
NetObjects Fusion
Hotdog Pro
CoffeeCup HTML Editor

and a variety of other commercial, shareware and freeware
editors. Each time I tried one of these, I found it too
complicated. What are all these "panels" for? How to I see
the underlying HTML code for my page? What's a "web"? How
do I begin to use this package? I just couldn't get answers
to my questions easily.

Now my hard disk is bulging from the growing number of HTML
editors I got from download.com and then abandoned.

A couple of years ago, I discovered EditPlus. It's a very
simple and easy-to-use editor. Yet is also has plenty of
sophistication if you need it.

You can use EditPlus both as a text editor and as an HTML
editor. This nifty piece of software has an internal
preview capability so that you you get a quick check on
your HTML code. It also has a spelling checker, word wrap,
and a word counter. It even includes FTP functions so that
you can upload your web pages to your host provider.

I wrote this article, formatted it for publication, added
HTML code and published it on my web page using EditPlus.

So far, I haven't read a manual for EditPlus and don't feel
I need to because the program is so intuitively easy to use.

I admit that you need to learn some HTML if you want to
create and edit your web pages with EditPlus. But I get
nervous when I try to create a web page with one of those
designer packages where the HTML code is hidden from view.

I keep going back to EditPlus after trying those other
complicated web design programs.

If you want to test it, you can download a trial of EditPlus
from http://www.editplus.com. The cost of the software is
minimal (only about $30) and well worth it.

Why can't more software developers follow the KISS
philosophy? Keep it Simple, Stupid! I'm convinced they
would capture more of us simple-minded users if they
followed this principle. Then it would be
Keep It Simple, Smarty!