MS IE7: Another Reason to Switch to Firefox
Web developers have enough problems trying to make their websites render and operate in different browsers. Or worse yet... some do not try at all. Only testing and making it work in Microsoft Internet...
View ArticleWhat Is RSS and Why Should You Care?
RSS, "Really Simple Syndication" is being utilized to empower people to subscribe, syndicate, and distribute content such as text, PDFs, audio, and even video to other interested people. Just about...
View ArticleReelSmart.com Version 2.0 Released
Check out ReelSmart.com's new look and new features. Hopefully you will find it more better. Watch over the next few weeks for more additions to what I am calling ReelSmart 2.0. ReelSmart has been...
View ArticleDashboard Widget for ReelSmart.com
ReelSmart.com readers now have a Dashboard Widget to keep track of my RSS feed. Please download it and install it on your Mac OS X machine.
View ArticleYahoo! Widget for ReelSmart.com
I have added a Yahoo! Widget (formally known as Konfabulator) for ReelSmart.com readers to keep track of my RSS feed. Please download it and install it on your Mac OS X or Windows XP/2000 machine....
View ArticleReelSmart Dashboard Widget Now Available On Apple Site
The ReelSmart RSS Dashboard Widget is now available from the official Apple Widget website. Please download and install it to keep track of ReelSmart Posts via Dashboard.
View ArticleReelSmart RSS Yahoo! Widget Now Available at Yahoo!
The free ReelSmart RSS Yahoo! Widget is now Available at Yahoo!Widgets (formally known as Konfabulator) for download. I built this Yahoo! Widget for readers wanting to keep track of my RSS feed to get...
View ArticleReelSmart.com Now Offers Language Translation
I am happy to anounce that ReelSmart can now be easily translated via the buttons on the upper right.
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: For Web Developers
If you are a front-end web developer, Firefox and its many extensions can be your best friend. I thought I would provide a list of extensions that are very useful.
View ArticleDashalytics Dashboard Widget
If you run a blog or website and are always looking for better ways to track your sites statisticsGoogle Analytics is another great, free service from Google. It generates useful stats from your...
View ArticleAdd Google Gadgets For Your Website
Google has made it easy to add Google Desktop widgets to any website with a Javascript embed. Simply go to Google Gadgets For Your Webpage, pick a gadget you want to add, pick a color scheme, get the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Kills FrontPage
According to Microsoft's FrontPage own home page and a story on the Inquirer, “After nine years of being an award-winning Web authoring tool, FrontPage will be discontinued in late 2006.” The news...
View ArticleBuild A Website With No Experience
Building a website for your small business, organization or a personal web page for blogging, pictures, or announcements has never been easier. There are so many easy to use solutions that do not...
View ArticleCreate Matching Color Schemes Easily
Color Schemer Studio $49.99 (OS X or Windows) is a professional color matching application for anyone from hobbyists to advanced professionals. This is especially helpful if you are color challenged...
View ArticleShades: A Better Color Picker
Chromatic Bytes' Shades makes a better color picker, $14.95 for OS X by adding an additional pane to your standard Apple Color Picker. It is designed to help you choose colors by showing you grids of...
View ArticleCoda: Text editor + Transmit + CSS editor + Terminal + Books + More
Panic, makers of my favorite FTP application Transmit has just released a new application for web developers who like to hand code. And who doesn't? Coda combines a Text editor + Transmit + CSS editor...
View ArticleCSSEdit 2.5 Now Available
CSSEdit 2.5 is the new update to MacRabbit’s nicely polished application for CSS development. New features included tabbed editing and an X-Ray inspector. See what's new here. Very nice update, (free...
View ArticleSandvox 1.2 Update Released
Karelia Software has released Sandvox 1.2, an updated version of their visual Web page editing software for Mac OS X. A free update for registered users, Sandvox costs $49 for the regular edition or...
View ArticleAdobe Flex Enters Open Source, Take That Microsoft
Adobe is presenting a very compelling challenge to developers who may be considering trying out Microsoft's Silverlight platform (introduced at NAB) which Redmond hopes to move in on Flash's dominance....
