Espresso 1.0.5 Released
Another quick post: MacRabbit have released Espresso version 1.0.5, the official releases notes for which state:
- Added Go To Line tool (command-L)
- Fixed likely causes for crashes on startup
- Fixed a possible scenario where remotely created files could become empty when saving
- Improved Publishing compatibility
- Other small improvements
A “Go To Line” tool isn’t the most exciting of tools – it jumps to a line of text in a file – but it has been implemented with unusual visual flair beyond the typical Cocoa/Carbon Mac dialog box favouring a slick custom panel with Core Animation effects to pop in and swoosh out (to use the Keynote transition terms).
Espresso's Go To Line Dialog
There are two ways to look at this: on one hand, it’s the kind of visual polish that adds to the user experience Mac owners have come to expect. Playing devil’s advocate, there are other feature omissions that may have benefited from some effort such as project-wide search and CSSEdit integration. My personal view is somewhere in the middle as I do like the tact that MacRabbit are seemingly taking where we’ll get features when they feel they are truly ready to be released in a way that suits the application (Pixelmator-style) but there are some features (like go to line) that I don’t think should have been missing from a 1.0 release. If Espresso was still labelled a beta I think it would be hard to find fault with the product. Hit COMMAND + L to bring up the Go To Line window.
One of the “other small improvements” that’s worth documenting is MacRabbit have fixed the Preview menu, one of my original usability gripes with the program. In fixing the menu option, the keyboard shortcut is also fixed so again, for new users, the first impression will of a much more complete product. The keyboard shortcut to access the preview is now ALT + COMMAND + P.
On a personal note, my custom entity shortcuts made it into the 1.0.5 release with Ian’s latest TEA for Espresso Sugar 
There are no Sugar API changes to report in this release unfortunately but the guys working on Sugars are still churning out some fantastic new features nonetheless.
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