software

Dreamweaver is a tool that has been in my toolbox since its 1.0 version. From the start Dreamweaver was a lot better than its competitors. I could easily mention a lot of HTML editors that never have gotten as close to rendering good HTML as Dreamweaver. But the tool was far from perfect. John made me aware of the work of the Dreamweaver Task Force, which is a project of The Web Standards Project (WaSP). WaSP worked together with Macromedia on the latest version of their HTML editor, Dreamweaver MX. […]

The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (AdTI) has published its white paper entitled “Opening the Open Source Debate”. A white paper I have commented on before, especially the funding of AdTI is interesting, this to me is obviously a white paper paid for in full by Microsoft. David Skoll of Roaring Penguin Software has written a very interesting rebutal to the whitepaper, more or less taking the whole white paper apart. Microsoft might want to have their money back for this one.. Roaring Penguin comments on the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution’s

Mozilla 1.0 is finally released after 4 long years of development. The Open Source project produced a good browser, but I have to say that it took some time. The release party will be held at the DNA lounge in San Francisco on the 12th of June. There will also be satellite parties at other locations around the world

In the paper “Opening the Open Source Debate”, scheduled to be released friday by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, there are claims that Open-Source leads to less secure software than with proprietary software. The report warns goverments against relying on Open-Source software for national security. What is interesting is that Microsoft funds the Washington based think-tank. The Register – Open source invites terrorism – study: We imagine the argument will have to go something like this: Microsoft software is safer because the company carefully conceals its security flaws; thus evil

Apple has released the public beta of Quicktime 6. Including support for Flash 5. [Via SwfNews]

An amazing package of software was made available on the Macromedia site today (Studio MX press release). Macromedia Studio MX is a software package that includes includes Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia Flash MX, Macromedia Fireworks MX, Macromedia FreeHand 10, and a developer edition of Macromedia ColdFusion MX Server. The whole package is selling for US $799, pretty impressive concidering that the Flash 5 authoring tool was sold for $399 when it first shipped, and the price for Macromedia Flash MX is US $499. The package includes everything you need to