Best Web Design Tool? Five Prizes to Give Away.
There are plenty of amazing web design tools out there that help designers get the job done.
We’d like to know what your favorite web design tool is. To entice you to participate, the awesome folks over at JumpeyeComponents are giving away five licenses to their advanced Flash effects component called FlashEff.
How to participate
To participate, leave a comment stating what you think the best web design tool is.
You have to format your comment as follows:
vote: name of web design tool
You’ll have until March 9, 2009 to leave your comment, after which commenting will be disabled. You can only participate once.
What you win
Five winners will win a FlashEff Premium license worth $199 U.S.D each. The winners will be randomly selected via a similar process as the last Six Revisions contest/giveaway.
About JumpeyeComponents
JumpeyeComponents is a provider of high-quality Flash and JavaScript components. You’ll find many useful Flash/JS components including components for working with audio and video, navigation menus, and much more.
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279 Comments
SirCrumpet
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
Igor
March 2nd, 2009
Adobe Photoshop
Phil Cook
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
Rus Mihai
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe CS3
Marco
March 2nd, 2009
vote: FIREBUG
I think I already said enough :) .
Nick Smith
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Joe
March 2nd, 2009
vote: photoshop
Chris F.
March 2nd, 2009
vote: CSSEdit by MacRabbit Software
Kyle Williams
March 2nd, 2009
vote: coda
WEBBOgrafico
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Macromates’ TEXTMATE
digiboy
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Fireworks
Steve Robillard
March 2nd, 2009
vote: since everyone will say photoshop I am going with pencil the firefox extension.
If I were allowed multiple votes I would add my Red Hat Linux development server, with subversion.
dizzl
March 2nd, 2009
vote: panic coda
Julian
March 2nd, 2009
vote: macromedia flash 8
Patrick Lightbody
March 2nd, 2009
vote: IntelliJ IDEA
Sean Ansari
March 2nd, 2009
i use adobe photoshop and macromedia dreamweaver and i consider them as the best
azumafuji
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Rapidweaver
Stefanos Hadjisoteriou
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Stripe-generator 2.0
Alexis Giorgio
March 2nd, 2009
vote: MeasureIt
Sam
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
Ashish Bogawat
March 2nd, 2009
vote: pencil & paper
Josh Canfield
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Aptana Studio
darley
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Flash and RedBull
alzen
March 2nd, 2009
Vote: Coda
2ks - Web Design Cornwall
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
Simon
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
Mark
March 2nd, 2009
Vote: Coda, by Panic
AxFactor
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Photoshop CS4
vanweerd
March 2nd, 2009
vote: css
Philip Downer
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop
Dimitry Z
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Eclipse
Stevo
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
damo
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
Mark
March 2nd, 2009
vote: JumpeyeComponents Flash effects component called FlashEff.
Oh come on, it was worth a try ;)
KevinBrown
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Espresso
Raul Popa
March 2nd, 2009
vote: BannerSnack
Normally, everyone would say Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Eclipse or whatever general products. I’m supporting other new-age product since I really think that this is one of those that make magic happens without an interface that takes tens of days to understand and use.
Also I would love to vote a few others Aviary, Picnik, of course FlashEff, Wix (great zui interface) anything that is easy to use.
I have to also add a few votes for iLife and iWork 09.
Benjamin M. Strozykowski
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Web Developer Toolbar Firefox Plugin
binocle
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Expression Engine
Kuan Jian
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
John
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Jeromey Gaudreau
March 2nd, 2009
Dreamweaver
Call it throwback, but it’s still a really effective coding tool
Zeth
March 2nd, 2009
Firebug
kwer
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Aptana
Jesse
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Web Developer toolbar
jung
March 2nd, 2009
vote: coda
sharpski
March 2nd, 2009
Coda
Andreas Johansson
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
stefano
March 2nd, 2009
vote: coda
CyberFox
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firefox web browser
fonsogfx
March 2nd, 2009
Vote: Creativity
Vin Thomas
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Corey Kliewer
March 2nd, 2009
Dreamweaver – A tool that is a MUST!
Mufasa
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Al
March 2nd, 2009
Vote: Dreamweaver CS4
Deps
March 2nd, 2009
vote: THE GIMP
Jen Shanahan
March 2nd, 2009
Web Dev Toolbar for Firefox
Jay
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
But I gotta tell ya, Safari 4 beta is lookin real nice.
Csaba Illés
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Robert Lewis
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Dani Botond
March 2nd, 2009
Firebug
Dani Botond
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
George
March 2nd, 2009
vote: the mighty grid
daredanger
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop
Linus
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
G
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Photoshop
Stephen Allred
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
Raygan
March 2nd, 2009
Notepad
AndrewE
March 2nd, 2009
Firebug & Dreamweaver have been wonderful time savers for me with development, but design wise I’m an Adobe fan and that means Photoshop.
