MacRabbit Blog – Espresso With Lots of Ones

Thanks for the update guys. It was a nice surprise at the end of a workday

#1 - February 3rd, 2010 at 4:44 PM

Željko Prša

Thanks for the update!

The feature to view the pixel dimensions is awesome!

But I thought I had already 1.1.1 maybe I was just dreaming…

#2 - February 3rd, 2010 at 5:00 PM

Mladen

Great job; I’m with Zeljko: It was great to wrap up with

#3 - February 3rd, 2010 at 7:14 PM

Adam Fairhead

Sweet. Pixel size is a big help.

#4 - February 3rd, 2010 at 8:21 PM

Keil Miller Jr

Thank you guys, great product, love it.
Image size, and live web preview alert(); were my biggest feature requests, thanks.

#5 - February 3rd, 2010 at 8:32 PM

Simon George

Great update, one problem: doesn’t work with remote folders that have files with names containing international characters

#6 - February 4th, 2010 at 1:47 AM

Maxim Bashevoy

Great stuff!

Hey so when will you add split-views and php web preview (like Coda does)?
Imagine having a split view with one side being the attached stylesheet, and the other side a web preview of index.php which is dynamically updated on a stylesheet edit! Or a split view with one side the code view of index.php, and the other side a dynamic web preview of index.php which is updated automatically on a code change.

Also, what about an option to autohide the workspace/files/publish sidepanel?…or at least have a smaller min-width (screen real-estate is a precious thing on a 13″ macbook).

#7 - February 4th, 2010 at 1:55 AM

Paul

I second Paul regarding the auto-hide option for the sidepanels. But don’t forget to auto-show it when the mouse touches the screen’s edge! (Clicking is for noobs )

#8 - February 4th, 2010 at 8:36 AM

Jake

Nice update

It would be nice to have a preference setting to switch between single line and multi line CSS editing. As I like to write my styles in a single line, after every update I have to edit the CSS.suggar

Could there be more encoding options available? As I have to maintain some older sites in strange central European encodings (Windows-1250) i cant edit them in Espresso without breaking some characters and have to use other editors

#9 - February 4th, 2010 at 10:26 AM

Hrvoje Blažekovi?

Hey macrabbit team,

Thanks for the update. I was able to use the new pixel measurement feature at work today, very handy.

I’m curious as if there is a plan to add SVN into Espresso or not, having one would be extremely handy as I work on web apps quite often.

Cheers

#10 - February 4th, 2010 at 11:08 AM

dsw

Thanks for the phtml support!

It removed my theme, its gone ;(

– Thanks

#11 - February 4th, 2010 at 11:28 AM

Aaron

I’m a hardcore CSSEdit user but I’m kind of feeling the cold shoulder for this app from you guys…

#12 - February 5th, 2010 at 11:51 PM

Mario

Agree with Mario… Can we at least get a word on CSSEdit future? Are you done with it for good?

#13 - February 6th, 2010 at 1:11 AM

Igor

CSSEdit is not dead, but we’ll not be publishing a roadmap.

#14 - February 6th, 2010 at 1:20 AM

Jan Van Boghout

Great update thanks guys
Especially the pixel dimensions – thank the Lord.
Could we see a terminal built in please?
Pretty please????!

#15 - February 6th, 2010 at 9:42 AM

Adam

I agree with Hrvoje (comment #9), It would be really nice to have a preference setting to switch between single line and multi line CSS editing.

#16 - February 6th, 2010 at 10:06 PM

Paul

Is it just me, or does this release seem a bit unstable?

Getting frequent crashes when unfolding folded code, and I can’t seem to connect to my ftp server anymore (same settings that worked with v1.1)
This is the error I get (I blanked out the domain with asterisks), anyone else experiencing the same?

The operation couldn’t be completed. Couldn’t resolve host name (Could not resolve host: *************** (Misformatted domain name))

#17 - February 7th, 2010 at 7:00 AM

Paul

Looks like that FTP error was specific to the hotel internet connection I was in…strange though, because Cyberduck connected fine.

#18 - February 7th, 2010 at 7:56 AM

Paul

Hello! Thanks for the update.
Do you plan to support any source control software? It would be very nice to see that in Espresso!

