Five Tools/Services You Can't Live Without

Do you want specific tools (like 'Notepad') or general tools (like 'an ASCII editor')?

Specific tools, exact software. Can't post mine right now, will later.

I'm going to take a broader approach to this, simply because there are some tools I could live without, but only if I had a reasonable substitute (ie. I could live without Photoshop but only if I had PSP).

1. Hosting and viewing essentials - a good host, FTP, browser, e-mail, etc.
2. Homesite or reasonable substitute - must have colour coded tags, customizable keyboard shortcuts for common tags, image insertion capability (that adds height & width attributes automatically), powerful search/replace function...
2. Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro plus image optimization software if not already included
3. Various extra browsers for testing purposes
4. Site stat service/software (I use Webtrends and Hitbox... will post another thread about this)
5. One of Flash, Fireworks, or Illustrator - can't decide which one would be more important - definitely need some sort of vector tool though.

Feel like I'm forgetting something important but oh well...

1) Internet Explorer and Netscape. Can’t get business without the net.
2) Microsoft Outlook. Have to keep in contact with clients.
3) Telnet, SSH, and FTP software.
4) PhotoShop
5) DreamWeaver

1) IE & Netscape
2) Visual Studio 6.0 (Interdev,VB, & C++)
3) Photoshop
4) SQL Server
5) Flash

1) IE (I'd be quite content without Netscrape)
2) Outlook
3) Visual Studio 6.0
4) An artist (I can't draw crooked stick figures, so I get my bro or cousin do that work for me)
5) Telnet, SSH, FTP (for servers that dont work with M$ InterDev)

6) ICQ (I'm a social creature)
7) Half-Life, Counter-Strike (for those stressful moments when you just need to kill something)

Interesting responses. It's no fair either that Mark got to post 7.

1.)IE (Netscrape, Opera)
2.)Photoshop 6.0
3.)Homesite 4.5
4.)Excel - used to build csv files to import into mysql.
5.)grep - can do most anything with this tool that is built into Linux.

I just noticed that I posted 6 by mistake - oops. Could live without no. 4 I guess.

Quote: Originally posted by mairving
Interesting responses. It's no fair either that Mark got to post 7.

I'm special! My mommy says so

1. WS_FTP - My favorite FTP program. No ads, gets the job done.

2. Textpad - Use it very often - from spell checking to formatting my newsletter.

3. AOLPress - No longer updated, but use it religously to format pages on my web site. Keeps the HTML neat and tidy to my needs.

4. Internet Explorer / Outlook - The obvious.

5. SiteMeter - Gotta love those stats!

The basic which I use for webpage designing and the rest from experience to come up with a good design.

1)HTML Editor - Used it since iearning to code.
2)PSP - Easy to use. Still can't master Photoshop.
3)Zara - 3d graphics/animation
4)Gifcon32 - Free animation
5)NS & IE - For testing

Okay folks, This is what I did using the above tools for a customer
http://www.lasertecsales.com. in just under 2 hours.

Besides I keep a collection of common CGI/Perl scripts that I use for my clients in case they need it.

1. Editpad
2. Coffee maker
3. PSP
4. Cute_ftp
5. IE and Netscape

sounds like the question of the greatest invention in mankind. i think no one of us webbies can live without a browser? like no one can live without a wheel nowadays...

anyway, here are my favourites:
1. homesite 4.0 (do i have to update to 4.5?)
2. ftp_explorer
3. microsoft outlook
4. notepad
5. photoshop 6.0

1. IE / NS / Opera
2. Dreamweaver / HTMLKit
3. Photoshop
4. Paint Shop Pro
5. CuteFTP
Joint 5. CodeLifter !! (I hate hidden code)

+ TIME!

Can I skip the obvious - ISP, Web Hosting, Browsers?

Design & Maintenance:

1/ HomeSite
2/ Adobe Photoshop/Imagestyler (I'm cheating here )
3/ Ulead SmartSaver Pro
4/ WS_FTP Pro (gotta love that explorer integration)
5/ WebTrends Log Analyzer

If not limited to 5 I'd add:

6/ Dreamweaver (use it on rare occasions)
7/ Linkbot Pro (nice for link validation on those large sites)
8/ WebSpeed Optimizer - a nifty little tool for simulating various modem speeds
9/ ClipMate - a copy/cut/paste buffer utility that I have become so reliant on, I don't know how I'd live without it (ok, a little melodramatic but the tool rocks!)

Running the business:

1/ Office 2K Pro (how's that for 5 or 6 in one!)
2/ Outlook (I know it's part of Office but is so integral to my day-to-day operations that it deserves its own slot)
3/ Accounting Software
4/ Project 2K (yah, I wish! I'd love to be using this if it wasn't sooo expensive! I miss my time-limited demo)
5/ Tax Software

1) SciTE - you need a decent editor
2) WML - somehow all your templates have to get together
3) the Gimp - pictures make things look better
4) rsync - how else could you update all your sites without much hassle
5) hmmmm ....

Who needs a browser. If you've done this long enough you know what it will look like

I think things like a shell (bash), an email-client (mutt), an IRC client (bitchx) and a window manager (enlightenment) are essentials that are on any system anyway.

weblint can't hurt either.
imagemagick helps sometimes.
maybe curl, if you stupid provider kills the rsyncd.
ispell, if you can't tzpe

I think that's all I need.

anti

1. Notepad/Hyperedit
2. Dreamweaver/HomeSite
3. PaintShop Pro
4. IE
5. WS_FTP Pro

1. Microsoft Image Composer
2. FrontPage 2000 (Although sometimes I'm ready to kill the people who programmed it.)
3. Browsers
4. Paint (Yes, I actually use paint to do web pages)
5. CuteFTP
All of my web sites have been made usuing only these programs.

1. Dreamweaver 4
2. Photoshop 5 & Image ready 3
3. Eudora
4. EditPlus II
5. IE & NS

Know that I am on a Mac

1) Photoshop
2) BB Edit
3) Dreamweaver
4) any email
5) All browsers. (People use what we dont like.)

mine would be:

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1.) Dreamweaver UltraDev 4
2.) Fireworks (the best image utility around)
3.) Counterstrike (A must for any web designer)
4.) Diablo 2 (All descent webmasters have this)
5.) Beer holder (old 4x cd-rom drive)

Personally i cant live without 3,4 or 5. Neo

Quote: Originally posted by elitegamers
1.) Dreamweaver UltraDev 4
2.) Fireworks (the best image utility around)
3.) Counterstrike (A must for any web designer)
4.) Diablo 2 (All descent webmasters have this)
5.) Beer holder (old 4x cd-rom drive)

Personally i cant live without 3,4 or 5. Neo

What do #2, #3, and #4 have to do with webmasters?

