I think it is pretty robust. It does have CSS functions, and allows php editing. I dont think you would ever see sql stuff though.

I have to say that a PHP editor (more robust) would really be great.

I agree with Louis I love CoffeeCup software. I use the editor and a few other products. The more I do the more I want to do with CoffeeCup.

It's frustrating trying to check the various browsers for display. I have two browsers installed but especially with IE, the changes in code over the last few versions always leaves me wondering if my code will display properly. I really don't want to install a bunch of browsers on my machine for obvious reasons. Why don't you host say the top 15 browsers and have a test function like the HTML verify function so that we could upload a page in progress and check it's display in the most common browsers, IE 5-8, Firefox last three versions, Opera, etc? There are various web services such as browsershots.org which will test an already uploaded page, but I don't know how to test while in progress. The page could function like browsershots in that the user could choose which browsers he wants to test.

Maybe this would require too much in resources at your end, but perhaps you could alternatively automate such a test and pass it along to an internet service such as browsershots.org without requiring us to upload the files to a website.

The html editor already has your two options. The test screen in the editor is IE, and you can set your favorite browser as mozilla. Then you have two top browsers you can go back and forth on.

Bruce,

The best thing to do is install the browsers you want to develop for. That way you're not depending on any service, you can preview pages locally, and you begin to learn the quirks of each browser. It's always best to view things with your own eyes.

Just fyi: I have Firefox 3.5, Firefox 2, Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Webkit installed on my OS X machine, then IE8, IE7, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari on my Vista and Windows 7 machines. Yes, it's a lot of browser testing, but that's the best way to make sure things work the way you want.

Note: I didn't list IE6 anywhere.

J is correct for true web development you have to have the browsers.

http://browsershots.org/

Is there any hope for Mac users, or should I just move on? After asking for compatible software last May, I don't see much to change my impression that this is a dead issue.( And I don't want to install Windows on my Mac.)

Sad and still searching,

MC Bisharat

Scott informed us at the beginning of the year that one of CC main focus for 2010 was mac compatibility.

Yes. In fact it will be the primary focus of a large part of our development team once our next round of releases is complete. Expect to see Mac software late this summer. We're excited.