by @Macarlo
Windows 2000 Professional Beta Tester
(Screenshots by Namo Capture)

 Hi, sizzlers...
We are surprised, because testing HotDog 6.0 on Windows 2000 at last April we encountered some problems with his performance. Now, we tested version 6.2 this Tuesday September 19 on Windows 2000 Pro (GA) and we verified that this one surpasses ALL another web editors currently available. We edited a lot of single complicated pages using only 6 per cent of the CPU of our Pentium 200 Test Machine, that runs with 130MB EDO RAM; and we edited another pages opening our principal web site project with above 7,000 items (4,000 web pages and 3,000 images) and HotDog 6.2 used only 7 per cent of the Pentium 200 CPU (but sucked a lot of RAM...). Wit this fine piece of software Sausage goes definitely to Nirvana: we rated it five Butterflies, the maximum in an evaluation in this web site.
 
Five Butterflies for HotDog 6.2

 
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The version 6.0 of HotDog that we tested on Windows 2000 Professional (the Workstation of the a.k.a. operating system called Windows NT 5.0) presented a CPU usage that we judged excessive, but now we discovered that the problem was not with the web editor but with the operating system, because the Windows 2000 that we used for the evaluation was a Beta (release 3) with some problems).

 Now we tested the new version of HotDog (release 6.2) on Windows 2000 Professional GA and we verified that this fantastic web editor consumed only 6 per cent of the CPU of our Test Machine, an obsolete Pentium 200 (as you can see in the photo below. Note that the "Performance"window of Win 2000 Pro Task Manager is measuring the work of HotDog 6.2 with dozens of large and complicated web pages of my principal web site loaded at the same time. But a lot of RAM was sucked: 128MB of EDO are available in this machine and only 8.224 are free.

 In the photo above you can see the results of the next step of our test: we loaded the entire @Macarlo, Inc. Official Web Site Project, totalising 7,000 items (4,000 web pages + 3,000 images) and HotDog 6.2 consumed only 7% of the CPU of this obsolete Pentium 200.

 HotDog Professional 6.2 have a super-complete Help built-in, including an extensive tutorial about CSS, as you can see in the screenshot above. HotDog is not a web editor for beginners, but if you are a beginner you also can use it! When you put your arrow of the mouse on a tag, immediately HotDog explains what this tag is and for what is it used! If you encounter any doubt during your work, you simply call for the Help and the doubt is quickly solved!

 This fantastic authoring tool have the most complete set of menu options currently available in all the world in a web editor. In the photo below you can see the items available on "Resource Manager", an option of the "View"menu. In the next photo, below, the web page of HotDog Professional 6.2 in Sausage Software web site, loaded by Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 of @Macarlo's Windows 2000 Professional.

 What's new in this release

HotDog Professional is a Text Based Web Authoring tool primarily used by High End Web Professionals or what we at Sausage refer to as "Gun Coders". With this in mind the simple mission of HotDog Pro 6.2 was to create "The Gun Coders tool of choice". Top 6 Design Themes...

Performance
Number one priority for HotDog Pro 6.2.2 was to make it the optimal productivity tool for Gun Web Coders

Lower Resource Usage.

HotDog 6 uses approximately 12% - 18% of system resources compared to HotDog 5.5, which used a minimum of 35% and potentially up to 100%.

Faster Loading Time.

HotDog 6 loading times range between 3 – 8 seconds, depending on system configuration, which is on average 4 times faster than HotDog 5.5.

Faster Document opening time.

HotDog 6 average document loading time is under one second, which is approximately 5 to 10 times faster than HotDog 5.5.

SDI (Single Document Interface).

The new HotDog 6 Document Interface allows you to open hundreds of documents with negligible use of resources.

Enhanced Editor Support for Web Coding Languages
Gun Web Coders don’t just use HTML these days. As such, HotDog Pro 6.2.2 provides native text editing support for the most popularly used languages in modern Web Design.

Syntax Highlighting for HTML, CSS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript.

Ability to create separate Syntax coloring schemes for individual language types.

Property Sheet Support for HTML, CSS.

Edit embedded Cascading Style Sheet properties just like HTML using the new Property Sheet.

Code Completion Support for HTML, CSS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript.

