Mac web-publishing software news, reviews and tips, including web-design tools

Evernote enables collaborative notebooks, with a catch

David Chartier — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:19:00 -0700

Evernote is a multi-platform service for storing and syncing notes, photos, and other files. Today, the company enabled sharing, allowing users to collaborate on everything from projects, to research, to family shopping—but with a catch.

Adobe issues security update for Shockwave Player

Jeremy Kirk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:17:00 -0700

Adobe Systems released a patch on Tuesday for its Shockwave Player to fix a critical vulnerability.

Coming soon: Adobe Flash on Android, WinMo and WebOS

Daniel Ionescu — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0700

Adobe is set to introduce Flash Player 10 for most mobile operating systems later this year, except, of course, for the iPhone.

Extensis releases Universal Type Server 2.0

Peter Cohen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:25:00 -0700

Universal Type Server 2.0 now supports Open Directory and Active Directory and other key improvements.

Bugs & Fixes: Fixes for iLife problems

Ted Landau — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:40:00 -0700

Ted Landau looks at solutions to a pair of potential problems Apple has identified with the iLife suite.

Sorenson 360 adds direct-to-iPhone video publishing

Peter Cohen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:04:00 -0700

Sorenson Media's online video encoding service Sorenson 360 now supports direct-to-iPhone video publishing.

MobileMe 2.0: A wishlist

David Chartier — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:42:00 -0700

Apple has spent the past year fortifying MobileMe and polishing the existing feature set. David Chartier speculates on what the company could add to the service in its sophomore year.

Mac News Briefs: Comic Life gains enhancements in 1.5 update

Macworld Staff — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:49:00 -0700

Comic Life 1.5 adds a number of enhancements, including the ability to create single page comics by dragging and dropping images.

Sandvox updated to fix page-editing issues, bugs

Peter Cohen — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:45:00 -0700

Sandvox, the visual web page editor, has been updated with some key bug fixes.

Adobe aligns software branding to shine light on Flash

Elizabeth Montalbano — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:15:00 -0700

Adobe is aligning its Web design and developer tools, including a new one developers can begin testing Monday, under its Flash brand.

xScope 2.2 adds more keyboard shortcuts, color control

David Chartier — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:15:00 -0700

An update to this screen measurement and color inspection tool for designers and developers brings more keyboard flexibility and UI control.

Canto Cumulus 8 released

Peter Cohen — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:40:00 -0700

Canto has released Cumulus 8, a new version of its Digital Asset Management system for Macs, PCs and other platforms.

Mac News Briefs: Apricorn releases Aegis Desktop eSATA/USB 2.0 drive

Macworld Staff — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:50:00 -0700

Apricorn's new hard drive comes in capacities up to 1.5TB and features both eSATA and USB 2.0 connections. Also, SmileOnMyMac has updated TextExpander to improve performance, and iPresentee released a new version of its iWeb Animations bundle.

Mac News Briefs: BoinxTV update adds audio, image adjustment features

Macworld Staff — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:24:00 -0700

The newest version of Boinx Software's live video production software adds a number of new features and bug fixes, including support for a high-quality chroma key filter. The developers for rooSwitch and RapidWeaver also unveiled updates Thursday.

iWeb Themes 4.0 adds five new themes

Peter Cohen — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:36:00 -0700

iWeb Themes 4.0 has added five new themes to its list of templates for iWeb

Sorenson launches Sorenson 360 video delivery network

Jonathan Seff — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:01:00 -0700

Sorenson Media on Monday launched a new service to deliver high-quality video hosting.

Your desert island app

Peter Cohen — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:20:00 -0700

What if you were trapped on a desert island -- one with electricity and Wi-Fi -- and could have only one third-party application for your Mac? Which one would it be?

Fireworks update tackles text-shifting bug

Philip Michaels — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:32:00 -0700

Adobe says its Fireworks CS4 10.0.3 Updater improves stability and fixes bugs, such as one that caused some text to shift.

Share any folder via a built-in Web server

Rob Griffiths — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:18:00 -0700

Use a hidden built-in Web server to quickly and easily share any folder of files via a Web browser.

Adobe updates InContext Editing service

Jackie Dove — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0700

Version 1.5 of Adobe's InContext Editing service makes it easier for designers and clients to work together.

ExpanDrive 2.0 adds Amazon S3 support

Dan Moren — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:04:00 -0700

ExpanDrive 2.0 features improved SFTP performance, a polished user interface, and support for Amazon's S3 service.

Managing an iWeb site from multiple Macs

Christopher Breen — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:49:00 -0700

You have two Macs and one iWeb site. How do you update the site from each Mac and keep the two in sync? Like so.

First Look: Tweetie for Mac

David Chartier — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:18:00 -0700

Tweetie is a new Mac desktop client for Twitter that shares the same name (and developer) with its iPhone counterpart. It won't be available for download until Monday, but we have a first look for you.

Study: Facebook linked to lower grades in college

Sharon Gaudin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:45:00 -0700

Need your kids to pick their grades up? Tell them to spend less time on Facebook.

When good browsers go bad—and they all do

Robert L. Mitchell — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:35:00 -0700

Browsers, Web standards, and publishing tools have all gotten better. So why are Web pages still breaking? Computerworld's Robert L. Mitchell looks at why Web pages stray from WC3 standards.

The importance of color management

James Dempsey — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:01:00 -0700

These days, color management is almost a requirement for designers who want to maintain control over the appearance of their work once it's published. James Dempsey talks to Pantone executive Andy Hatkoff about how color management has changed and what tools creative pros can use to get the best results.