TUAW Review: RapidWeaver 4

Does anyone know if RW 4 is compatible with RWThememiner still? I just need to be sure no compatibility was broken in the upgrade.

Not much of a review but Rapidweaver 4 is worth switching from Dreamweaver for me.

So how does it work? Is it a HTML code editor app? Or is it WYSIWYG like iWeb? Can it import existing HTML code? Does it produce code that works for all major browsers?

I looked at Rapidweaver a few months ago, along with Sandvox and Freeway Pro - was using Dreaweaver (mx) but it was cumbersome for my needs - finally settled on Freeway Pro (now 5) - excellent program worth checking out before you decide - definitely deeper than Rapidweaver and iWeb, yet uses a dtp interface that many are familiar with - just my 2 cents

Oops... sorry just read the last sentence again...
You did mention that it was free to 3.6 and higher...

Sorry - it is difficult to admit publicly to a major gaffe... Just ask any politician. :)

My humblest apologies.

I think one of the things that might be an important thing to note in your review (not that I want to tell you what to say and not say in your brief pseudo-ad) but as a MacUpdate licensee of RW and having a copy of version 3.6.6 - this upgrade is FREE!!! Your serial number for 3.6.5 works with this version.

Now that is sweet.

(And it says so on the splash screen of the website.)

But who am I to judge,

I do like what you said - basically - but as some have said, I would like to have had some more meat with my potatoes.

I look forward to giving RW4 a test drive. My gripes about previous versions was the overabundance of lackluster (read: amateurish) themes, with the "good" themes being offered only as for-pay additions.

iWeb may lack the power and flexibility of RW4, but the bundled themes, while fewer in number, are definitely a notch above in polish/professionalism than what RW4 offers.

I wish they had thrown in the Smooth Mac theme with RW4 - which is no longer available for individual purchase as the theme creator now works full time in Realmac development.

And while I'm in "wish" mode - I wish Realmac would acquire and integrate Blocks and BlocksBox into RW, as many users swear they are "must have" components anyway.

I was considering to bring some of my web authoring tools to other programs besides Dreamweaver. But RapidWeaver's site says their Plugin SDK for developers is coming soon. Does any know when it might be available? also, is this something new, because I don't remember seeing a developer's kit before. Anyway, I've been developing new web authoring tools called StackSite to help advance website accessibility, graphics, and navigation. My tools allow both novice and advance user to freely create graphically rich accessible websites. So if anyone has any info about this, please let me know. Thks..

Robert Stack
Zoshe Foundation
http://www.zoshe.com

Not much of a review. You make a few observations without supporting or justifying your opinions with examples. Perhaps you should use the software for a week or two before writing a detailed review. Or rename this post to "a first look". Either way, this post does not give me anything to go on.

RapidWeaver it looks like a great app.

Pretty weak review, though. You barely scratched the surface.