Several months ago I announced that Stefan van As had taken over TopStyle and was hard at work on version 4.0. Today I get to announce that the final release of TopStyle 4.0 is here – and it’s a whole lot better than even I anticipated.
Seriously, Stefan has done a great job turning the aging TopStyle 3.0 into a tool that I believe every Windows-based web author should own. There’s a ton of new stuff in this release, including:
- Unicode support
- Live FTP editing
- Extensible toolbars
- Script insight for ASP (both JavaScript and VBScript), PHP and ColdFusion
- Live spelling
- CSS definition support for IE8, Firefox 3 and Safari 3
- IE8 document compatibility
My favorite new feature is probably the embedded WebKit preview which enables seeing how your site will look in Apple Safari, along with a very slick preview of how it will appear in an iPhone or iPod Touch:
Head over to the TopStyle 4 web site for complete details, including update pricing and trial version download.
ANTI-DISCLAIMER: I no longer earn anything from TopStyle sales, so I don’t benefit from gushing about the new release :)
Hello Nick!
It is nice to hear that there is new version of TopStyle. I use 3.5 and I want to upgrade it to 4.0, but... when I enter www.topstyle4.com it redirects me to http://svanas.dynip.com/topstyle/
I am not sure if dynip.com gives me enough security to give my credit cards data. AFAIR dynip helps to hide real IP of website owner.
Just write a word, that buying topstyle there is safe, and I will do it. Otherwise - I will not risk my credit card info.
ps. I know that buying procedure is via usd.swreg.org, but still that dynip.com gives me some wrong feelings about that.
Posted by: Gabriel Zastawnik | Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 05:59 AM
TopStyle 4.0 is fabulous. Thanks so much for finding the PERFECT developer to adopt your baby.
Posted by: Stanley Krute | Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 03:12 PM
Great to hear you say that, Stanley! As you can imagine, I really worried about handing over TopStyle to someone else, so I was relieved to find someone of Stefan's caliber to take it over. He's done an outstanding job, IMO.
Posted by: Nick Bradbury | Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 07:25 PM
Hi
Fantastic work from Stefan, fine design and cool-modern interface, fine icons. I hoped that TopStyle would be the new "HomeSite 6" and I think he made it. Next version; TopStyle 5, "Database inspector".
Posted by: Magnus Rydman | Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 08:23 AM
Nick --
Unicode support -- do you know if he update it with Delphi 2009?
Nick
Posted by: Nick Hodges | Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 01:11 AM
@NickHodges: I believe Stefan added the Unicode support prior to the release of Delphi 2009.
Posted by: Nick Bradbury | Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 01:18 PM
so this one can be used with iphone? I just got the new phone a few days. I think i will give it a try, is there a money back guarantee?
Posted by: tablejeff | Monday, June 22, 2009 at 02:42 PM