1. Dreamweaver
2. IE and Netscape
3. Photoshop and ImageReady
4. Hotdog Pro
5. Wacom Graphics Tablet

It's good to see that this forum has attracted a decent calibre of participants. I have noticed a distinct lack of people using FrontPage, and THAT'S encouraging!

This thread (Tools you can't live without) has proven that, if you're serious, you DON'T use FrontPage.

I have checked out some of the tools people have suggested and certainly expanded my toolbox.

Thanks guys and gals.

1. IE - the soon netscape dies the better!
2. Photoshop 6/ImageReady 3
3. Flash 5
4. Dreamweaver 4
5. SSH

well i'll tell you why we dont use frontpage, cos its a piece of crap. Dreamweaver ultra dev 4 is much much better and long live the 4x cd-rom drive beer holder. ahhhhh nothin like an ice cold coopers.
By the way MESS WITH THE BEST, DIE LIKE THE REST

"5. SSH" - Good to see that at least some windos users decide to drop telnet. The sooner telnet dies the better.

"1. IE - the soon netscape dies the better!" - Oh yes, I see. If we only have one browser left it's quality will increase ... aehm.
I'm stuck with one box at work that has IE installed and I don't have Adminstrator rights, so I can't install a browser. What do I do ? I ssh into my AIX box and use lynx. IE is simply unusable.
(For the pros: How do I make IE open new windows ("open link in new window ...") at full-size ?)

1. Notepad
2. Ftp/telnet/Mysqlfront
3. Frontpage/Ultradev Dreamweaver is horrible for most things tho
4. Photoshop, Psp, Fireworks,
5. Flash5
6. Cold Fusion auth.

Windows
IE
Adobe Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Frontpage
Cute FTP

My top 6

1. Linux (I can live with windows, well...sort of)
2. Apache (Keep site running)
3. Perl (Keep the Bizz running)
4. .htacces (Protect the bizz)
5. HomeSite
6. libwww (a other browser)

1. My Palm Pilot
2. Homesite 4.5
3. My "slam me" Mr. Bill Doll for when i get frustrated or pissed.
4. Adobe Photoshop 5.5
5. IE 5.5

1) http://www.flexwindow.com (update a website by e-mail) - service, very cool and simple
2) http://www.hitbox.com (web statistics) -service
3) http://www.dyndns.org (dynamic ip) - service
4) http://www.gfi-mbh.com (isdn call monitor over ip) - tool
5) http://www.ultraedit.com (simple the best editor) - tool

Well I would like to find free comprehendible online tutorials for:

1) C/c++
2) CGI
3) VRML
4) Java
5) Php

different thing are important to different people just as differet things work for different people. Here are my most important resources:
1. My website----without it I am just a watcher
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2. Adwizard------could never manage posting at all the site I post at without it
3. CoolPage------makes it super easy to create webpages(for free)
4. Free classified sites-------this is where al my traffic comes from
5. People like you that are willing to offer adviceand constructive critisism

Quote: Originally posted by Busy
1. Editpad

Ahh another EditPad fan!
I don't know what i'd do without editpad.

1) IE
2) Webhost
3) Flash 5
4) Swift 3d
5) Sparknotes.com

EditPlus
Perl
MySQL
CPAN
CLPM

1) Windows XP (Notepad!)
2) ADSL
3) Dedicated & Putty
4) Cute FTP
5) Outlook

Before Windows XP, I would have put Linux on the 1st place... :apengy::apengy::apengy:

1. Adobe Photoshop
2. Notepad
3. Brinkster
4. TWF
5. All those good, free tutorials out there

1. Java <= Cup Of....

2. Smokes (bad habit, quiting, down to 6 or 7 a night....)

3. Night Light (used for a back drop, love working in darknezz!)

4. text2*ml Pro (short-cuts, boy!, I love short-cuts!)

5. my favorite slippers... (my son gave me)

all I need to code my life away.......

hehehe........

F!

1. IE/Mozilla/Opera/NS
2. ColdFusion Studio 4.5
3. PhotoShop 6+
4. Macromedia Flash
5. WinAmp (I need music!)

Someone has to weigh in with tools for the Mac

1. BBEdit (great text/HTML editor; Mac only
2. GoLive
3. Style Master (CSS editor)
4. Photoshop 6/ImageReady
5. Mizer (squishes code)

ok here goes...
1) Internet Explorer
2) Dreamweaver
3) Fireworks
4) Site Stats
5) DynamicDrive.com

1) Homesite
2) Paint Shop Pro
3) Adobe Photoshop
4) WSFTP
5) Internet Explorer

probably
1. Paint Shop Pro 7.01
2. Dreamweaver
3. Notepad
4. Flash 5
5. Internet Explorer 4

Hmmm... only five? well, I'll just have to cheat...

1. Browsers (if limited to one I would pick Netscape. If it works in Netscape it generally works in IE. The vicey-versa of that statement sure aint true).

2. Homesite & Ultradeit to do me editing. If stuck with one I would take ultraedit for the scripting power and integration with UNIX.

3. Corel Graphics Suite (Draw & Photopaint plus their handy dandy trace and screen capture utilities).

4. Apache with perl, php, and mySQL, and whatever other mods I feel like loading. In fact, open source software in general.

5. puTTY for secure telnet and a secure FTP client (still looking for a good one)

(1) THE INTERNET!!!
(2) IE 5.0+!
(3) Adobe Photoshop 6
(4) Macromedia Homesite 5
(5)Good Ftp Program

#1 Photoshop - Can't make a site if it don't look good

#2 Frontpage / Dreamwaver / Homesite - A simple way to put everything together

#3 Webhost - a GOOD host is important

#4 FlashFXP - good FTP program that can do FXP

#5 IE - I need to see my sites (screw Netscape =)

i think the subject describes it all. but really
mysqlfrontend
DWUltraDev w/Impakt
ssh telnet client
wsftp
PHPedit

1. IE / NS / Opera
2. UltraEdit
3. Photoshop
4. MySQL
5. Visual Studio

Can't live without eh...

