A quiet morning at TUAW Headquarters (located in scenic
Wellsboro, PA, home of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon); we're all pooped from yesterday's Talk Like a Pirate festivities. Time for a quick update on one of our favorite web authoring apps,
RapidWeaver: version 3.6.3 is out, featuring
- Greatly improved memory usage when exporting websites
- Fixed issues with bold/color attributes and the main view displaying incorrectly
- Option-Double Clicking on photos now opens the files in a Photo Album
Plus
more (including all the changes from the
3.6.3 public beta). You can now share your love for RapidWeaver at the new
iloverapidweaver.com site, a mini-testimonial page for
rabid enthusiastic RW fans. 3.6.3 is a free upgrade from 3.6, $25 from prior versions.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
m said 1:28PM on 9-20-2007
iweb is infinitely better.
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Paul said 1:52PM on 9-20-2007
Does this thing do site management? The only reason I even use Dreamweaver anymore is because it manages all my files and if I change something it fixes up all dependent files automagically.
If this doesn't do it, does anyone know of an app that does, that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?
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jus10 said 1:48PM on 9-20-2007
How often do you guys move TUAW HQ? Wasn't it in Hyde Park before? I mean, I like Wellsboro (nice town) but I love Chicago so I'm torn.
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5cents said 1:51PM on 9-20-2007
i actually agree. though iWeb starts to choke on larger websites (100+ pages) which is why I eventually left it for straight coding. iWeb remains my layout tool though becuase it's just so good at making boxes ... and stuff :p
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AG said 8:12AM on 9-21-2007
Rapidweaver developers put WAY more time and effort into their products than Apple does with iWeb. Apple has more marketing power behind iWeb, but RW has a better overall product. The community surrounding RW is the main selling point for me.
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Admiral said 3:14PM on 9-20-2007
RW is WAY better than iWeb.
I have used both - I prefer RW. iWeb is too slow and limited
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Richard Peterson said 4:48PM on 9-20-2007
iWeb is infinitely lame compared to RapidWeaver. The plugins, snippets, great code, international family of advanced theme makers and tight-knit family make it stellar. I've made websites with both, and iWeb is nowhere close to RapidWeaver's brilliance.
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Rhywun said 5:31PM on 9-20-2007
I tried iWeb for about a half hour and never touched it again. Then I became a big fan of Sandvox for over a year--I just loved the total WYSIWYG approach they use and the "pagelets". Unfortunately it's still kind of buggy and slow. I had tried RapidWeaver during that time and I hated it just like I hated iWeb. The "styled text" page which uses a word-processing metaphor just bugged the hell out of me. But about a month ago I gave it another try, discovered the Markdown plugin, and now I love it. It's rock-solid and there is a ton of third-party content. On the minus side it's not terribly intuitive and the sidebar support sucks. But my customers (actually, friends :)) seem more impressed with the results I get out of RapidWeaver than Sandvox, so I'm happy with it for now.
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Cowicide said 5:56PM on 9-20-2007
I get the feeling that the same people that build their own websites for their businesses are the same type people that make their own flyers and print ads which usually do little or nothing to help their business' bottom line compared to hiring a professional. Obviously for pet projects, blogs and other non-commercial ventures, Rapidweaver is perfect. But, websites for a business? Good luck (and lots of it)... you'll need it without professional guidance to make your site actually produce and/or increase revenue for you compared to what a pro can do for you.
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Rhywun said 8:48PM on 9-20-2007
@Cowicide: I don't think RapidWeaver is intended to replace Dreamweaver. But there's no reason a professional can't use it to speed development of smaller sites or prototype larger sites. Not every site requires to massive bloat of Dreamweaver to get off the ground.
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