AndrewE
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Photoshop
Mepho
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
William Ludwig
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
Chris Wallace
March 2nd, 2009
vote: me
Michael Ellis
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug (with scope)
Noah
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
James Longhini
March 2nd, 2009
vote: music
Tixz - Emil Melgaard
March 2nd, 2009
vote: aptana
Wesley Walser
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
Ian
March 2nd, 2009
vote: pencil & paper
Ben
March 2nd, 2009
vote: gimp
alex
March 2nd, 2009
hi,
vote: code collector pro – it is a tool to save the daily snippets.
Wade Jackman
March 2nd, 2009
Vot: Coda by Panic
tom
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
Adam B
March 2nd, 2009
vote: GIMP
(can’t argue with the price or anything else really)
Shaun Walker
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebugs
shin
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firefox
I wanted to write firebug, but it came because of firefox addon. So I want to give a credit to FF. Without it I can’t do anything.
Sylvadoc
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Fireworks
Jesse Korzan
March 2nd, 2009
Sketchbook and pen.
dronka
March 2nd, 2009
vote: photoshop
Brandon Martinez
March 2nd, 2009
vote: TextMate
DogEared
March 2nd, 2009
We
vote: firebug
Second Vote:
Color Schemer Studio
techwiz
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Internet Explorer
Without, life would be boring :-)
Pamela
March 2nd, 2009
Adobe CS3, esp. Dreamweaver
Caroline
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firefox firebug
but also…colorzilla, abduction, measureit, photoshop, illustrator….and oh so many more…oh and my laptop!
giuliano
March 2nd, 2009
macrabbit cssedit
JohnH
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Gimp
Joren Rapini
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firefox
shin makes a good point!
Kaiserlino
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop
Todd Leach
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Flash CS4
anthoula
March 2nd, 2009
vote: flash baby
angemy
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
cole
March 2nd, 2009
MooTools
Aleksandras
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
Dante
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug!
Lazlow
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
Mike Smith
March 2nd, 2009
vote: wordpress :)
Badia Daamash
March 2nd, 2009
Vote: jQuery Library
Trav
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Josias
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe Flash
Ricardo
March 2nd, 2009
vote: gedit
ZaF
March 2nd, 2009
vote: firebug
Keefe
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
Randy
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda and RapidWeaver
ffff00
March 2nd, 2009
vote: coda
hellboy
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
CQ
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
David
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
rafeed
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop CS4
David Radcliffe
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug – hands down
Justin
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Coda
bryant
March 2nd, 2009
firebug, jquery
Chandan
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
dedide
March 2nd, 2009
Firebug – use it daily
pedrom40
March 2nd, 2009
My winning combo: good coffee, loud music, DW CS3 and most importantly NO INTERRUPTIONS.
aldrin
March 2nd, 2009
vote: photoshop for web layouts
Ahmed
March 2nd, 2009
Vote: Notepad++
Marie Poulin
March 2nd, 2009
Vote: Textpattern!
Kim
March 2nd, 2009
Photoshop. There are lots of other text editors if I couldn’t use Homesite, but without Photoshop it’d all look like crud.
Kim
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Photoshop
Zubin
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
whatgoodisaroad
March 2nd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Isaak Kwok
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Coda
Cesar Noel
March 3rd, 2009
Active State Komodo Edit
Kristina
March 3rd, 2009
Vote: My brain, without it all the rest is a bit useless!
Lara
March 3rd, 2009
ajax, kuhler, web developer, adobe creative suite
Muslim Meskeen
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Notepad ++
jujudellago
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Textmate
Jakob
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Tobi
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Jay
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Adobe Dreamweaver
Marco
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
zyere
March 3rd, 2009
vote: adobe photoshop cs4
Cindy Sue Causey
March 3rd, 2009
vote: These Fingertips poised in front of a freshly opened, blank Notepad window..
