No sooner had I trackbacked my cheeky request for a complementary version of Zapadoo's Ultimate Editor than Brian O'Neill had contacted with the secret access code. True to his word and with a speed of follow up that should give potential purchasers confidence in Zapadoo's customer service.
So, after a clean, simple install it was good to be greeted by a welcome wizard to guide me through first-time configuration. However it was a little disconcerting to read the accompanying warning that skipping the wizard would require me to perform some manual configuration in order to enable all features. What? So I pretty much have to run the wizard then?
Following along with the wizard was straight forward enough although I didn't really see much of a difference, in step 4, between the three interface style choices. Perhaps a better graphic or explanation is required. 8 steps overall seems like quite alot of work to get going but at least you're rewarded with a very elegant editor interface upon completion. Zapadoo have certainly got their act together in the GUI department. In fact I've rarely seen a more visually appealing set of toolbars. Granted it does seem a bit cluttered compared with my trusty old TextPad but such are the sacrifices to be made for functionality I guess.
I must admit that I'm disappointed there's no macro support as that is one feature of TextPad I can't sacrifice. But I'm still going to give Ultimate Editor a good workout and will report back with a more indepth review. Thanks Brian!
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