![]() I found Freeway 5 Pro to have problems with web pages that refer to external CSS files. If you have an existing web site and want to import the code, Freeway 5 Pro may be of help or not it will depend on your code. The CSS capabilities are impressive because you can draw the elements and not worry about the code.įreeway 5 Pro also has its limitations, and you may find these annoying or not, depending on what you want to use the program for. The graphics capabilities of Freeway 5 Pro have been improved and enhanced to a point where I see little reason to use other programs, especially with the built-in access to iPhoto catalogues. Rather, I’m enchanted by the large number of included Actions, which now also include shopping cart functionality, Google, Analytics, Maps and AdSense capabilities, and for example even something silly like the Country list that you can simply drop in a form. To me, the things that speak in favour of Freeway - and now even more in the new version - are not just the ease-of-use and the concept that makes web page design strongly resemble layout design. ![]() But when I want to have clean code with CSS elements already in place and Javascript eye-candy all set up for me, I use Freeway. I use Dreamweaver when I’m lazy and I don’t want to think what the exact code for some lesser used element was. In my own web coding toolbox, there are Coda (courtesy Panic Software - excellent source coding environment, and better than TextMate, which I also use but not to its fullest as I can’t program) and CSSEdit (the best CSS editor out there). I can create a CSS-styled web page in a couple of hours, but even in Dreamweaver I know it’s going to cost me “a couple of hours” at least because I’m not an expert. The Sound FX Action allows you to make an item in Freeway trigger or stop a sound, which is useful for providing feedback on links or buttons, or using custom graphics for audio files.įreeway 5 Pro is Excellent for Creating Web Sites FastEven if you know how to use these effects outside Freeway, it’s probably faster to do it inside Freeway as it literally involves no more than a couple of clicks. These Actions allow you to apply effects such as Blind Up and Down, Slide Up and Down, Fade In and Fade Out, Pulsate, Shake and Highlight to items on a page. These contain Combo FX, Attention FX, and Sound FX. My opinion is that prototyping in Freeway is very effective as it has such low knowledge requirements that it almost hurts.įor example, take the Scriptaculous Actions in Freeway 5 Pro. The experienced designer can use Freeway 5 Pro for prototyping purposes, though. I would say Freeway 5 Pro os aimed at beginning web designers and more experienced web designers, but not the experts who are capable of programming AJAX and other niceties into their web sites. It’s better then Dreamweaver in creating powerful sites without any knowledge at all of the underlying technologies, but if you can’t get it exactly right, you’ll have to resort to hand-coding outside Freeway. Freeway 5 Pro is not Dreamweaver it doesn’t aim at that market. ![]() It allows for easy set up of Blogger pages, and its CSS capabilities are robust. Freeway 5 Pro is also a good environment to experiment if you’re a designer - even a web designer - who wants to concentrate on design and less on technology.Freeway 5 Pro has support for accessibility analysis, full CSS layouts, Scriptaculous Javascript Actions, full form editing, background effects and images, and more. ![]() As always, Freeway Pro is aimed at everybody who wants to design a web site - everybody, regardless of the level of knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript. Softpress is releasing its newest version of Freeway Pro, version 5. ![]()
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