Mac OS X Native OpenOffice.org

…Won’t Be Here for Some Time

By the time OpenOffice 3.0 makes its debut, there is slated to be a brand new version of the famous alternative office suite available in native configuration for the Mac. But this won’t be for another year. OpenOffice currently runs on OS X under the X11 environment […]

iTunes Album Art Grabber: Makes Cataloging Easy

Developer: Josh Powell
Version: N/A
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OSX, Windows
…If I Listened to “Popular” Music
I stumbled across this handy tool today that I think is pretty fantastic. Despite being two years old, I’d never heard of it until today. Named Josh’s iTunes Album Art Grabber, it does exactly what it’s title […]

Firefox Reaches 400 Million Downloads

…And 120 Million Users
Mozilla’s exceptional web browser, Firefox [review], reached a major milestone yesterday - 400 million downloads in less than three years. That’s quite an achievement considering that quite a few people are completely unaware that there is any web browser out there other than Internet Explorer.
By delivering a high quality […]

Dreamweaver: Why It’s the Standard in WYSIWYG Web Design

Developer: Adobe (formerly Macromedia)
Version: CS3 (9.0)
Price: $399
Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows
Download Dreamweaver Here.
Now if it Only Had Some More Competition
After experimenting with, and reviewing, four different What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) style web design programs over the past week, I’ve come away with a new respect for Adobe’s Dreamweaver. It […]

Are Your Firefox Extensions Crushing Your Computer?

Memory Leaks and Other RAM Munchers to Watch Out For
My first review on Software Battle! was for the ultra popular web browser, Firefox. Although I gave it a very high rating and recommended that everyone start using it immediately, you may recall that I complained about a few problems with startup speed and memory […]

Freewebs: A Great Web Designer - For the ’90s

Developers: The Mokhtarzada Brothers
Version: N/A
Price: Free, Depending on Level of Service
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Check out Freewebs Here.
Brings Back Bad Memories of Geocities and Homestead
Online web designers seem to be the hot new Web 2.0 applications. Maybe it’s because people are growing tired of social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook - […]

Nvu/KompoZer: Can a Free Web Design Program Hold Its Own?

Developer: Daniel Glazman
Version: 1.0 (Nvu), 0.7.10 (KompoZer)
Price: Free (Open Source)
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X (PPC), Windows
Download Nvu Here.
Download KompoZer Here.
It’s Like Dreamweaver - But Free. How Could That Be Bad?
I’m a big fan of free programs. Thanks to open source software and developers who just want to give back to the community, […]

Try New Photo Resizer For Yourself

The Future of Image Resizing May Be Closer Than I Thought
A man by the name of Patrick Swieskowski has just created something amazing. Remember that video that I posted a couple of days ago showing that new image resizing technology? While one of the men responsible for that incredibly impressive algorithm has been […]

Weebly: Create a Website Using the Web?

Developers: David Rusenko, Dan Veltri, and Chris Fanini
Version: Beta
Price: Free
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (Firefox or Internet Explorer Required)
Check Out Weebly Here.
Unexpected Joy from a Web App
The coolest thing about writing these reviews is that I stumble across a program that really blows my mind from time to time. These programs are […]

Sandvox: A Fantastic Web Designer for Beginners

Developer: Karelia Software
Version: 1.2.1
Price: $49 Regular, $79 Pro
Operating Systems: Mac OS X
Download Sandvox Here.
But Not for Anybody Else
The first time I ever tried my hand at web design, it was for a college class I was taking. It was a fantastic class - but the quality of education is beside the point. During […]