Good for comparing and referencing.

Yup. Agreed. :D

@ graylox -- You bet, just ask anytime you need to, and if I can't help you, I'm sure someone else on this great forum can!! :-)

@ jinkazama -- I think it's a matter of what we become comfortable with, yes? For me, I prefer using an editor that I can load multiple pages into when I need. Good for comparing and referencing. I think a tabbed editor with syntax highlighting and spell checking is the way to go.

somehow I still prefer Windows Notepad when editing HTML.

WOW, I'll never google again, I'll always ask FF !
Thanks!
graylox

Time for a new list, folks. If you woke up this morning, and the first thought to come into your head was that you just had to have a new program to replace Notepad with, and it had to be free, this is your lucky day! Enough choices here to keep things both interesting and challenging. And remember, enjoy the journey! :-)

http://akelpad.sourceforge.net/en/index.php
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/
http://cryptedit.chat.ru/
http://foxeditor.sourceforge.net/
http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/
http://members.lycos.nl/textshield/index.htm
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/edxor.htm
http://netpadd.com/
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/about.php
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/acme.html
http://purepistos.net/diakonos
http://shadycrew.org/software/
http://short.stop.home.att.net/index.htm#contact
http://www.abisource.com/
http://www.adelaida.net/hieroglyph/download.html
http://www.angelicsoftware.com/en/angel-writer.html
http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/LFWV/AtlantisNova.html
http://www.aysoft.com/ledit.htm
http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/kpad.asp
http://www.context.cx/
http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
http://www.davidpye.com/index.php?page=freeware
http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html
http://www.garybeene.com/free/gbtext.htm
http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/
http://www.gridinsoft.com/downloads.php
http://www.hushpage.com/Delphad/delphad.html
http://www.jarte.com/features.html
http://www.jedit.org/index.php
http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/
http://www.kobayashi.com/prolix.html
http://www.laurenzvangaalen.nl/software/copywriter.htm
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
http://www.lopesoft.com/en/
http://www.mytreedb.com/
http://www.nedit.org/
http://www.notetab.com/
http://www.pnotepad.org/
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1357
http://www.pspad.com/
http://www.pspad.com/en/pspad-extensions.php
http://www.rj-texted.se
http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/Paradigm/Ch03/cn__connect.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/Microsoft-XML-Notepad.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/File-Editors/editra.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/File-Editors/nPad2-Source-Editor-Viewer.shtml
http://www.sxsoftware.com/
http://www.textpad.com/
http://www.vim.org/
http://www.wolosoft.com/en/superedi/
http://www.xtort.net/xtort-software/xint/
http://www.xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php