My colleague, Jim Earley, recommended trying Windows Live Writer. This is a test.
Here’s where I work:
Ideally, I’d like to find an editor that makes great use of div and span and lets me easily assign class attributes to them.
Seems pretty easy so far. I'm going to post and see how it looks, since I use a custom template on my blog.
WOW, the preview capability is really nice! It automatically pulled my categories too. This might be my new blog tool of choice!
Adobe just announced a new Technical Communications Suite, and has included support for DITA Learning!
Full support for DITA standards
Take advantage of DITA 1.1, including support for Bookmap, Indexing, and Glossary specifications, and use the DITA 1.2 Learning and Training Content Specialization (beta) to develop compelling training content.
I'll definitely have to give this a try. The DITA Learning Content subcommittee is in the process of putting together more real-world examples using this standard that we've developed over the past several years. Maybe I'll try to put that together using the demo!
What does the title of this post mean? APPLE, GIVE US JAVA 6 IN LEOPARD OS X!
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The folks at Plaxo (http://www.plaxo.com) have done a really nice job with their 3.0 beta. I like the new calendar sync features, and the ability to sync across multiple services (Yahoo, Outlook, Gmail, etc.)
I also like the fact that they are now using OpenID! Life is starting to get easier, now that all of these cool services are coming together!
Michael Kay has released a new version of Saxon: 8.9
New features in this release include: compiling a query to Java source code, XInclude, and a Saxon specific Ant task.
Saxon is THE engine to use for XSLT in my opinion. Check it out!
Lars Trieloff has created a consolidated link sharing submission service at: 
http://sharethislink.org.
I've decided to consolidate the plethora of link submission icons and point to this service. See below! Thanks, Lars!
Tony DaSilva has written a very excellent and thorough review of XMLMind XXE at http://www.writersua.com/articles/xmlmind/index.html. It's a very good editor, and something you should consider if you belong to an authoring group that is new to structured markup.
Tony's review is very informative. Even though I've used the tool before, I still learned something new: interactive margins!
I've used the Standard Edition to test DocBook 5 customization layers, and it works like a champ! It's one of the few XML authoring tools that supports RelaxNG validation, too. Just try finding that support in Arbortext or XMetal!
The editor also supports DITA, though I've found it's map support a bit weak. I'm sure that will change over time.
For markup geeks and power users, I still recommend oXygen, but for authors, XMLMind is one of my new favorite choices!
