RSSMay 8th, 2006
Must-have software for web developers
I wanted to take a moment to talk about some software I discovered while at SXSW this past year called Xyle Scope. This tool for Mac OSX uses the safari browser to display web pages in the left pane, source code in the right pane, and css styles in the bottom-right pane. While it works best on larger displays, it is absolutely awesome for inspecting code, tracking bugs, and learning from other talented designers’ techniques.
Xyle Scope has literally saved me hours of time in optimizing my standards-based layouts. It recently helped me a great deal when I had to sift through an existing website and rebuild the layout without modifying the source code. It was a great learning experience and made the $19 investment well worth it.
This is just one of these programs you have to see to believe, but I find it to be one of my personal favorites. Download the 30-day trial and see for yourself. Thanks to Dave Shea for mentioning it in one of the interactive panels this past March.
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