According to Robert Oakes, "When it comes to editing, the current tools on Mac cannot do the heavy lifting like CRiSP. CRiSP is an ideal tool for developers and programmers interested in sophisticated editing options; it is not a graphics tool or a Desktop publishing program. Editing, searching / replacing on multi-gigabyte files, is much faster and better than any current editor for Mac OS."

CRiSP expansive sophisticated features include:

• columnar editing
• drag and drop support
• full finder support
• syntax coloring with support for over 80 languages including Objective-C, AppleScript, C/C++/Java, TCL, Perl
• embedded script language support
• large file support (8GB or more)
• tagging and cross-referencing browsing support
• pop-up tooltips for function calls as a user types code
• fully configurable with a C like macro language
• project tools which lets the developer determine what files are part of the project
• keystroke macro
• FTP editing
• automatic backup
• multi-file editing and search
• C/HTML/XML source code beautifier
• user defined language and templates
• hex editing and outlining
• infinite undo and redo
• keyboard emulation to eliminate need to learn another keyboard layout

These features improve the ability to customize a project with ease and assure the elimination of costly mistakes during the editing process. Additionally, CRiSP works with a wide variety of platforms including Windows, Linux, SUN, HP-UX, AIX, FreeBSD, and IRIX.