1. Browsers (IE, Netscape, and Opra) - Gotta test it.
2. HTML editor (HTML Kit) - Gotta code it.
3. Image app. (Ulead PhotoImpact 6) - Gotta make it look nice.
4. FTP access (WS_FTP95 LE) - Gotta have host access.
5. Full high level test bed (Apache, PHP, MySQL, Perl) - Gotta code high dollar complicated sites with dynamic capabilities.

I can't live without Flash now for lots of reasons, but since I have before, and I'm only alowed 5, I won't include it.

Ok, my turn!

First, this just says it all to me:

Quote: Originally posted by Dorn

5) All browsers. (People use what we dont like.)

1. IE 6/NS 6/Opera 6
2. Dreamweaver UD 4
3. PSP 7/Adobe PS 5
4. Word Pad
5. WS_FTP (I'm getting ready to try this out)

Sara

1. AceFTP, IE, Outlook Express
2. 1stPage (http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage) Editor
3. Hitbox Counter

1. web stats,
2. ads rotating script,
2. no graphics

Hey gang, don't make false assumptions - he didn't say only 5

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In addition, my partner Linda also uses:

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1. Flash MX
2. Illustrator 10
3. Photoshop 7
4. Dreamweaver 4/MX Preview
5. tie between BBedit, Suitcase 10, and a good ol' fashioned paper sketchbook and a Pilot Razor Point pen.

Of course, I run all the above exclusively in Mac OS X. even the sketchbook and the pen. =)

1. Ulead PhotoImpact (love this programm)
2. AceHTML and WC_FTP
3. Browsers - Opera for surfing, others (IE, Nestcape) for testing.
4. TreePad and The Font Thing
5. Terragen.

1) IE6,NS6,NS4.7
2) Dreamweaver/Homesite/Cute FTP
3) SecureCRT (SSH)
4) Photo Shop 5.5
5) phpMyAdmin

I love freeware, and the ability to do business on the web without spending more than we have to. So with that in mind, here are my freeware top picks...

[1] 1stPage2000 - a really superior html editor

[2] IrFanView - to crop and resize images

[3] WS_FTP - we all know how good that is

[4] EmC5.0 - the best way I've found to control all the spam email we get

[5] NoteTab Light - very versatile text editor (never need Notepad again)

And here's one that has a very low price tag...

[6] Xara 3d - make buttons, banners, and headlines the *really* easy way!

1. Dreamweaver
2. Fireworks
3. Noted(free txt editor)
4. FTP Voyager
5. PuttY telnet

1) Unix shell access.
2) The services of Spamcop ( http://spamcop.net )
3) Photoshop (I have v6, with v7 upgrade on order)
4) A good HTML editor system. I use Dreamweaver MX these days, but I still have and use Arachnophila, which has a zillion extras to make managing a site easier.
5) Some sort of good backup system (tape drive, CD burner, etc.) for making backups of irreplacable files.

I also might include Norton Utilities in that list, actually, but I think having backups is probably a bit more important than having Norton. You can't exactly "Restore from Norton" although you can sometimes use Norton to restore some things.

bonni

1) Dreamweaver - perfectly content with 4, but would prefer MX
2) Photoshop 7 - Too Used to it
3) AIM/MSN - I would prefer both but I suppose it depeneds what situation I was in, alot of VERY good and helpful friends are on there.
4)IE
5) SmartFTP - BEST FTP prog in the world

1: DreamWeaver MX Xl Edition and Dreamwaever 4 UltraDev

2: Swish 2.1

3: Adobe PhotoShop 6 Pro Edition With EyeCandy 2000 plug in

4: Bryce 3d and Poser 4 professional.

5: Cute FTP Pro (enhanced version 2)

thats aint them all, i use all sorts of stuff like notepad and Frontpage XP, but the ones listed are the main ones i use

hmm...
1. first page 2000, the best editor out there.
2. a good ftp
3. anyone you can trick into doing half the work
4. a mild case of insomnia or lacking that, a 12 pack of anything with caffeine.
5. a small stash of money to buy new equipment after you break your old stuff discovering the problem you have spent weeks trying to fix is actually just a misplaced parenthesis.

LOL, good one (Welcome to the forums jammin, have you introduced yourself yet?)

1, editpad
2, photoshop
3, xitami
4, ws_ftp
5, flash but i don't have that now

1. Windows Commander (now renamed to Total Commander)
2. VMware
3. VirtualPC
4. TopStyle/Homesite
5. The validators at W3

1. AceHTML 5 Pro
2. Note Tab Light (Best Free editor around!)
3. CuteFTP Pro
4. Color Detctor
5. Adobe Photoshop

There are more goodies that I would like to mention but the ones above are the most used in my arsenal.

1. Browser
2. Dreamweaver
3. WS_FTP
4. My Programmer (he fixes all my mistakes HA!HA!)
5. My Webdesigner (see My Programmer)

Quote: 4. My Programmer (he fixes all my mistakes HA!HA!)
5. My Webdesigner (see My Programmer)

Smart!

I'm new at this, but so far:

1.notepad
2.IE6
3.NS6
4.google
5.FTP Explorer

1. EditPad
2. Opera
3. PHPDev
4. Photoshop
5. Dare I say, IE6

(1) Textpad - It just dominates, clean interface, fast loading, and it can grow in complexity as you learn how to use it better.
(2) Photoshop - Nuff Said
(3) Benthic - To absolutely dominate Oracle Queries & Databases
(4) Advanced Query Tool - To absolutely manage and be on top of the SQL Server.
(5) SQL Server Enterprise Manager - The more I learn about this kludgy but mega-powerful tool, the more I love it.
(6) Phoenix - An off-breed of mozilla that has a preferences toolbar that allows easy turning off of javascript, colors, fonts, images. A must for browser testing.
(7) EyeDropper - a quick n easy system tray tool to grab rgb/cmyk/hex color codes from anything.
( Screen Ruler - To help measure horizontally or vertically any screen's height and width.
(9) IRFanView - The absolute best image viewer and manipulator, for quick and easy multimedia viewing as well.
(10) Trillian - for Universal Chatting.
(11) POW from Analogx.com - The absolute best and easiest Popup Killer.
(12) FTP Commander - an extremely easy to use, clean interface, that let's me do the ftping in and out, very fast.
(13) CSE HTML Validator - What can I say?
(14) NameWiz - For easy Batch Renaming of Files. Especially good for renaming digital photos.
(15) Paraben's Flow Charter - A very easy to use flow-charting system, to help us coders/developers logically develop our applications.

That's about it for me.