#19 - February 7th, 2010 at 4:20 PM

Torben

@Paul: same here. a crash per hour. first time i’ve experienced a crash with espresso at all.

regards
philipp

#20 - February 8th, 2010 at 10:37 AM

Philipp

Thanks for the update guys, I don’t regret buying your product! Keep up the good work ^^

#21 - February 9th, 2010 at 2:11 AM

Thomas

I’m getting some weird bugs with this version.. The close buttons in the workspace don’t align with the file I have highlighted, instead appearing next to the file two above.. Also, my context menu (on right click) appears ~two lines below where I’ve clicked throughout the app.

#22 - February 9th, 2010 at 10:59 AM

Dan

Moving on… errr… not. I tried Coda and Flux and found them too busy (Coda and Flux) and slow (Flux). Then, I got an email from Jan apologizing for the delays and providing me with the needed upgrade info. A sigh of relief because I no longer feel compelled to switch to the other, less zen-like, solutions. CSSEdit still rules my workflow.

#23 - February 9th, 2010 at 3:11 PM

Alexandre Rousseau

I always have ftp problems, no problem with Filezilla or Cyberuck.

#24 - February 10th, 2010 at 7:14 PM

Giuseppe

I agree with comment #9 & #16- It would be really nice to have a preference setting to switch between single line and multi line CSS editing. The returns that are automatically inserted are annoying.

Also, any thoughts on adding a support forum? I think you guys would be smart to add one. So us users could help each other instead of sending you guys support emails all the time.

#25 - February 11th, 2010 at 10:28 PM

Colin

I’m sure Espresso is a great app. I’ve tried it. I’ve tried TextMate. I’ve tried Coda. But I keep coming back to BBEdit. Which I still love. Even though it’s not as pretty. My point is… there are tons of options out there for text editors. So I can live without Espresso. CSSEdit on the other hand is an app that I literally could NOT live without and nothing else like it even exists (Firebug is only really good for debug… not developing). I’ve used it daily not for years and I can’t imagine going back to the old ways of making a change in the CSS and reloading it in a browser and hoping for the best. Please update CSSEdit. And what does it mean that it has not been abandoned but you will not be publishing a roadmap? You’re sending mixed signals I’m afraid.

#26 - February 13th, 2010 at 1:58 PM

David

I second Paul too.

Php pages preview is a must, even Rapidweaver (an app for “normal users” rather than developers) does it.

Why not just consiedering a sort of integration with MAMP???

#27 - February 15th, 2010 at 10:46 AM

Riccardo

One more suggestion…a progress window when publishing single files.
When I right-click a file in the file browser and Publish to server, there is nothing to tell me when the upload is complete (especially needed when publishing large media (flv) files).

#28 - February 15th, 2010 at 8:08 PM

Paul

Could you add an option for a mobile me server?

#29 - February 16th, 2010 at 9:53 AM

iaefai

Hi,
downloaded a trial version of Espresso and really liked it!
But there is one annoying thing: I have written all my css in single line and want to keep this. If you could add this feature, I would purchase your product immediately. (the handling of spaces between properties and values in css is such a thing as well..)

Please contact me, if you’ll update Espresseo.
Thanks,

Maik
GERMANY

#30 - February 16th, 2010 at 11:43 PM

Maik

Great application, purchased it today. I’m also interested in remote control features (specially svn) and/or terminal integration. Other than that, this is the best web development tool out there.

#31 - February 17th, 2010 at 11:58 AM

Daglees

Just 2¢ to add, but please don’t add any features!

Continue what you’re doing: fix bugs, update the text layout engine, fix crashes and hangs, and improve the autocomplete. You’ve got a rock solid foundation with which to build a very nice app. But please don’t succumb to feature bloat and tack on endless features without refining the core first.

#32 - February 17th, 2010 at 4:58 PM

Mark

I love this product, cant wait to use it. Few problems though-HTML and PHP are not working well together and everytime I reopen my files, they get erased. All that said, I agree with Mark, when this gets fixed it will absolutely be the best. Bar none.

#33 - February 20th, 2010 at 1:23 AM

David