Like Michael, I like Bare Bones’ replacement for BBEdit Lite, though I also wish it included support for AppleScript. Like Jan, while I like TextWrangler, it doesn’t fit into my work habits, since in addition to normal text editing, I need the HTML tools of BBEdit. Still, if you want a hell of a text editor without the need for AppleScriptability or HTML tools, TextWrangler’s the ticket.
If you still want BBEdit Lite, which to me should have been the name they used for TextWrangler, and just gone to a pay model instead of freeware, Lee notes that you can still snag it from Bare Bones’ FTP servers.
posted on March 2, 2003 9:27 AMBare Bones must've decided they made a tactical goof and quickly covered their tracks. Daring Fireball (http://daringfireball.net/2003/03/not_dead_yet.html) reports that the BB site now has pages to show the difference between BBEdit Lite and TextWrangler, as well as instructions to get BBEdit Lite.
Posted by: Lee Bennett at March 3, 2003 9:14 AM