Homesite
Photoshop
WS_FTP
PHPMyAdmin

Hmm, actually, excluding obvious stuff like Windows and Unix, that bout covers it for my needs.

TOOLS
Linux
HomeSite
PenguiNet - the best telnet/ssh
CuteFTP
PhotoShop

WEBSITES
http://www.w3.org/
http://www.php.net/manual/en/
http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/index.html
http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/

1. HomeStead.cocm
.....Just kidding!

1. Photoshop - Gots to have a great looking page!
2. Frontpage - I'm a FP newb, but It's good enough for my HTML needs, hardcode the rest.
3. ftpACE! or WS_FTP
4. IE
5. Invision Board - best free forum software.

Software:

1. Dreamweaver
2. fireworks
3. Textpad - I agree! it rocks!
4. Smart FTP
5. Internet Explorer

Websites:

1. http://www.delorie.com/web/
2. http://www.solardreamstudios.com/
3. http://www.webmaster-forums.net
4. http://www.devshed.com/
5. http://cgi.resourceindex.com / http://php.resourceindex.com/

Hi, I'm a newbie to the board. My five tools have to be:

1)Frontpage 2000- No need to ftp, simplified web creation

Sorry, I hit enter by accident. Typical rookie mistake. Anyways, here we go again.

1)Frontpage 2000- No need to ftp, simplified web creation

2)1automationwiz.com-Simplifies shopping cart setup and delivery of my digital goods. (I sell e-books)

3)SmartFTP- Great window ftp client just in case you can't publish your web for some odd reason.

4) Webmaster forums, including this one. Great for ideas, tips, or anything in general.

5)Sitepronews.com- good place to get started on website promotion.

Uh I use FrontPage. I'm proud of it. Nothing wrong with Frontpage, it's just a tool like anything else with. Why do I use FrontPage, because it's comfortable for ME enough said.....

namo editor
photoshop
notepad
ws ftp
internet explorer

Long thread - but I can see why. I'll leave out OS and browser stuff since you must have that to be "here". I'll skip the text editor stuff too, everyone has their fav.

1. HTML editor: Dreamweaver
2. FTP: WS_FTP
3. Graphics: PSP (I have Photoshop, and use it when I have too, but PSP is quick and dirty for me.)
4. Flash: Swish, I have macromedia, but still on a learning curve for that.
5. SoThink DHTML
and I really do need to add the sixth:
Topstyle for CSS

Leaving out all the browsers since its obvious that I use all the major ones for testing. Could live without all of them but Mozilla!
Anyways:
* Notepad
* Photoshop
* LeechFTP
* Php.net
* Devshed.com

That's all. What more could one ask from life?
-dk

Html Editor : NotePad
Grapx : PS (Photoshop)
Necessary html changes : DreamW.
Css : Notepad
Ftp : LeapFtp

I don't know why I never answered this thread before but...

1. EditPad (thanks to a WMF suggestion. It kicks notepad's a$$.)
2. Photoshop
3. Webmaster-Forums.net (followed by a few php specific forums)
4. WS_FTP (CuteFTP is okay too)
5. IE

(I've got Dreamweaver and I can't stand it! Straight coding all the way, baby.)

1) psp (so much cheaper than photo shop)
2) EditPlus (layout's for the languages I use not just html)
3) cuteFtp
4) IE,NN,Oprea (gotta test)
5) Swish and Anfy (don't know flash and not enough time for the applets)

I think it's time for an update since the look of my toolbox has changed vastly...

1. Kate
2. Moz Firebird, Thunderbird, ChatZilla
3. gFTP
4. The GIMP
5. KMess

As well as a host of other KDE software (including KDE itself) - Kdict, KOrganizer, etc. And of course OpenOffice. And other recreational apps/games - XMMS, Tux Racer, Chromium.

And there's still so much more.

Wow, what a great thread...Here're my most useful:

1. PhotoShop
2. Dreamweaver
3. MySQLCC - Great tool for admin of MySQL databases
4. Notepad - Always handy!
5. IE - Opera - Nutscrape - Need the lot for testing, my preference as a browser is Opera

When I look at Abhishek Reddy's list it brings back that almost overwelming desire to move over to Linux...How I wish that were possible!

I'm going to update mine now, since the last time I answered this was two years ago!

1. Dreamweaver MX (I didn't even have that on my first list and now it's no.1! The rest are in no particular order)
2. Good graphics program (preferably Photoshop, but PSP would do)
2. Browsers (Opera 7 as primary browser, then Moz, IE, NS7 etc.)
3. Good hosting, ftp etc.
4. Flash
5. I guess it's good to have a basic text editor so I'll put TextPad in there. I was also going to put stock images in here...

That's for personal projects which I don't do much of anymore. Here's what I use at work:

1. Flash MX
2. Dreamweaver MX
3. CoolEdit, Xing MPEG encoder
4. Lots of stock images & clip art
5. Browsers, e-mail, MS Office etc.

1. Dreamweaver MX
2. PSP + Photoshop
3. Notepad
4. A good reference/help site.
5. Cute Ftp

6.Patience

My gosh, HOW could I forget? http://www.webmaster-forums.net is an absolute essential!

1. Text Editor (Gedit,Notepad,Kwelpad)
2. Broswer (Mozilla)
3. PSP
4. FTP
5. My Kodak Digi-Cam

Mine are:

1) Adobe Photoshop
2) Ulead Photo Imapct
3) Macromedia Flash
4) Dzsoft PHP editor
5) Macromedia Dreamweaver

1) EditPlus 2
2) PHP/Apache/MySQL
3) IE/NS/Moz/Opera
4) Foobar2000 - for the music
5) Trillian - talking to clients and stuff (Since I have OOO so many clients right now...)
6) Photoshop 6
7) SmartFTP
http://www.progressquest.com - for laughs

the submission wizard is the best program i have used for spreading my urls around the web.

i don't feel like reading ALL 7 pages right now. read the first two. here's my list....

