7 Useful Apps For OSX Web Designers
Because of various requests I received lately and the irrefutable fact, that there are plenty of useful yet sometimes rather unknown applications available for OSX, I’d like to share some of my most vital pieces of software with you ordered by function below.
Image Editing - Photoshop CS3 / CS4
Even though there are some really promising approaches to create a real alternative to it, Photoshop was and still is one of those irreplaceable applications any professional web designer can’t get around yet. However, I’d like to put the spotlight on my personal runner-up which is Pixelmator, a project I kept an eye on from the very first release already. It’s not quite where it needs to be in order to seriously compete with Photoshop, but it’s beautifully executed, includes some sophisticated functions and already is really useful for some smaller tasks such as photo retouching for example.
Coding & FTP - Coda
Working on various kinds of source code are daily tasks for any web designer and so it’s definitely a plus to work with an application you feel comfortable with. This application is called Coda for me and is so much more than just a basic text editor - it literally includes anything you need to “grow beautiful code” according to their website. One of the features which is really time-saving and in my opinion truly outstanding is the integrated FTP client based upon their very own Transmit 3 engine - it’s just like editing code on a local system when you actually work directly on your web space.
The gardener selected me today
A really nice surprise has been waiting for me when I had a look at my eMails this morning - the guys from rgbgarden.com, which is an interesting css showcase and inspiration gallery, selected and featured my new website as “garden of the day” today.
Even though the third revision of indiqo.eu has been released just about a week ago it’s absolutely interesting what’s going on here since then, but most importantly I’m really glad that so many people seem to enjoy how it looks like now, at least the site has been featured in over 55 65 different CSS showcases meanwhile which is a great feeling I’m so thankful for.
Please let me know what you think or just read on in order to get a brief overview about all of the sites you can see and rate me on now.
Changes in 2009
Now that the new website is finally up and running, I’d like to announce some further changes and improvements in 2009 just to give you a brief overview about how my plans look like, the new or improved services offered, some financial aspects and of course my goals in general.
So just read on to see what you can expect this year.
Free Skin: Grid
Grid is a free skin for Subdreamer CMS which is free for non-commercial use.
The package includes a XHTML valid skin with three different design options to chose from and up to 20 plug-in positions. Furthermore, it also supports Subdreamers built in skin my forum function as well as the hover and forum hover menu. You can use and redistribute this skin for non-commercial purposes as you wish as long as you don’t modify or remove the copyright notice at the bottom.
Welcome
More than three years passed by since I started working as a freelancing web designer, contributing to the new Subdreamer community back in these days. During this time, two websites served their purposes very well, but since version two was more than 1,5 years old, I thought it’s about time for something entirely new, something creative yet functional, a website which is really able to express my working philosophy and idea how modern web design should look like - visually and technically - and so here it is now.
- Maximilian Bartel
- 31061 Alfeld (Leine)
- GERMANY
