I am trying to discover some of the most useful software you use as a web designer. Enter your suggestions below and include your reasons. It doesn't need to be directly web design related. Just software you use.
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255 votes
Firefox Web Developer Toolbar Extension
The singularly most useful Firefox extension there is.
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122 votes
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83 votes
Notepad ++
Simple editor with good syntax highlighting
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34 votes
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27 votes
VMware (Workstation or Fusion)
Run up virtual machines from your desktop for browser testing.
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27 votes
Subversion
or CVS. Versioning systems are an essential tool to have!
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23 votes
Aptana Studio
Aptana Studio is the premier IDE for Today's Web offering integrated language support for HTML, DOM, JavaScript and CSS, embedded development platforms and databases for PHP, Jaxer, Ruby on Rails, and Python. Plus support for emerging platforms that use Ajax like Adobe AIR and Apple iPhone. Aptan... more
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23 votes
IE Developer Toolbar
It's no Firebug, but still very handy
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14 votes
Web Inspector
WebKit alternative to Firebug.
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10 votes
HTML Validator
The ultimate validation extension for Firefox. Shows validation errors on a site in real time, even when browsing, and suggests how to fix it. No need for an external validation site or update and check, update and check validation!
http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/
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