1: a browser to make sure my code is working.
i've noticed a lot of people saying IE. personally there are two reasons i do NOT like ie. one is that there are a number of things they do that purposely don't conform to w3c because M$ feels they should be making the standards. the other is the security holes are never truely fixed, only the way to access them get changed.
i don't care for post aol buy out netscape. the feel changed too much. (i use mozilla and ie.... my mozilla uses the classic theme) i like mozilla best because if you're using the nightlies, then any issues are fixed BEFORE they can be made public. but i normally use the last or second to last stable (i grab every other update unless it's a major security thing causing the update)

2: an editor.
personally i don't care for ones like frontpage, visual studio, etc that try to write your code and add it's own junk.
this is why i use Xemacs and Emacs. unlike the othersit's also not language specific. it's got every programming, scripting and markup language i know of as a language it handles. for those that want a debugger, they both have one of those embedded. for languages that need compiling, they both have the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), which is touted as one of the best C and C++ compilers, as well as being great with java (basically a variation of the one sun puts out, it's got slightly more relevant commenting. the Java compiler in the gcc is actually dcontributed BY sun, one of th companies that works with the FSF). if you use notepad, then you seriously need to get something else. try going to http://www.xemacs.org or http://www.gnu.org (search for emacs) and get the version for your platform. they both have winblows ports.

3: ssh/ftp over ssl
let's face it. leaving telnet and regular ftp open is fast becoming a security no-no. there's a list of programs that handle one or both of these here: http://diane.undergrad.brandeis.edu/ my preference on winblows is the first winblows one listed. on posix i just the the command shell. ssh is actually in most current posix oses (ssh user@server)

4: the place that keeps tha language used, google and boards like this
we all need some reference or help at times. when whether double checking something works the way we expect (where it comes from if a function) or looking to see if a problem's been tackled (ggogle or a specific board's search) or simply looking for current feelings on the best way to handle an issue (or solve it) these three things together are a must

5: tbd

------
things that are realllllllly good to have:

1: a partner. otherwise when you get "too close" tot he code you'll end up using a board like this as one when you look in the wrong place and/or overlook the place where the error is expecting it to be elsewhere.

Tools for designing sites, ok it's more than 5, but these are what I use often:

1) UltraEdit (great text editor!)
2) Macromedia Studio
3) CuteFTP
4) Ulead PhotoImpact & SmartSaver Pro
5) Corel Draw Suite (Mainly just use it for vector drawing now that I'm getting more used to photo impact and fireworks)
6) VanDyke's CRT for telnet
7) Adobe Acrobat (not just the reader)

I have Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, but have been using Corel Draw since 96, and just know Corel too well to easily switch tools. (Same reason I mainly use Word Perfect over Word

-Greg

1. Operating System
2. Macromedia Products
3. Internet
4. Browsers
5. Webmasters forum

1. Broadband
2. Photo shop
3. Cold Fusion Studio
4. Adobe Illustrator
5. Cold Fusion or ASP.NET

Well, I'm still a newb to programming in general, but I'd have to say:

Studio MX (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Coldfusion, Freehand)

Photoshop 7

Notepad

the SAMS series of books (helped me to learn a lot, quickly) i.e. SAMS Teach yourself Java 1.2 in 21 days

All the other sites and libraries out there that give free tutorials

(1) Dreamweaver MX
(2) Photoshop 7
(3) Flash MX
(4) Internet Explorer
(5) CuteFTP

Notepad, Kazaa and all my games. I couldn't live without alot more things than just five.

1. IE
2. frontpage
3. notepad
4. windows XP
5. photoshop
6. dreamweaver
7. kazaa light

1. Homesite
2. Filezilla
3. Mozilla
4. IE
5. Google

I split my choices into development and server-side...

On the server:

1. Windows 2000/2003 Advanced Server
2. IIS 6 with FrontPage Server Extensions and .NET Framework
3. SQL Server 2000
4. Web Server Statistics package. (Most any will do.)
5. Terminal Services (for remote log-in)

On the development workstation:

1. Microsoft Office
- Excel - research keywords and perform analysis, and design site structures
- FrontPage - FAST design and prototyping
- Word - create eBooks and other marketing materials, proposals, etc.
- Access - FAST database design and prototyping, migration to SQL Server

2. Keyword Research Tool (my own system -- creates keyword lists and collects bid prices on several PPC engines)

3. Visual Studio .NET - web application development

4. Terminal Server Client, and SQL Server Client - to connect to and administer the servers remotely.

5. MSN Messenger -- to communicate with clients, provide live support, on-line training.

I don't include IE, because it's built-in.

Marty R. Milette, P.Prog.
CTT+, MCT, MCSE+I, MCP+SB, MCSA, MCSD

1. Mozilla Firebird
2. EditPlus
3. Photoshop 7 / CS (Tried the demo )
4. FlashFXP
5. PuTTY

I think it is
1) Adobe Photoshop/Imageready
2) Dream Weaver
3) Flash
4) Coreldraw
5) Other tools like WS_FTP etc.

Here's mine:
1) Multiedit - try it is brilliant, you can edit almost anything with syntax highlighting, regex search/replace across multiple files, edit over ftp ...
2) Putty
3) WinSCP
4) MySQL control center
5) LAMP

1. Dreamweaver/Flash/Fireworks
2. Notepad
3. Paint Shop Pro/Animaton Shop
4. WS_FTP Pro
5. Arachnophilia

Five tools I can't live without or else I would not be able to sleep early.

1. Notepad
2. Macromedia Fireworks
3. LeapFTP
4. ApacheHTTP/PHP/MySQL/phpMyAdmin (wha? thers an install package out there somewheres )
5. Winamp (hurrr...)
6. Google (i cheated and put 6; you cheat and search google )

Nutrocker,

That's a neat little web site you have going on there...

Angela

This is a really neat thread you guys... I'm going to have to come back to it and take the time to poke around and check out some of the links and tools you guys use. One thing that I didn't see mentioned in this thread that I really enjoy using as of lately is a little freeware thing by Softnik Technologies called "Good Keywords."

5 things I couldn't ever do without have to be -

1) Coffee - Keeps me awake through the nite to work on my website.

2) Bacon - Mmmmm Bacon...... (doh)

3) A web browser

4) Broadband Internet Connection - Please don't make me use dial up ........

5) My fingers - Makes typing hell

LOL! That's a good one

1. Photoshop/ImageReady
2. Dreamweaver/NotePad (either will work...but in DW it's all color-coded...which I love)
3. WS_FTP
4. A Good Reliable Host
5. IE/Netscape/Opera/FireFox (for Testing)

*6. (Paying Clients are Always Nice)

Cheers,
Erica

1 - DWMX04
2 - Photoshop 7+
3 - FLASHMX04
4 - WS_FTP
5 - IE6, Mozilla, MyIE2, Microsoft Office aka Outlook, KPT's, Linux, WinXPPro, Nero5+, and everything else. :flame:

Anybody uses Far Manager?

