BLAG Ramblings of a crazy old fool

Android Apps

For the most part, I'm pretty happy with my new HTC Inspire. As a matter of fact, I'm writing this post on it right now. But the thing that's always bugged me about open-source software is just as prevalent on the Android platform - the software is hard to use, and usually half-asses whatever it is supposed to do.

I've spent the better part of a month trying out text editors with ftp capabilities (touchqode, silveredit and Android Web Editor have been the latest), but none of them get the job done. I can't even find a decent SSH client (hell, the iPhone had that!) that I could use for remote access to nano. And let's be honest - the "job" is either being too lazy to get off the couch to code something, or being stuck away from a real PC. It's the latter that makes sense from a business perspective, though the former is probably more common.

I would settle for a basic text editor that can save/create to an ftp site, but so far I've had no luck. Sure, each app had its benefits (touchqode's code-oriented keyboard layout was nice, though having to enable/disable through the settings menu was a pain, and the syntax highlighting in Android Web Editor was absolutely brilliant), but none of them seem to fit the bill for the coder-on-the-go (or couch).

I've said before, I'd buy a tablet in an instant if there was a good, working Dreamweaver clone for the Android platform, but so far I find myself disappointed. (Honestly though, I'd settle for a notepad/ftp clone with syntax highlighting.) It may be one of those things I just have to sit down and do myself.