Mark Newton
I was intrigued when an announcement came from Adobe for a new web design tool called ‘Muse’. Currently this is on free trial but will be a subscription based product like Office 365 and will cost $15 a month. Adobe’s Muse shows the way to go with HTML design tools My first impressions with this […]
The next stage in testing your web design is the testing it in different browsers One of the problems here is of Microsoft’s doing in that you can’t have previous versions of their browser installed on the same machine. To get round this problem and also announced at Mix09, SuperPreview allows you to display the […]
Verdict: A useful niche product that may appeal to Web Coders which works reliably, but the large files it creates limit its final usefulness Internet – www.mozquito.com Availability – Now System Requirements (min) – OS – Windows 95 with IE 4 + , Windows 98, NT4 (Intel only), Windows 2000, Mac OS 8.1 + , Linux or […]
Continuing on the theme of security I came across a very neat way of carrying data around, something that anyone who has to transfer client’s data or who works in multiple locations would find useful. Laptops are fine but they are eminently nick-able as we hear on the news almost every day as another one […]
Verdict: Without doubt one of the best tools for developing dynamic database driven web sites. Price: £300 (£352.50 inc VAT) Upgrade from Drumbeat200 £99 (£116.33 inc VAT) Upgrade from DreamWeaver £199 (£233.83 inc VAT) Supplier Software Warehouse Ltd 0800 0355 355Internet: http://www.macromedia.com Availability: June 2000 Avail on Windows 95,98,2000,NT and Mac OS 8.6+ UltraDev is a new web […]
Verdict: A good way to manage web site development, providing task management, discussion groups, versioning and a client web site all in one package. Price: All prices exclude VAT 3 user £1300 Supplier – Unipalm – 01638 569600 Internet – www.macromedia.com System Requirements (min for up to 5 users) – OS – NT4 SP6 server, Windows 2000 SP1 […]
Every once in a while a program comes along that just cries out to be taken notice of. Drumbeat 2000 is just such a program. This program was originally developed by a Californian company called Elemental Software and the product caught the attention of Macromedia who in the words of that dreadful advert ‘ they […]
price £299 + VAT Upgrade £149 + VAT internet www.macromedia.com verdict The best has just got better, embracing XML, Webservices, PHP, Flash MX, Cold Fusion, .NET the list goes on. UltraDev is dead! Long live Dreamweaver MX! Could well be the cry from the Macromedia camp, but before you hold your collective hands up in horror that […]
price PRO SERVER with subs without subs Full Product £829 £589 Enterprise. Full product £5159 £3689 verdict : A pedigree, performance, support for XML, XSL transformations, web services, reusable components, multi platform , J2EE support, tighter integration with Flash the list goes on, how much more do you want? To review a […]
Verdict: A worthwhile and competent upgrade to a key technology for web development which should ensure its continued success in this competitive marketplace. Supplier – Unipalm – 01638 569600 Internet – www.macromedia.com System Requirements (min) – OS – Windows 98, NT4 SP6A, Windows 2000 SP1, Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, Linux Red Hat 6.2-, SuSE Linux 7.0- , Cobalt […]