Quanta Gold Reviewed

An anonymous reader writes "Ever wondered how commercial Linux Web development environments stack up against those for other OS's? There's a reivew at Digital-Web of Quanta Gold, the commercial HTML editor from theKompany.com. I've always been a fan of Quanta Plus, but it's interesting to see what the commercial application has (and doesn't have). The full review of Quanta Gold can be found here."

No Documentation?

[TaraByte]

Isn't documentation supposed to be one of the big reasons people buy commercial vs. use noncommercial software?

The reviewer doesn't know about kio_fish

[Wee]

From the review:

For example, saving a document while the FTP tab is open actually FTPs the file back to its original location on a defined server, which is a common feature in almost every other Web development environment. It's arrival in Quanta Gold is certainly welcome, but it would be nice if other protocols like SCP, SFTP, or Rsync were supported as well.

The reviewer doesn't know about kio_fish [hoschi.de]. (He might also be using an older version of KDE. Although it can be used with older versions if you in

Re:The reviewer doesn't know about kio_fish

[primetyme]

Actually, I am aware of kio_fish, and do use Quanta Plus on KDE 3.1. I've had a few other people point out what you did above, so I think I'll respond to it here..

kio_fish is a very handy and nice feature for all KDE apps, I totally agree.

What I was saying in the article though is that there is no built in interface (that I'm aware of) which allows you to browse remote servers from *within* the HTML app itself. Quanta Gold provides that functionality, albeit only through FTP, by including an 'FTP' pane within the application. (This image [digital-web.com] and this pic (195Kb) [five2one.org] for examples of what I mean.

I also realize that one could set up NFS or Samba mounts on the local FS, to achieve remote connections through the application, but that's not something the Application provides *itself*. So while kio_fish is something I really like and use quite often, it would slow development down a lot to have to open up each file individually via File -> Open -> Location -> fish://...

It's a lot faster to be able to view the remote directories in realtime and being able to select which files you wish to open with something as simple as a double-click.

Appreciate the feedback,

Dan

Re:The reviewer doesn't know about kio_fish

[Wee]

It's a lot faster to be able to view the remote directories in realtime and being able to select which files you wish to open with something as simple as a double-click.

Ah, I get what you mean. I've long since turned off the pane on the side. I don't really need to see the file system I suppose. And it takes up a lot of room.

You're exactly right, though: it would be very nice if you could see the remote filesystem through the tabbed window. I'd almost certainly use it again if I could do that. I

Re:Bleeding for WinSCP

[Spy Hunter]

Using kio_fish or kio_sftp along with Konqueror gives exactly the same functionality as WinSCP, only better since fish:// and sftp:// URLs work in any KDE application, not just Konqueror, and KDE can also handle ftp, http, webdav, and a number of other protocols at the same time.

Simple drag and drop, mouse selected, secure transfers. Is this too much to ask?

Not at all, it's a reality with KDE 3.1. I use it almost every day. Why are you using a pre-3.1 KDE anyway?