Category Archives: Web designer tools

Adobe Edge review – Macworld UK

Adobe’s new web design tool Edge lets you build Flash-style animations by adjusting the attributes of elements in an HTML file. The results are rendered using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. This means modern browsers, including Safari on iOS, can display the results without the need for Flash Player. Edge is at the first stage of…

BannerZest Standard 3 review – Macworld UK

BannerZest Standard 3 full review It was only seven months ago that we reviewed BannerZest, but the animated advertising maker is back in version 3, with timely support for HTML5, incidentally. To bring everyone up to speed, we should explain that Bannerzest is a simple, wizard-based animation tool for chucking together animated advertising banners. You…

MotionComposer review – Macworld UK

MotionComposer full review MotionComposer provides the tools to make animations for the web. Distinguishing it from established tools is its ability to author once and output the same motion graphics in two formats: Flash for the many devices that support it, and HTML5 for suitable web browsers. It swaps the frame-based timeline of Flash for…

Tumult Hype review – Macworld UK

Tumult Hype full review What if you could create animations that looked like Flash and had interaction like Flash, but that ran directly in any modern browser – including Safari on the iPad? You don’t have to speculate, because it’s already here. The hype about Tumult’s Hype is justified. At first sight, Hype looks a…

DooID review – Macworld UK

DooID full review Billed as “your personal website and contact hub,” DooID provides both free and paid plans for putting your information online. The free version is limited (fewer themes and options), but the paid version costs only $36 per year, which is still significantly less expensive than hiring a Web designer. You have to…

Ahead review – Macworld UK

Ahead full review If you have to give presentations, it’s easy to get stuck in a Keynote or PowerPoint rut. These slide-based systems are boring, so it’s refreshing to find a tool that does it better. Ahead is an online service, with a desktop client that enables you to create sprawling, animated presentations without slides.…

Gradient review – Macworld UK

Gradient full review Gradient is a cheap and cheerful program for creating CSS3 colour transitions. These can be used for page backgrounds, buttons and other block elements on your website. Web design has come a long way from the days when animated GIFs and blinking text were de rigueur. Developers have much more control over…

Sandvox 2 review – Macworld UK

Do people still build static websites? If they do, we have a feeling they might use tools like Sandvox. This template-based, drag-and-drop driven tool’s no Coda or Dreamweaver. Think iWeb and you won’t be far wrong. Think “even more simple to use than iWeb” and you’ll be spot on. The workflow gently steers you down theme…

Sandvox 2 review – Macworld UK

Do people still build static websites? If they do, we have a feeling they might use tools like Sandvox. This template-based, drag-and-drop driven tool’s no Coda or Dreamweaver. Think iWeb and you won’t be far wrong. Think “even more simple to use than iWeb” and you’ll be spot on. The workflow gently steers you down theme…

1&1 MyWebsite Business review – Macworld UK

1&1 MyWebsite Business full review If you’ve watched TV recently you will have likely seen regular ads for 1&1 MyWebsite Business, a service aimed at small businesses and individuals, that promises websites in minutes from a choice of 120 plus business sector templates. The service is an all in one package that includes web hosting,…