For the past year or so I’ve been using TextPad for all my web-coding needs. I have access to Dreamweaver, but it’s far too unwieldy for my tastes, even as a text-based editor. Textpad, on the other hand, is nice and clean with a code library that helps with a lot of the more redundant tasks (like setting up a new page).
TopStyle, though, seems to be a perfect balance between the two. It has built-in previewing for both the Microsoft (IE) and Gecko (Netscape/Mozilla) rendering engines, a clip library, integrated html and CSSÂ validation (via the W3C), a “Style Checker,” which lets you know which styles won’t work in a fairly large number of browsers, and a kick-ass color selector; it’s not quite Photoshop, but it has some nice features even PS lacks (like complementary color suggestions). And the insight feature is quite awesome; it’s a lot like Dreamweavers, where you start typing a tag or CSSÂ selector and it gives you a list of attributes right there at your cursor.
If you like working in plain text for your web coding, I highly recommend TopStyle. Its default state is a bit heavy, so you’ll probably have to do some customizing before you get everything just the way you want it, but it’s worth it.