SubEthaEdit, Collaborative Text Editor for OS X

I've blogged before about SubEthaEdit from CodingMonkeys which has been one of my favorite text editors since it's initial release. I could (and sometimes do) use Apple's free Text Edit which is included with every Mac and I have. But Text Edit lacks two features that I'd like to have for web development. Color coded display of html and browser preview. SubEthaEdit has both. It's html preview uses Apple's very own WebKit and so with a Command-R I get a new window that displays my page just as Safari would. This preview page updates live as I make changes to the html. Nice!! The program also integrates well with ftp cilents such as Transmit.

Another unique feature is it's collaboratory capabilities. Each SubEthaEdit document can be shared via Apple's Bonjour technology. I can open a document and in a couple of clicks others on my network (or on the internet) can add content to my document in real time. I see what they type as they type it and they see what I'm typing as well. Very cool and useful for creating meeting notes/minutes.

I was inspired to by BLOGZOT 2.0 on MacZOT.com to blog about it again. The folks at MacZOT and TheCodingMonkeys will award $105,000 in Mac software. Apparently they've done this before and it seems like a great way to get the word out about excellent Mac software and at the same time lower it's price.

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