What's so odd about that? Before there were HTML editors, hell... before there was even HTML, we wrote all of our code by hand.

I still write all code by hand. I've used BBEdit on the Mac platform since it was introduced back around '93. Probably similar to Notepad on Windows. Basically a text editor optimized for coding. In html or whatever you want to write.

I like being able look at a webpage and see in my mind how it could be put together with various kinds of coding (tables vs css for example). I think something is being lost by those who only let programs create their code for them and don't at least also write some code by hand.

A good text editor may also offer things like text clippings, grep pattern matching, search and replace across multiple files, ftp/sftp transfers, syntax coloring for numerous source code languages, and some coding tools. It just won't write the code for you, and it won't mess with the code you write.

Preach on Brother Simon. |thumb

I use DreamWeaver, but spend as much or more time in code view mode as I do in WYSIWYG mode.

I use notepad to write html. Always have, always will. :D

i use photoshop and frontpage

Gimp and VI

dreamweaver cs3
photoshop cs3
textmate
vim

That's how I roll.

TextPad (no better text/code editor)
ImageReady (old but
ThumbsPlus (swiss army knife for images)

I have been using http://www.digitaldutch.com/arles/ for years and I have always loved it.

Easy Thumbnails + Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver and Fireworks