It's great that there are other services out there that do something similar, but I really don't like the use of the phrase "already solved this." Everything can be improved. Any one product is never the one fix all forever.

It is a real shame that CSSEdit has been rolled into Espresso with no real benefit or gain to the user. CSSEdit is one of my most favourite tools to use while developing websites and I am going to hold onto it as long as I possibly can.

I used to absolutely love both Espresso and CSSEdit too but I've now switched to a more minimal editor. I started using LESS so CSSEdit wasn't cutting it anymore. Instead I use either Less.app or CodeKit which monitors your working directory, automatically compiles LESS to CSS on save, and refreshes the browser tab of the site you're working on.

I do agree that rolling CSSEdt into Espresso isn't the same. I don't know why but I liked CSSEdit better when it was a standalone app. Anyway, as an alternative to CSSEdit or the other desktop apps that give you the instant refresh, you could always write a shell script that watches your working directory and executes the LESS (or SASS/SCSS) compiler then refreshes your browser. I actually used that once but lost it while formatting the laptop it was on. The part that watches the folder and executes the compiler is easy but I had someone else help me with the browser refreshing part.

First thing I thought when I saw this was livereload, which is fantastic. I have been using it for months and it's never failed me, especially with 2 screens for front end dev