Full Code Completion for all supported languages.

On the fly Syntax Validation for HTML, CSS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript.

Full error checking for all supported languages during editing.

 Document Navigation
 High-end HTML documents often contain thousands of lines of code. Gun Coders need ways to quickly open large text documents and quickly locate the code they want to edit.

 New HTML Navigation View Resource Panel.

The HTML Navigation View distills a HTML file into a structured tree view, which can be filtered to show all tags, specific tag types or just major HTML objects.

 Synchronized Tree/Document Tag navigation.

Navigation of tree view is tracked on the fly in the current document (and vice versa), selecting an item in the tree view will place the cursor in the corresponding tag in the current document.

 Select/Collapse and Edit Tag in Document.

Right clicking any tree item will offer options to select or collapse the current tag in the Document. Double clicking an item in the tree view will open its corresponding dialog (if one is available) populated with the current attributes ready for quick editing.

 > Cascade Style Sheet Authoring
 Cascading Style Sheets are now used extensively in High End Websites to provide complete control over look and feel from one single point.

 New CSS Resource Panel.

To house all your CSS style sheets there is a new Resource panel, complete with a few of our own. This Resource panel is the focal point for all new CSS functionality.

 New Create Style Sheet and Create Style functions.

HotDog Pro 6.2 has a completely revamped set of interfaces for Importing, Creating and Editing CSS style sheets and then applying them to your webpages. All CSS functionality is available through an intuitive and easy to use set of Wizards and point and click dialogs.

 New Font / Paragraph Dialog.

Apply inline styles to individual Font and Paragraph Tags using new easy to use point and click dialogs.

> Script Authoring
Scripting is another area widely used in High End Websites. HotDog Pro 6.2 provides an easy to use interface to add scripting functionality to elements in your webpages.

New Scripting Resource Panel.

The Scripting Resource Panel provides an interface to Add, Edit and Delete HotDog "ScriptBits" to the currently selected element in your HTML document.

 Use HotDog "ScriptBits" to easily add scripting functionality to objects in your webpages.

HotDog "ScriptBits" are pre-configured Java Script functions that can be manipulated, combined and configured via an easy to use point and click interface.

W3C Accessibility Initiative
Accessibility is a vital aspect of good website design. The recently released W3C Accessibility Guidelines outline a set of recommendations on how to make web pages more accessible for people who are physically or mentally impaired or who simply wish to perform non-visual browsing.

HotDog Pro 6.2 comprises a number of new functions to help you quickly and easily make your new and existing Web Pages more accessible:

New accessibility dialog to list/edit all Accessibility errors in current document.

The new Accessibility Check dialog will check your current HTML page and provide a list of Accessibility Errors. Double clicking any error will open the appropriate HotDog dialog to allow you to quickly and easily add accessibility options to the selected HTML element.

On the fly Accessibility checking in HTML Navigation View.

All Accessibility errors are displayed at a glance in the HTML Navigation view. Double-clicking any item in the tree view will open the appropriate HotDog dialog to add accessibility options.

All relevant Dialogs have Accessibility options.

Every relevant HotDog dialog now contains an Accessibility button. Toggling this option will open an extra set of Accessibility fields for easy editing.

Using these accessibility options in HotDog Pro will assists viewers:

Without graphic display terminals.

Whose browsers don't support forms or applets.

Who are visually impaired.

Who use speech synthesizers.

Who have configured their graphical user agents not to display images.

To view the W3C Accessibility Guidelines simply point your browser to the following URL:

http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG10/

> Text Editing Improvements
Split Document View mode.

Document Drop Down list of all open files.

New syntax filtering options.

Gutter resizable with mouse.

Hidden Fields shows Spaces.

Dim hidden Fields option.

Intellimouse/mousewheel support.

New Calculate Image Dimensions for document function.

New Right Click Re-Calculate selected image function.

Convert Selection to "title case" function.

Can use mouse with Code Completion.

Code Completion highlights likely closing tag.

Select and Collapse HTML elements function.

 FTP Improvements
Uploading a directory to the Internet Files panel no longer creates an extra blank directory in the panel.

Problems uploading to servers that specify that new directories don't exist have been fixed.