Kasper
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Fireworks
John
March 3rd, 2009
vote: PHP Designer 2008
Leventhan
March 3rd, 2009
Jawa
Anne Jan
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
vote: Adobe Fireworks CS4
Dan
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
ChazUK
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Sean Nieuwoudt
March 3rd, 2009
Macbook, coda, coffee
:)
Beniamin Pop
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop
Matt
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Juarez Filho
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Coda
Noel McG
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Fireworks
max
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Microsoft Sharepoint Designer 2007
DanielCorreia
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Coda
Silverthan
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop
Mike H
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
ali nasri
March 3rd, 2009
firebug
Jim Miller
March 3rd, 2009
Vote: Firebug
Jônatan Fróes
March 3rd, 2009
notepad++
quantie
March 3rd, 2009
vote:Dreamweaver CS4
Julian Young
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Photoshop CS3
Mike
March 3rd, 2009
With so many amazing tools available for web it is hard to pick just one that makes my workflow. Over all I would say it would be much more difficult without FireBug. Since the release of Safari 4 beta, I have made some changes in my workflow to using Safari Developer toolbar. The Safari toolbar allows for a few options that Firebug does not support such as JavaScript debugging for example. Along with these tools, one of the most useful tools I use on a daily basis is SixRevisons. Not to kiss ass, but there are many sites I visit everyday to see the new trends of the web. Sites like webdesignerwall, faveup, gotoandlearn, and bestwebgallery. I think really overall the best tool for me is:
vote: Google…
To search for people having the same issues I am having!
Diana
March 3rd, 2009
Photoshop
omri
March 3rd, 2009
vote:flash cs4
Diana
March 3rd, 2009
vote: photoshop
Blue
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Photoshop
paul
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Coda & Coffee
Rob
March 3rd, 2009
Dreamweaver CS4
Minksy
March 3rd, 2009
Vote: Adobe CS3
John
March 3rd, 2009
FireBug,I love it very much!~~
saud
March 3rd, 2009
Coda & Firebug
Jamie
March 3rd, 2009
vote: photoshop
hoball
March 3rd, 2009
vote: fingers, for transforming ideas to code!
Roman
March 3rd, 2009
firebug
Melek
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Photoshop for design, Litmus for testing that design
eric wolfe
March 3rd, 2009
vote:fireworks
Phillip Palmieri
March 3rd, 2009
vote: textmate
Steven M.
March 3rd, 2009
Vote: Visual Studio 2008 w/ SP1/MVC/Jquery addons
Pendar
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Blueprint CSS
Joakim
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Dreamweaver CS 3
Al
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Dan
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug plugin for Firefox
Scott
March 3rd, 2009
Adobe Photoshop
John
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firefox (add-ons)
BenSky
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Adobe Creative Suite CS3
stefan
March 3rd, 2009
for design i use ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS4 and for development ADOBE DREAMWEAVER CS4
Paul Cormier
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
Casco Viejo, Panama
March 3rd, 2009
Fireworks!
Ben
March 3rd, 2009
My old school pen & paper
Nate
March 3rd, 2009
Vote: CSSEdit!
Hugo
March 3rd, 2009
Vote: Firebug
morozgrafix
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
purplevan
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Web Developer Toolbar
Tim
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Firebug
jhd_itfc
March 3rd, 2009
CSSEdit!
Dnyanesh
March 3rd, 2009
vote: coda
Andrew Champ
March 3rd, 2009
vote: Notepad++
Ryan Grant
March 4th, 2009
vote: Adobe Illustrator CS4
Hans
March 4th, 2009
my vote : firefox addon > firebug
Stanley Wood
March 4th, 2009
Vote: Fireworks
dmoghi
March 4th, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop
Adam Kirkwood
March 4th, 2009
vote: TextMate by Macromates
kinch
March 4th, 2009
vote: firebug
Krague
March 4th, 2009
It’s gotta be you or me if we are talking bout me! Wanna make sure that doesnt read as I am the best tool for web design – ha – so best tool for web design is the old grey matter! Next up, pen, paper, photoshop, illustrator, dreamweaver and ofc the old Web developer toolbar in that order!
carlos
March 4th, 2009
CS4 master collection – Photoshop and Dreamweaver
Brian
March 4th, 2009
vote: Adobe Photoshop > DreamWeaver > Mozilla Firefox
Nic
March 4th, 2009
vote: Aptana Studio
mecaniqueorange
March 4th, 2009
Vote : Firebug
Scott Petrovic
March 4th, 2009
vote: Firebug
on a side note, I know IE is terrible and everything, but their web development tools for IE8 are looking pretty promising, as are the new Safari tools that are in beta.
