Download and evaluate the full version for free... it does produce a dialog box on every 20th save asking if you would like to buy, which is fairly unobtrusive.

$59 for a single user license. Bulk discounts apply
http://www.sublimetext.com/buy

Since it was recommended by colleagues at a new place, I enjoyed it after 5 minutes, loved it after an hour, and depend on every day. I have come to depend on it's features like editing with mutiple cursors, simple interface and keyboard controls as alternatives to switching to the menus.

Even though the nag dialog is not much of a nag we intend to buy licenses as it is stable, feature packed and fast.

The $59 is a lot less than the cost of the time it has saved me (or cost me in crashes).

I prefer the mixture of case, but regardless of that argument.... 17 menus? I thought the whole idea of the "The Ribbon" was Microsoft's way to counter the excessive amount of menu items and text heavy nature of reading everything. (I'm not advocating for the Ribbon here! We need as much screen real estate as possible!) Perhaps categorise the menus better and turn some into icons? Window and Help could be shoved over to the right. Then give Architecture and Analyze a toolbar, not a menu bar. I don't imagine everyone will use them frequently (I may be wrong). Perhaps the Data and/or "deployment" options could be put on a side panel. Or who knows, perhaps small icons next to the items, like the "yellow database cylinders" next to data. Dear Microsoft When You Have Lots Of Menu Items Your Eyes Get Tired Reading Every Change Of Case On Small Words You Must Do Better!

...I can say that we all waited ages for the site to relaunch, when it finally did we are shocked.

• Poor accessibility, basically the same content under a different template. It took them 2 months to get the "Pay your Council Tax online" feature working again.
• There was no consultation with the target audience (Birmingham City Council covers approximately 1.2 million people).
• All the features we were expected such as here's my postcode...
• • ...where's my nearest school/doctor"
  • ...who's my Member of Parliament
  • ...when do my bins (trash cans for those across the pond) get collected.
• ...were nowhere to be seen despite being common on many other council websites.

So bad is the situation, some local web developers have set up their own community built site:
http://www.bccdiy.com/
And while still in it's early days (design could be improved), it has the useful features and shows events that are taking place in what is a vibrant and modern city.

We use petrol-based cars by habit, but in the UK when it last peaked at £1.20 it was noticable how people were driving less. If you applied eBay's price hikes to the petrol industry I believe you would see increasing demand for LPG/electric alternatives (even public transport if they can put up with the crowding).

A loyal customer base today is no guarantee for a loyal customer base tomorrow. They must remember to innovate well, you can go too far in the wrong direction: Delorean got it wrong with the car!