Rapidweaver 3.6.3 hits the tubes

@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.

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.

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.

RW is WAY better than iWeb.
I have used both - I prefer RW. iWeb is too slow and limited

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.

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

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.

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?

iweb is infinitely better.