Coda – a web design tool for designers

Following the recent Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), where Steve Jobs demonstrated the up-coming Mac OS X Leopard, Apple presented the Apple Design Awards, showcasing the best software made for Macs this year. One program particularly caught my eye, and thanks to a 14-day trial I am now playing with Coda, an all-in-one web design tool that is built specifically for the Mac and combines efficient and useful with some pretty eye-candy. It includes a superb text editor, live preview courtesy of Safari’s rendering engine, a powerful CSS editor, built-in Terminal access, and even helps you get everything online by incorporating the Transmit FTP/SSH client. And all of that is accessible through one tidy window, complete with smooth animated effects, helpful bits of information dotted around in helpful places, and even on my old 1Ghz G4 it is reassuringly responsive.

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