*Originally posted by Joel J. *
**I use it because… the icon is right there in my quick launch bar. If I am suddenly inspired, or notice a bug in something, need to jot an idea down, etc, I click the notepad icon and less than a second later it pops up… free of any complication or glitter regularly present. Nothing more than a… notepad for me to write on. Reasons, times, and uses for everything. **
Ditto. Notepad loads faster than any editor I’ve wanted to use for small ‘less than a few minutes’ tasks.
Notepad to code does not make you 1337! It’s useful on occasion, like in the cases that Brandon suggested, but opening up Dreamweaver in code view is very efficient. For small changes (adding in a word or tag here and there), obviously Notepad is the best, but a good editor is great for someone who knows how to use it properly.
on the other hand, typing in every single code elements yourself means you actuall know whats going into your site’s layout… which is more than i can say of some WYSIWYG users…
If all you want is a very simple page, and you want to create it really quickly, you could just open Outlook Express, type all the stuff in, go to View>Show source, and copy the html I know it is stupid, but the code is actually pretty clean and simple
I know it is stupid, but the code is actually pretty clean and simple 