I think is the best manager and along with the plugins is no substitute for:
- file management
- basic editor (html, php etc)
- FTP / SSH manager
- advanced search & replace in files
- CD cataloger

It is best for speed - almost no need to use mouse.
Also some over 500 plugins and a large community: you can find a plugin
for anything.

Also FREE

1. ISP (you have hosting)
2. Domain Registrar (you have your domain registered yourself)
3. Advertising Agency (promote your business)
4. Payment Solution (accept credit cards)
5. Publishing & CMS Solutions (Create dynamic website

Why Nobody is talking about webpostion gold or submit pro wolf software?

I don't tend to do commercial sites, just my site and one or two "club" sites... so this is my list.

1. EditPlus or TextPad
2. Photoshop
3. ExpressionEngine (CMS for my site)
4. CSSZengarden.com (for CSS inspiration)
5. Firefox. (+ the others just to check it all works)

I'd also like to say w3.org's validator progs but ran out of space... This must be the longest thread in history. 3ish years... very impressive. Also its fun to look back through and see the shift away from IE and its total lack of support for standards...

have fun y'all

DJ

I cannot live without:

• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Gif Animator
• Outlook Express
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Word

here goes mine:

> Front Page 2003
> Visual Studio . Net
> Photoshop 7.0 Me
> FTP - Bullet Proof
> I.E. or Firebird or any Browser

1) Note Tab Pro (well worth the upgrade)
2) PSP (7 or
3) TopStyle Lite
4) E_Cloaker (gotta hide those email addresses)
5) ws_ftple
6) JAlbum (love working with photo albums)
7) Firefox
HotScripts.com (can always find a solution here)
9) GoldenSelection Notes (nice little db to hold all my code snips)
10) CSE html validator (the lite version is all I need)

Adobe Photoshop Could not live without the only good graphic making software!

I'm not sure without FTP software, Tutorials or anything we'd be no where in life lol.

1) Notepad - I edit my HTML in it
2) Paint Shop Pro - Easier to use than Photoshop
3) Email
4) The Webmaster Forums !!!!
5) Excel - Loads of data in it

A computer
NOTEPAD
HTML
Javascripting
Windows 98
Yahoo Mess.

1. Dreamweaver MX
2. Photoshop 7.0
3. Outlook 2003 (to manage my email)
4. NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (allows me to have 2 monitors)
5. Linksys Wireless G USB Adapter (so that I can have a wireless connection in my basement)

I guess...:
1- Frontpage: or else i will use notepad, man I dont have time to write a 2 lines code just to show a word..
2- Paint: Photoshop is my #1, however if anything happened, I would not heitaste to use Paint or paint shop pro. I usually use paint to save screenshots
3- IE
4- and of course, Ipowerweb. I wouldnt die without ipowerweb, however their support is a kicking-*** (ah well, usually...) .

My tools are

Visual Studio 6 ( Interdev,C++ )
Photoshop 7.0
Macromedia Fireworks
Ws-FTP
Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla

This is the absolute MINIMUM!

I use:

Photoshop & ImageReady CS
Photosite Timesaviour
Internet Explorer
Safari
Arles Image Web Page Creator (on my PC)
Dreamweaver MX 2004

and thats it i think

1. FrontPage
2. IE
3. Notepad (must be able to copy other peoples sites).
4. Photoshop
5. CuteFTP

1. computer
2. operating system
3. internet connection
4. Browser
5. TWF!!

Hey guys, new to the forum, but I thought I would give you my input.....

1. Netscape: For browsing and testing html elements (There's a permanent ban on IE in my household)
2. Smart FTP (used ftp explorer before, until I realised how poor it was....)
3. Paint shop pro: for all your imaging needs...
4. Outlook (I'm not the best organiser in the world)
5. PHPdev: for testing and modding php files at home

1. Dreamweaver
2. IE
3. CuteFTP pro
4. My Hosting
5. customers

Currently:

on MacOSX:
- Dreamweaver
- Firefox
- Safari
- Photoshop
- Transmit

On windows:
- Editplus
- Firefox
- Photoshop
- Internet Explorer
- Terminal Service Client

Mine have changed quite a bit since the last time I posted (see page 1)

1. Opera - really can't live without it now that I'm using its mail client
2. Dreamweaver MX
3. Photoshop or reasonable substitute
4. hosting & internet service
5. Flash (I guess.. I can never decide on the last one!)

It's been a while since I've done this and It changes pretty much everytime I use it but:

1. Firefox, Browsing is soooo much faster and easier with Firefox!
2. Studio MX (dreamweaver, fireworks and flash).
3. Textpad (textpad.com)
4. iTunes
5. SmartFTP (smartftp.com)

1. Firefox with the Web Development tools extension.
2. NoteTab light.
3. ADSL.
4. Photoshop
5. WS_FTP

1. HTML TOOL-KIT
2. Photoshop 7.0
3. Adobe Illustrator 10.0
4. Notepad
5. UNfreeze

1. Mozilla Firefox 1.0.
2. Notepad.
3. GIMP.
4. gFTP.
5. Runbox (webmail).

1. FireFox, IE/NS/Opera // all of them!!
2. Photoshop (Yeah baby!)
3. CuteFTP (hmm faster faster! lol)
4. Dreamweaver (go to hell fpage)
5. Notepad (wht can i say?)

Oh yeah, add a cable modem or higher, mouse, keyboard, good monitor, cpu, plus TIME!

mjames wrote: To kick things off here, what would they be for you? I will be posting mine shortly.

1. HTML-Kit - free text editor, syntax coloring, code completion, lots of plugins
2. WinMerge - compare two folders, determine changed lines in each file
3. ReplaceEm - mass find & replace, with regex features
4. FileZilla - super fast, modern FTP client
5. Inkscape - vector graphics, what I use to make most site images nowadays

The only thing I would mention about my list is that they are all fully capable, free tools. I paid nothing for my development suite.

Ok its been ages since I first responded and I am updating my 5 things:

1. Photoshop
2. GetDiz
3. FlashFXP
4. Firefox (w/Webdev Extension)
5. php.net

-dk

1. Firefox
2. ColorPicker
3. Total Commander
4. 7-ZIP
5. IrfanView

spamming is bad

1. browsers
2. Norton AntiVirus 2005
3. Dreamweaver
4. Flash
5. AnalogX

Now I'm on a mac I would say:

Studio MX
Safari
Mail.app
MacStumbler (wifi locator)
TigerLaunch (its a bit like a start menu for the mac)

Essential stuff for my day to day internet work is...

