While I am loving the new Mac, I am slightly annoyed. I am trying to find tools to replace as many of the Windows tools I use so as to streamline my processes as much as possible. I had hoped to work almost exclusively in Mac and use the WinXP for games and audio work. (Yes, I am aware of the plethora of Mac audio tools, however there are some audio tools that I cannot replace, that are only available for Windows and we have enormous amounts of files, song snippets, loops, etc in those formats – thus the Parallels and WinXP.)<\/p>\n
Python development is easy – grab Python and use Idle like I always have (although I would like a ‘beefier’ IDE for py). Java development is also easy – Eclipse<\/a> and NetBeans<\/a> both have Mac OS X versions.<\/p>\n It seems that for most things there are Mac versions, except one: Homesite. Without a doubt the best HTML\/PHP development tool ever is Allaire<\/span> Macromedia<\/span> Adobe HomeSite<\/a>. While that is the case, Bluefish<\/a> runs an ok second, but even so, why haven’t Adobe ported HomeSite to Mac? It’s especially rough for someone like myself that has been using Homesite since it was a $9.99 shareware (version 1 1996). So that one is one that will keep me returning to my WinXP on Parallels.<\/p>\n I would also like to figure out how to do multi-pane file browsing in Mac (like the V-com PowerDesk<\/a> for Windows.)<\/p>\n ——<\/p>\n EDIT:<\/p>\n