XML Notepad was originally released in 1998, but was eventually pulled from MSDN because Microsoft was didn't have time to keep it updated with current XML standards. On September 1st, Microsoft relea ...

XML Notepad 2007 is themed around the same kind of just-the-text-ma'am simplicity of Windows' Notepad, but does add relevant features for markup language hacking.

But the process is slow — for example, Microsoft’s XML Notepad hasn’t been updated in approximately 18 months.

In case you missed it, Microsoft resurrected the old XML Notepad last year. The new version, XML Notepad 2007, is a .NET 2.0 application for which source code is available on CodePlex.