New in v5.0: New ownership (Macromedia), XHTML support, Secondary Files tab (for browsing local and remote files simultaneously), 40-bit SSL encryption support for FTPing files, Folder Deployment settings, user-configurable Auto Backup, integration with Macromedia Fireworks, support for double-byte character sets; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 5
New in v4.5.2: WS_FTP engine now used for HomeSite FTP's functionality, updated HTML Tidy and TopStyle Lite (v2.0) components, optimized deployment folder checking process, file transfer status messaging; enhanced SMIL, IMFL, and RTML support; various other feature enhancements and bug fixes; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 4
New in v4.5.1: Expanded syntax highlighting (color coding for Java Server pages, improved PHP and ASP highlighting, and VTML color coding script), JSP toolbar (with support for all JSP 1.1 tags), new options for Projects, various bug fixes; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 4
New in v4.5: Integrated image map editor, auto-completion feature (automatic completion of user defined strings), improved Folders system (with virtual folders, Development Scripts, and a Project Deployment Wizard), editing window supports collapsible text, enhanced customization features, Function Insight; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 5
New in v4.0: Integrated HTML validator, excellent new style sheet editor, rapid syntax color-coding (with independent and customizable color coding support of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, SQL and Perl documents), bookmarking, WYSIWYG design view (based on Microsoft's DHTMLEdit component), customizable keyboard shortcuts, QuickBar dockable toolbar, OLE automation support, inline spelling checker (functions like MS Word in that misspelled words are underlined), "HTML Full Tag" color-coding scheme, CFML toolbar, "Print in color" option, improved performance; Release Notes Upgrade Meter: 5
Pros: Extensive feature-set, blazing performance, extremely easy to use, and (relatively) inexpensive -- what more could you ask for?
Cons: Lacks some of the competition's features like pre-coded Java applets & advanced DHTML design tools, development pace has slowed somewhat since sold to Allaire
