the other stuff i can agree with you on. i don't like when an editor tries to impose it's ideas on my code (luckilly jEdit and i think pretty much alike most of the time). but i will point this out: <script /> doesn't work anyway, it does need the </script>.
I preffer TopStyle. As an editor, it's a million times better. Supposedly, Dreamweaver was merged with HomeSite, but it's editor still sucks. I never understood why he sold HomeSite to Macromedia and developed TopStyle.