John
March 4th, 2009
vote: coda
Danny Batista
March 4th, 2009
vote: Firebug
Delon Summersett
March 4th, 2009
vote: textmate
Sirmc
March 4th, 2009
vote: Lots of coffee
Joel Kidd
March 4th, 2009
Vote: jQuery Library, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
Mohammad
March 4th, 2009
Aptana IDE . Notepad ++
Orkun
March 4th, 2009
vote: Halo 3
Bryce
March 4th, 2009
vote: Dreamweaver
Steve
March 4th, 2009
Flash/Flex
Evan Riley
March 4th, 2009
Vote: Panic’s Coda
Mike
March 4th, 2009
Adobe Dreamweaver
Vince
March 4th, 2009
vote: Firebug
Justin Smith
March 4th, 2009
Illustrator (for hi-fidelity)
Omnigraffle (for lower fidelity)
Scott
March 5th, 2009
vote: coda
Nimish
March 5th, 2009
Vote: Firebug
Fabrice
March 5th, 2009
vote: photoshop
Emma
March 5th, 2009
vote: photoshop
Radek
March 5th, 2009
vote: Photoshop, Notepad++
Rusty
March 5th, 2009
vote: firebug
Banago
March 5th, 2009
As I am in the world of Open Source, these are the tools I do web design and development:
1. BlueFish to code
2. Inkscape for vector design
3. GIMP for photo retouching
I recommend Open Source!
Dries
March 5th, 2009
vote: coda
Nathan
March 5th, 2009
vote: google
alfonso
March 5th, 2009
vote: Firebug
Adrienne
March 5th, 2009
vote: Firebug
Betsy
March 5th, 2009
vote: Jing by TechSmith
Allows me to create screencaps easily as I go, and share revisions without having to save a new file every time.
Geoffrey
March 5th, 2009
vote: Photoshop CS4 + Eclipse PDT
pbhj
March 5th, 2009
@CW lol;
vote: firebug with Inkscape a close second.
Anparasu
March 6th, 2009
vote: Web Developer Toolbar Firefox Plugin
Branden Silva
March 6th, 2009
I’m going to have to vote: Kuler for web design tool. It’s priceless in color selection. I prefer to use it directly in Adobe Photoshop though.
Jocelyn
March 6th, 2009
vote:flash CS3
mr
March 6th, 2009
vote: brain
qim
March 6th, 2009
vote: Firebug
Andrew
March 6th, 2009
firebug
eddie
March 6th, 2009
vote: firefox. (it makes life SO much easier)
marty
March 6th, 2009
vote: Firebug
israel
March 6th, 2009
vote:fireworks
Brian
March 6th, 2009
vote: Coda {best hand-coding program I’ve used in a while}
threesunrises
March 6th, 2009
photoshop cs4
bianchef
March 6th, 2009
vote: RapidWeaver 4.2.1
omfgjeannie
March 7th, 2009
gedit
kgl
March 7th, 2009
vote: Firebug
Stanley
March 7th, 2009
Vote: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
Wendy
March 7th, 2009
vote: Photoshop
Barbara
March 7th, 2009
vote: firebug
Georg
March 7th, 2009
vote: Photoshop
Brandon
March 8th, 2009
vote: firebug
Moqbali
March 8th, 2009
Voto: Adobe Photoshop
Evaldas
March 8th, 2009
vote: Firebug
poutchi
March 8th, 2009
Vote : Quanta +
Powerful firebug+plugins
Efficient Dreamweaver
(PS: Buy a Mac…)
alison
March 8th, 2009
Firebug
andres
March 8th, 2009
all those are great tools but if i don’t have a development environment then i don’t see the point. XAMPP from apache friends; as simple as it comes.
andres
March 8th, 2009
vote: XAMPP
Brady
March 9th, 2009
Vote: (1) Coda (2) Firebug (3) MAMP / XAMPP
Ivo Ivan
March 9th, 2009
vote: Notepad++
Steve
March 9th, 2009
vote: Photoshop
Wayne Helpard
March 9th, 2009
Vote: Graph paper and pencil
Gabe
March 9th, 2009
vote: Firebug
inerd
March 9th, 2009
Adobe Photoshop and dreamweaver (currently on CS4)
ArleyM
March 9th, 2009
vote: pencil
if it has to be software; vote: Adobe Illustrator
Rob
March 9th, 2009
Firebug
n3GRo
March 9th, 2009
firebug 4 life
John Fredrickson
March 9th, 2009
Safari 4 Web Inspector
tobyct
March 9th, 2009
Vote: firebug
Timothy Hatcher
March 9th, 2009
vote: Safari 4 Web Inspector
Klaus Nielsen
March 9th, 2009
Vote: bespin from mozilla labs
Shawn
March 9th, 2009
vote: Firebug
Bradley T Herman
March 9th, 2009
vote: web design sketchbook
here is a psd file to use :)
http://www.ziddu.com/download/3804384/webSketchbook.zip.html
John
March 9th, 2009
Vote: Firebug
… which has been voted for multiple times. :D
Daryll
March 9th, 2009
vote: Adobe Fireworks