rob griffiths wrote in april 2002 for "mac os x hints" saying he was "very impressed" and naming it "pick of the week". he cited its file memory upon reopening, its ability to notice if an open file was changed on disk by another program, syntax coloring, including that users can create their own colour schemes, split windows feature, show line number feature, convertible tabs to soft-tabs and view sidebars. he also praised its customization possibilities using the extensive preferences panel and the "on the fly" search engine, which searches while typing. griffiths noted that the application has a few drawbacks, such as that it is "a bit slow at scrolling a line at a time" and that because it is a java application it doesn't have the full aqua interface.