UltraEdit 15.00.0.1047

3.8 out of 5 stars 3.8 (338 votes)

(June 5, 2009)

Windows 2000/Vista/XP / Shareware; $49.95 / 27,897 downloads

UltraEdit is a text editor with support for unlimited file sizes, a spell checker, drag and drop, full HEX editing capabilities, user configurable syntax highlighting, column editing, sorting, and a configurable toolbar.

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  1. 4 out of 5 stars
    blackz0r

    Reviewing 15.00.0.1047 (Jun 5, 2009)

    Latest version takes over ten seconds to load on a 3GHz machine, which is completely unacceptable. This is most assuredly the best text/code editor available, but the ever-growing bloat costs it a star.

  2. 4 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 15.00.0.1047 (Jun 5, 2009)

    Well, because Notepad++ is not the "best editor ever". Silly.

  3. 3 out of 5 stars
    slushdot

    Reviewing 15.00.0.1047 (Jun 5, 2009)

    why bother when you can use the best editor ever, notepad++?

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 15.00.0.1035 (Apr 16, 2009)

    I had UE 14 installed, and then I installed this update... I was 95% sure they'd wipe out my entire toolbar config, and sure enough, they did. No offer to convert the toolbar into the new format. They also wiped out my tool configuration (Advanced > Tool Configuration).

    How nice of them.

    The user who mentioned that UE locks files even after those files are closed is correct. UE does that, and it can cause serious problems. How many times I've had a file open in UE, closed it, then had locked file problems (sometimes it screws up an uninstall). It's annoying as hell, to understate the problem. And it shouldn't be hard to fix, IF THE PROGRAMMER WERE TO DO HIS JOB! (I am talking about file handles, not folder handles. I know they have an FAQ item on this and it DOES NOT APPLY. It's also a lame cop-out.)

  5. 1 out of 5 stars
    eaves

    Reviewing 15.00 (Apr 3, 2009)

    Updates for the purpose of having a new version to sell. Change for the purpose of change. Feature bloat.

    I look at all the new versions of UltraEdit, and I have yet to see one that provides a reason to upgrade from the copy of version 12 that I have.

    Were I starting out anew, I'd probably look at something else for a text editor.

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  1. Jun 6, 2009 - 4:33 PM
    Reverb

    Eaves I have to agree with you. I'm still using 11.20b and it's fast! The search option to list lines containing text which opens a separate window is one of my favorite features! But seriously, ten seconds to load on a 3GHz machine?!?
    Is this thing written in Java?

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