 Websites Improvements
Opening and Closing Website files same speed as normal files operation.

Collapsible ranges remembered for all Website files between sessions.

Specify a Backup directory for a Website.

New Backup Website function on Website panel.

Uploading Multiple Website files uses the one connection, can specify "yes to all" when replacing files.

Website Wide Find and Replace Fix.

Website uploading progress bar does not sit in front of other applications.

Website external resource collection fixes.

HotDog preview file ~HDprev.htm will not be uploaded if it is in a Website that is being uploaded.

 Macros Improvements
Add Macro from Font Dialog fixes - creates macro panel properly - inserts into proper position.

Deleting/Renaming macros fix.

 Extended Character Improvements
Can Add/Edit/Delete Extended Characters.

Extended Character case sensitivity bug fixed.

 Bookmarks Improvements
Improved Netscape bookmarks reading.

 Local Files Improvements
Local Files panel has directory drop down box.

 Internet Files Improvements
Can sort files in the Internet Files panel by the date modified.

> General Application Improvements
Running multiple instances of HotDog doesn't cause crash dialog to appear.

Added parameter to stop HotDog reopening files on startup - /nf.

New multiple instances checking code.

OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) Drag from resource panels.

OLE Drag and Drop for Multi-Line Clipboard.

Removed incorrect List Heading tag from Bulleted lists.

Resource panel drop down list of all open panels on that side.

Selected Resource Panel tabs stored between sessions.

Registered Company removed from publishing, email address added.

Publish function converts auto fields even if the file isn't open.

Spell checker checks selected text without checking tags.

Link Wizard inserts </a> tag.

New Tag Coloring options in Preference dialog.

New Syntax Filtering rules in Preferences dialog.

New Specify a Backup Directory in Preferences dialog.

New separate Syntax Coloring options for all different syntax in Preferences dialog.

Drop Down template menu for New Document toolbar button.

Checks if a file is read only when trying to save.

Document Tabs have save icons.

Right Click popup menu for document tabs.

Document Tabs show full file path as hint.

New "View" Toolbar - Resource Panel, Rover and Rover Ruler Buttons.

New buttons in "File" Toolbar - Import Text document, Close, Close All.

Added File Form Element.

Added Push Button Form Element.

Right click edit option for form elements.

Can specify which syntax manager to use for particular file extensions by default e.g. Use ASP highlighting for ASP files.

File Dialogs have an "Open File As" combo box, to specify syntax to use, e.g. ASP.

Can preview externally and locally through a local web server

Web browser search includes Opera

Preview uses file extension of current document, not .htm

Can insert tabs as spaces

Can open files by dragging them onto the main HotDog form.

Local server previews includes the subdirectories of specified local drives.

Can view hexadecimal values in code completion.

Code Completion allows selection from Color Dialog and File Dialog for URLs.

Code Completion can display colors in hexadecimal.

MultiLine Find-and-Replace is included in Website.

File Dialogs remembers selected file filter.

Document restores position scrolled to, when switching documents.

Can use Bookmarks:

Ctrl + Shift + 0-9 to add new bookmark.

Ctrl + 0-9 to jump to a bookmark in the document.

Bookmarks are saved between sessions, if the document is part of an open Website.

Pressing <Alt> + <Shift> + any number from <0>-<9> inserts highlighted text into MultiLine Clipboard.

Pressing <Alt> + any number from <0>-<9> to insert text from MultiLine Clipboard to document.

Pressing <Alt> + <Enter> inserts <P> tag.

HTML Property Sheet Help synchronized with Property Sheet.

Can create backups to the directory of the current document.

Save As will use current directory if the file is already saved.

Code Completion "More Colors" and "More URLs" options

Code Completion Uppercase/Lowercase preference

Code Completion Hexadecimal/Color Names preference

Code Completion Match case of attributes preference

Syntax Coloring can be turned off.

Tag Coloring colors entire tag

Syntax Highlighting fixes.

Colors and Images as Tooltips.

HTML Tag Coloring for ASP files

Ctrl + double-click will select a tag

WebSite Checks Tab allows for proxy settings

Document Tooltips in HTML specific preferences

... And a whole heap of other stuff that we just can’t think of now :o)

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        http://www.sausage.com/

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