
Continuing the theme of naming text editors after food (see Smultron), Taco HTML Edit is a bare-bones[1] text editor geared towards — wait for it — editing HTML.
Nothing too fancy-schmancy: commands/dialog boxes for adding tags, clippings, project files, syntax coloring and checker, preview, etc. There is some basic PHP support as well.
Keyboard shortcuts are generally good. The most-used tags have direct key combos, and there’s an Advanced Insert palette you can bring up to step-by-step add tags and sub-attributes pretty easily. The only beef I have is that the long list of tags in that palette does not allow you to jump ahead by pressing initial letters (like jumping to <em> by hitting the letter e). This forces you to either scroll with the arrow keys for a long time, or use the mouse — and since this is one of the few if not the only places that happens in this program, it definitely could use that extra feature.
The one thing I missed from using BBEdit was the HTML support, and since Taco adds Cocoa Tiger goodness like the new in-place spell-checking plus thesaurus action — not to mention a non-abusive Preferences dialog, always a plus — this program is definitely worth a look. Especially if you’re just looking for a text editor that will let you do some markup but stay out of your way.
Taco HTML Edit is free, though not open source, so be aware it could go commercial any time.
[1] pun not originally intended, but what are you going to do?