1. Mozilla Firefox (Enhanced Browser)

2. Dreamweaver.

3. FileZilla (Excellent for uploading )

4. FireWorks/Photoshop

5. Outlook Express (A lot more friendly and faster than webmail)

1. Lots of coffee (top priority).
2. Coffeecup HTML editor (never liked Dreamweaver).
3. CSE HTML validator (followed by a round with W3C).
4. Search Engine Buddy (finds and checks keywords, title length, etc).
5. Blade FTP (and more coffee).
6. Yes image processing program, I have so many there not room here for the list.

These are my top priorities.
But there is a seventh, no one has mentioned. (a working computer). :roll:

and Gimp ... don't forget you need to have Gimp right? or some other image editing software

I prefer to use the following software for building a good webpage.

1. Dreamweaver mx = For editing html/css files
2. Corel12/Fireworks mx = For photo editing with special effects
3. Flash max/SwishMx = For Flash Animation that can attrack more viewers
4. mysql/php = For Server Side Scripting w/ database
5. cuteftp 5.0 = For Uploading Files

This is the best ever software i used.

1. My wife
2. My first child (due Dec. 20th)
3. Dreamweaver
4. Flash
5. http://www.searchbliss.com/seo-tools/

1、msn hostmail
2、yahoo message、 yahoo mail
3、IE
4、flashfxp
5、DW

1.myie
2.Webceo , a search engine tool
3.ftp
4.google , My boss,hehe...
5.webmaster-forums ,such as this forum

Thanks for the info members

photoshop and fireworks - I really should learn to use one or the other, but there certain things I know how to do only in one or the other

Topstyle pro

cute ftp pro - good for managin lots of sites

Firefox with the web development extension - ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL - if you don't have it your missing out on a plug-in that will make your life 1000x easier

Colour Schemer studio - not really necessary, but easier than my colour wheel books, I only use it for web stuff though, not for print

chris_bcn wrote: Firefox with the web development extension

Got a link to that extension? have tried finding it a couple of times on the Moz site to no avail

I'm sure all the functionality will be built into Opera anyway, but these things must be checked.

Searching Google for web developer extension firefox revealed this link:

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=60

A lot of that stuff comes standard in Opera (validation, disabling stuff, changing the CSS etc.). I do like that outline feature and the resize is nice too.

the firefox extensions site seems to be having roblems but I'll get you that link soon.

If you want to create monochromatic colour scemes try this very nifty online tool - a great time saver

http://slayeroffice.com/tools/color_palette/

Opera is good, but I have to say that i don't worry too much about it when developing. I know that it declares itself as IE on occasion, but the server stats show that it is not a valuable use of my time, and clients money. Most of my work will render perfectly in Opera by default, but if it's a pixel or 2 off, i have to confess that I leave it.

I can actually hear people growling at me!

You MUST get the developer toolbar - I promise, you will not know how you did your job without it as soon as you start using it. It's amazing - https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=60

Um, that's not the point here. If you use standards compliant development methods O usually isn't a problem anyway. Point is that many of the things that come as extensions in FF are standard features in O, but also that you can get a lot of added functionality in FF if you want it (which is good - it is in cases like these that I wish O had similar extnesions, but it's not enough of a downside to make me switch). Six of one, half a dozen of the other

Actually - a pixel or 2 off wouldn't be enough to bother with in any case, IMO.

I quite agree! And to think, until 6 months ago I was still using IE as my main browser - eegads - what was i thinking!

Megan wrote: Actually - a pixel or 2 off wouldn't be enough to bother with in any case, IMO.

Heh, depends on where those 2 px are

Hey, these are handy, wonder if something like this could be replicated in Opera.

Anyway back on-topic:

• Opera (of course)
• Photoshop
• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Dreamweaver
• Rational Rose

1. HTML - Kit
2. IE
3. Netscape
4. Fire Fox
5. L- view

What is Rational Rose??

Rational Rose is a visual modeling tool for enterprise-level modeling

Just a quick update: I'm now using ArgoUML Nice Java application for UML modelling.

Oh, well. Better redefine the whole lot:

• Opera (still, of course)
• The GIMP
• Bluefish
• Inkscape
• Basecamp (I presume online tools are allowed? )

1. Microsoft Frontpage {for most of my web designs}
2. Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8
3. Adobe Photoshop
4. IE and Netscape Browsers
5. Yahoomail

1. IE
2. Excel - used to convert everything
3. Itunes - ipod - can't work without it
4. Putty - basic, but it's great
5. CoffeeCup - used it since the begining, and always see myself falling back on it

things I cant live without:

1. Notepad.
2. Photoshop
3. My various programming compilers (vc++6 etc)
4. A Web Browser
5. My USB powered Foam Rocket Launcher

1) Homesite
2) Photoshop CS2
3) Flash MX
4) All browsers
5) Jack Daniels

firefox
Photoshop
Dreamweaver
BS Player
Crap Cleaner

(1) macromedia package
(2) mail
(3) itunes
(4) photoshop
(5) Firefox, IE

1. Dreamweaver
2. Adobe Video Suite <--- That covers the 2 I need, Photoshop and Premiere
3. Flash (Illustrator can't do animations or scripting)
4. Firefox & Explorer
5. Coldfusion <---Think I am the only one who uses this...

1. Notepad
2. Opera
3. Hotmail E-Mail Service
4. Wikipedia.org
5. Paypal.com

With these 5 tools/services combined I can:

Communicate with anyone I want.
Find out about virtually anything with accurate information.
Write articles, scripts, web-pages, and more.
Earn money & make a living.

I was tempted to replace Wikipedia.org with Dictionary.com, without which I wouldn't be able to verify alot of my work or write as effectively.

Nice topic!

I'm updating mine since it's been almost 4 years! Holy cow!

My old ones, found on page 4 I think...

gregsbaby64 wrote: Ok, my turn!

1. IE 6/NS 6/Opera 6
2. Dreamweaver UD 4
3. PSP 7/Adobe PS 5
4. Word Pad
5. WS_FTP (I'm getting ready to try this out)

Sara

My, my, how my life has changed!

1. Incredimail. I love it since I can plug into my Hotmail and Gmail accounts and it has great spam blocking tools.
2. Smart FTP. I love it!
3. Avast!
4. Paint Shop Pro X
5. Firefox, gotta love the tabs!

