HTML Editors
I'm not exactly the person to ask about HTML editing programs; I'm one of
those people who fires up ye ol' text editor and starts typing. But below
are links to sites with HTML editors.
Note: You'll probably see the acronym WYSIWYG frequently in reference to
HTML editors. It stands for What You See Is What You Get; that is, what
you see on the screen should be close to what should appear in a vistor's
browser when they visit the page.
Windows
There are two main web sites for Winsock (Internet) software for the PC.
Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications is good in that they often
have full reviews of the software they list, with a quick Pro/Con and New
Features summary. The down side is that when you actually go to download
the software, the links all point to the different computers that could
be anywhere in the world. They also use a lot of tables which means it
takes longer to see the page.
TUCOWS is good in that they have several locations across the US.
They also have all the shareware/freeware programs available for download
from the same site as the pages. Thus if you can pull up the web site
quickly, downloading from that site should be fairly fast as well. The
down side is that they only give you brief descriptions of the programs.
Generally, Strouds is the place to start when you aren't sure what
you're looking for. Once you've found the program, or if you know the
program you want, TUCOWS is the place to go.
Macintosh
Even though it's name may imply it's a PC-only site, TUCOWS is probably
the best combination of user-friendliness and software availability for
the Macintosh.