Simple HTML Editor (SHE) was one of the first HTML editors to be made available to the Internet community. This free, HyperCard stack has been continually enhanced since its release in December of 1993. It is one of the few (if not only) HTML editors to support Netscape enhanced HTML.
SHE creates a standard HTML template upon the creation of a new document. It supports the insertion of headers and footers. It also supports the creation of FORMS by querying the end-user for the necessary information.
Since SHE creates generic text files, double-clicking these text files from the desktop do not automatically launch the editor. To overcome this problem, SHE comes with an AppleScript droplet. By dragging and dropping a text file onto the SHE droplet, SHE is automatically launched and the text file is imported.
SHE is not without its problems. First of all, since it is written in HyperCard, text fields can be no larger than 30,000 characters. This can be a limitation. Similarly, SHE can only open one file at a time. Its windows are not resizable and the display font can not be changed.
SHE's original purpose was two-fold. First there was (and still is) a need for simple methods for creating HTML documents. SHE does this. Second, SHE was intended to demonstrate to the Internet community was could be done. Since SHE is written in HyperCard and it is distributed in an uncompiled form, the internal workings of SHE are laid bare to any would-be hacker or well-intentioned programmer. Consequently, SHE has played a significant role as a prototype for many HTML editing project across the globe. While SHE may not be the best HTML editor nor the best editor for your purposes, it has been used to accomplish the goals originally set out for it.
"SHE, the grandmother of all Macintosh-based HTML editors."
Eric last edited this page on September 26, 1995. Please feel free to send comments.