Yes requires starting an app, saving in a known place, pointing the browser at it... I liked this for the Tap and Test-iness of it (OK, some editors TextPad/NotePad++ can do this too...)
When I see arcana like this I remember what drew me to the halfbakery eight years ago. Some of the stuff you guys access and do continually awes, amazes, and humbles me.
But where are you then going to post the HTML...? if you're writing it for anything but a trivial purpose (posting to a blog, maybe?), you need to save it somewhere anywhere. And if you're writing it for a blog, most have a "preview" option these days. Still not seeing usefulness.
{Suddenly get the irony of Michael} But it's quite infuriating really - at least for me - If I upload a I'd like to see it immediately but that rarely happens. I don't know about you, but there's always a long delay between uploading a site, and seeing it in a browser (presumably caches to be flushed... servers to be updated, protocols to be adhered to) - Yes I could create a 'ply blog item, check the HTML box and tap away, but 'ply doesn't allow everything - Not script, for starters
Not talking about uploading - if you have created the file on your PC, just drag it into your browser and hey presto! (Or if it has an htm/html extension, double click it.) (No server software necessary.)
What you really want, of course, is not so much something that simply tests the HTML that you painstakingly hand-code, but lets you design it in a graphic interface, showing you on the fly what it looks like and how it behaves. You know, like Dreamweaver...
Hey! THAT'S an idea! How much is (a legit) vopy of Dreamweaver? - A damnsite (geddit) more than I'm willing to pay, I'll wager (but not very much, obviously!)
I'm confused. Any old browser will serve as an HTML test bed, no special web page required.
ReplyDeletehttp://browsershots.org
ReplyDeleteHere's the halfbakery. You may need to re-queue it.
Yes requires starting an app, saving in a known place, pointing the browser at it...
ReplyDeleteI liked this for the Tap and Test-iness of it (OK, some editors TextPad/NotePad++ can do this too...)
I think I've posted browsershots before (somewhere!)
ReplyDeleteWhen I see arcana like this I remember what drew me to the halfbakery eight years ago. Some of the stuff you guys access and do continually awes, amazes, and humbles me.
ReplyDeleteI certainly hope you're not humbled by me! There'd be no chance for the World if people start thinking like that :)
ReplyDeleteBut where are you then going to post the HTML...? if you're writing it for anything but a trivial purpose (posting to a blog, maybe?), you need to save it somewhere anywhere. And if you're writing it for a blog, most have a "preview" option these days. Still not seeing usefulness.
ReplyDelete{Suddenly get the irony of Michael}
ReplyDeleteBut it's quite infuriating really - at least for me - If I upload a I'd like to see it immediately but that rarely happens. I don't know about you, but there's always a long delay between uploading a site, and seeing it in a browser (presumably caches to be flushed... servers to be updated, protocols to be adhered to) - Yes I could create a 'ply blog item, check the HTML box and tap away, but 'ply doesn't allow everything - Not script, for starters
{Looks like jscript doesn't work here, either :* Hopes noone notices}
ReplyDeleteNot talking about uploading - if you have created the file on your PC, just drag it into your browser and hey presto! (Or if it has an htm/html extension, double click it.) (No server software necessary.)
ReplyDeleteIn that case, I refer you to my previous answer
ReplyDeleteIn that case, I refer you to my previous answer
Need to switch to an iron I guess, my wood isn't setting me up.
ReplyDeleteWait. Phoenix, that dog'll hunt. Pretty cool tableau of renderings.
*woof*
ReplyDeleteWhat you really want, of course, is not so much something that simply tests the HTML that you painstakingly hand-code, but lets you design it in a graphic interface, showing you on the fly what it looks like and how it behaves. You know, like Dreamweaver...
ReplyDeleteHey! THAT'S an idea! How much is (a legit) vopy of Dreamweaver? - A damnsite (geddit) more than I'm willing to pay, I'll wager (but not very much, obviously!)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you could find something like it as shareware or even open source.
ReplyDeleteNo need to look... I've got a website that does it ;)
ReplyDeletehttp://htmlplayground.com/
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ReplyDeleteThanks!
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