1. Visual Studio 2005 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/

(right now you can download the express editions for free... plus SQL Server Express)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx

Love the intellesense... got tired of notepad many years ago.

2. SQL Server 2005 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/
Got to have a nice backend to handle the data

3. Photoshop CS2 - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html
Nice for graphics editing... though I leave most of the graphic elements to our designer

4. IE7 & Firefox - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/default.mspx
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Got to make sure your stuff works for the majority
IE7 has great promise... I am using the BETA 2 and love it
I like Firefox too... simple, lightweight, and easy to use.

5. Velocity Webshots - http://webshots.velocitysc.com/
Got to have a tool for building Images for a Web Pages..
great for manuals, presentations, site reviews, and other docs.

Last time I posted in this thread was in 2004. Time for an update

1. Editor: Editplus on XP, Dreamweaver on OSX.
2. Browser: Firefox (I love extensions) and a little IE6. My IE usage might increase when IE7 comes.
3. Image tool: Photoshop all the way.
4. Music player: iTunes. Most of the time I can't seem to code without music.
5. Communication tool: Outlook on XP, Mail on OSX

Hey Welcome Back!!!

For me, it's xSite Pro and SEO Elite.....

1:photshop
2: firefox, internet explorer, opera, netscape, camino browser
3:dreamweaver
4:flash
5:my mail program any mail program, as long as I have all my mails i dont care which program showd be.

1 : photoshop i ment...

May as well update mine:
1. LAMP PC
2. Opera
3. The GIMP
4. Bluefish
5. SSH

dreamweaver and internet explorer oh yes and for services ... my wife lol

thanks

1. Internet Explorer
2. Notepad
3. Mail program
3. Microsoft PictureIt
4. Freewebs

1. IE
2. Dreamweaver
3. Fireworks
4. MySQL
5. CuteFTP

IE has to be one of the most useful programs!

1. GNU Emacs (with SLIME, Pymacs, CC modes). For coding.
2. SBCL, Python and PHP. Language implementations I use most, currently.
3. OpenSSH + GNU Screen + zsh + lftp + GNU Wget. For remote access and transfer.
4. Irssi + Bitlbee. IRC client with scripting, and a multi-IM IRC gateway.
5. Any of Konqueror, Firefox, Opera, plus elinks. Web browsing.
6. Apache HTTPD 2.0.x (with mod_rewrite especially). Utilise HTTP in both directions.
7. The GIMP. Image manipulation.
8. LyX (using TeTeX). For producing documents.
9. Maxima, GNU Octave and gnuplot. CAS, calculation, visualisation.

I can't count.

It is good fun looking at older posts, though. Here's a nice quote from 2003:

JeevesBond wrote:
When I look at Abhishek Reddy's list it brings back that almost overwelming desire to move over to Linux...How I wish that were possible!

1. Mozilla Firefox
2. Microsoft Applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
3. Mail Programs (Yahoo, Gmail)
4. Mantis Bug Tracking System
5. Alexa Toolbar

1) Dreamweaver 8, especially its site manager feature, allowing for instant upload of a page for testing of PHP code.
2) Firefox, with the web developer toolbar, and IE for testing in
3) Illustrator CS2
4) Fireworks for quick cropping of images and editing the levels
5) Windows Media Player to keep me company when I'm working
6) MSN Messanger and GTalk for the same reason!
7) Thunderbird for all my e-mail
Google homepage for keeping my information in a single, accessible place

Hi Guys,

I need help from you all.. Actually I know nothing about web hosting but I have high desire to build hosting company, so I need to know what are needed to set up web hosting company? Eg. Equipment, software, system etc...

And If I run Linux system.. what is the full package? Such as MySQL, pHp etc...

I hope I will find solution to my question here..

Sorry If my spelling is incorrect..

thanx

1.Cable connection
2.Firefox & IE
3.Dreamweaver
4.Thunderbird
5.Trillian

1. Comcast Internet service
2. My dedicated Linux server
3. Bluefish, gFTP
4. FireFox, Thunderbird
5. Online Community Forums

1. vim
2. Kwrite/NotePad2
3. Photshop/The GIMP
4. Front Page to draw tables
5. FileZilla to upload
5½. Firefox, IE and a laptop (because the screen is larger than 1024x768).

Notepad++ (for Ruby/PHP/Python/Perl)
XAMPP
CoreFTP
SSH Client (any)
Firefox & its extensions (web developer, firebug, colorzilla, liveheaders, etc)

1. Flash
2. DreamWeaver
3. Photoshop
4. Fireworks

1.) Winamp
2.) Dreamweaver
3.) Photoshop
4.) Fireworks
5.) Avant Browser

In that order

There are five things I use right now when making my webpages:
1. Mozilla Composer
2. Paint (Windows)
3. Notepad
4. Compupic
5. MS Gif Animator

I know these are really basic simple tools but I am working on a small to non existant budget. I guess you could call it web development on a shoestring. If you want the the things I wish I could ALWAYS have to do my work:

1. Coffee
2. Quiet
3. A comfy chair at my desk
4. Advil for eyestrain
5. A phone that doesn't ring.
(Don't you just hate it when a telemarketer calls right in the middle of a detailed code setup? Shhh...I used to be one.)

I can't live without:

1) HTML editor (Dreamweaver)
2) Flash scriptor
3) Photoshop/Illustrator
4) Adobe Production Studio (Premier Pro and After Effects for video creation and editing)
5) A really GOOD source for stock photos (I use one that is so inexpensive yet has thousands of stock photos to choose from: http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php

Five tools I cant live with out would have to be...

1. alphashare - real estate software solution.
2. IE, cant stand firefox anymore, (used to love it)
3. dreamweaver or any html editor (not frontpage though)
4. photoshop or any good / half decent photo editor
5. A good forum to get good ideas and to help the improvement of my sites !!!

1. Firefox
2. Dreamweaver MX
3. Photoshop
4. WS_FTP
5. Notepad

really these are essential for a webmaster

1.Firefox
2.Homesite
3.notepad
4.Google - I use this to find out anything I don't know.
5.PhotoShop

CSE er something like that html editor
Mozilla FireFox
Smart FTP
Google Analytics
Page Rank Predictors

There are probably 100, but those are the ones i thought of first .. I like things.. and I'm a creature of habit, i get highly irritable when the things I am used to are missing, or in some way changed

number 1 is notepad. building block for everything

followed closely by firefox browser.

adobe cs3 - everything colourful

friendblaster pro - myspace promo

roboform - perfect for submissions