Thanks to Dreamweaver's user authentication scheme, I have been forced to fire up BBEdit to create some quick and sloppy web pages. BBEdit's CSS editor is a curious monster, so I decided to see what else was out there. The open source cssed is another curious monster which I found unsatisfying. The Nvu open source editor is better thought out but pales compared to DW's CSS editor.

I checked out "Simple CSS" and was very pleasantly surprised. It provides a robust and comprehensive interface comparable to DW's yet it doesn't hog the CPU or require restrictive licensing checking. The quick preview pane is nice, only it doesn't talk to I.E. on Windows previewing. I do have some nit-picks (especially since it's free)

• I don't run the Finder. Yet, Simple CSS requires the Finder, so I'm quitting the Finder after every export.

• The whole import/export css into a project interface leaves me lukewarm. I suspect that's a design for further implementation. I would prefer where Command-S would do the same as 'export css'

• I wish it availed an "inline" style builder

• CSS validation would be nice.

Having said that, Simple CSS is definitely worth the look.