Comments on: 10 free PC tools for web designers.

By: Svetainu kurimas

Svetainu kurimas — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:30:46 +0000

Wow this is useful. Thanks.

By: nadine

nadine — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:46:04 +0000

J! Try this and let me know if it’s actually any good? http://www.pdf-to-jpg.com/

By: jess

jess — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:43:19 +0000

a program that will convert a pdf file in to various image formats?

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:09:17 +0000

YSlow for Firebug for FireFox. Brilliant at helping you design fast-loading pages.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:12:08 +0000

One I didn’t see on your list that I can’t live without is HTML-Kit. It has temps, that are valid. It helps with CSS, PHP, HTML and so on. It charges colors of the code from words. You can preview in it. Pretty amazing program. But I live the list you did have. Some I hadn’t thought about before I might check out. :D

By: Will

Will — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:48:43 +0000

I’ve used so many for work over the years that I don’t even remember them anymore.

I actually use Textpad as my text editor, which includes syntax highlighting etc.

For image editing, I’ve used Paint.NET – http://www.getpaint.net

And after upgrading from IE 7 to 8, I now use the built-in Dev Toolbar.

You can also use Firebug Lite with IE – http://getfirebug.com/lite/ie.html

But these days, most of my work is with Microsoft Visual Studio, which isn’t free. But they’ve got a free “Web Developers” edition called Visual Web Developer – http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/ The good thing about this is you can view things visually like Dreamweaver.

I use IETester for testing different version of IE (essential if you’re developing for clients who insist on older versions of IE) – http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

By: Iris

Iris — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:41:38 +0000

Ah just realised you mentioned freeware/open source, which Dreamweaver isn’t obviously.

I use Web Developer for Firefox and it is aweeeeeesome. I love the option that highlights style elements. It was a complete life saver at my previous job where I basically had to edit CSS templates to create layouts, and the CSS had an INSANE amount of divs. And it also has an ‘on the fly’ CSS/HTML editor. So you can basically test html/css changes in the browser and see it change immediately.

By: Iris

Iris — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:09:10 +0000

Wow this is a great list!! I think I’ll especially look into Taskbar Shuffle, as not being able to shuffle those windows is major pet peeve of mine.

I use FireFTP for my ftp (it’s a Firefox addon and loads in a tab), I really like it a lot.

I tend to use Dreamweaver to code as I like the prediction function (especially if you’ve got a side with a lot of id/class names)

By: nadine

nadine — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:26:39 +0000

@Dez Ccleaner is awesome! I ran it last night and it cleared over 5GB of crap off my computer! :D

By: Dez

Dez — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:08:46 +0000

Oh man, thinking of what programs are free is a task here! The ones I love are Alcohol 52%,avast, ccleaner, online armor, ViGlance, and many firefox add-ons.