View ArticleRapidWeaver Updated to 3.6
Realmac Software has released a new version of its native Cocoa app, RapidWeaver. This powerful WYSIWYG Mac-only software that does a great job of filling the gap between Apple's iWeb and Adobe...
View ArticleAdobe Keeps GoLive Alive a bit Longer
Adobe has released GoLive 9.0, a major upgrade of the web authoring software. This new release is Universal Binary for Intel Macs, and features character and paragraph styles similar to those in...
View ArticleApple Redesigns Web site with fresh look and feel
Apple's new web site launch coincided with the conclusion of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote address at the 2007 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Looks great, check it out! By the way if you are...
View ArticleRapidWeaver Updated to 3.6.2
RapidWeaver 3.6.2 release includes some bugfixes, but a few new features too: Aperture support in the Media Browser; Dynamic PHP Sidebar to "significantly reduce upload times when posting entries,...
View ArticleAdobe Flash Becomes a MovieStar
Adobe has announced the latest version of Flash Player 9, codenamed Moviestar, because it includes H.264 standard video support – the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video...
View ArticleSix Apart Launches iPhone/iPod Touch Plugin for Movable Type 4/Typepad
Six Apart has announced a plugin for Movable Type 4 and TypePad that makes it possible to blog from your iPhone using a very cool interface on the iPhone. OK I need to find one for WordPress now.
View ArticlePanic’s Coda Goes to version 1.1
Panic has released Coda 1.1 which adds quite a few enhancements as well as being better compatible with Leopard. Coda is one of my favorite web development tools. Gone is the in-house developed,...
View ArticleReelSmart Server Upgrade
ReelSmart has just been moved to a better server that should help the CPU Quota problems we were having with the current traffic load. I also installed WP-Cache plugin to assist with keeping the...
View ArticleMarsEdit Gets a Nice Update
Red Sweater Software's MarsEdit 2.1 is a weblog editor that works with a variety of systems and provides drafts, preview templates, spell checking, markup macros, custom templates, image and file...
View ArticleGoogle Launches Sites
Google has launched a hosted-wiki service branded as Google Sites, now part of the Google Apps. This new service has spawned from the acquisition of Jotsot the Google made about a year and a half ago....
View ArticleRecommended Mac OS X Web Tools
OK, you want to be a website designer or developer. Or maybe you already have several sites under your belt and are new to the Mac. I thought I would give you a list of some nice web tools for OS X....
View ArticleRage Updates SERank and Domainer Web Apps
Rage Software released released updates for SERank 1.6 and Domainer 1.6. SERank 1.6, which tracks and monitors search engine rankings for web sites. This release adds integration with the company's...
View ArticleWoopra: Real Time Tracking for Websites
Woopra is a robust "real time" web-tracking & analysis tool for websites. I saw this on a GeekBrief podcast and have signed up. It is currently in beta and you must wait for an invitation after...
View ArticleHundreds of Thousands of Microsoft Web Servers Hacked
According a story at the Washington Post's Security Blog, Hundreds of thousands of Web sites - including several at the United Nations and in the U.K. government -- have been hacked recently and seeded...
View ArticleAdobe Drops GoLive
Adobe has announced that GoLive has been discontinued. The company has ceased development and sales of GoLive effective Monday, April 28, 2008. GoLive started life as CyberStudio, an early What You See...
View ArticleAdobe Releases Three Public Betas For CS4
Adobe is giving users a preview of Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Soundbooth from the next Creative Suite 4 by releasing free public betas. The preview software will only work for 48 hours after the first...
View ArticleRapidWeaver 4 Ships for Mac Users
RealMacSoftware has announced the availability of RapidWeaver 4.0 website creation tool. You can build a fantastic website in minutes and never see any code. New features include: Drag and Drop Site...
View ArticleAdobe Taking Pre-Orders for CS4
Adobe Web Premium CS4 Video Tour Adobe is taking pre-orders for all the CS4 applications and suites. The Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium Upgrade will set you back about $594.99 [Amazon] and is...
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