We’ve just released RAGE MapDesign 1.0 today. RAGE MapDesign lets you create image maps that response to user actions such as when users click their mouse down or when their mouse hovers over a certain part of an image. It uses only standards based CSS and HTML so you can be certain that it will work with virtually all major web browsers.

RAGE MapDesign is very easy to use since it is fully WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). You don’t have to know CSS or HTML.

We have included some sample maps and media that you can easily create on the RAGE MapDesign product page. We put a lot of effort into making it as easy to use and possible and giving it a beautiful Mac interface. We look forward to hearing what you think and how you use it.

Last week we also released 15 beautifully designed, CSS and HTML templates. If you have not already seen them, be sure to check them out. Prices range from $14.95 USD to $24.95 USD for a pack of 5.

We’ve got some great products coming and some amazing updates due out this summer. Stay tuned, July will be a big month!

We know a lot of your have been looking forward to a Universal Binary version of RAGE WebDesign. We have been working really hard on this and I just wanted to post an update on its status.

We have a version of RAGE WebDesign running on Intel Macs. It’s running very nicely, much faster than before, as a Universal Binary.

We have upgraded to a totally new text engine so working with double-byte characters such as Japanese or Chinese will also work much better than before. In addition, working with any unicode files will also see improvements.

We have also made a few additions, interface tweaks, and added new features. This version of RAGE WebDesign will be FREE for registered 2.x users and we will be posting a beta version for you to try real soon.

After this release, we will start working on version 3.0. We have some really great features planned, some that you will not have seen in any other web page editor. If you think you love RAGE WebDesign now, wait until you see what we have in store for you.

Plus, we are working on some great new applications to help with designing, promoting and managing web sites. Stay tuned, we have so many exciting announcements coming soon!

Well we’ve finally done it. We have released our first Universal Application.

Although it did take us a while it doesn’t mean that this is what you can expect from all of our other applications. We already have RAGE ButtonDesign and RAGE Macintosh Explorer running natively on Intel Macs here. We just don’t want to release an update only offering native Intel compatibility.

In fact you can sign up to our beta program at the URL below and start testing it for yourself. Just create your login and you can begin testing;

http://www.trybeta.com/home/

We hope to get an update to RAGE Macintosh Explorer out before the holiday season. Not only will it be a Universal Binary, but we have also added some nice new features and fixed some annoying bugs.

Its been a while since my last post on this blog. We have had some significant updates including updates to RAGE Google Sitemap Automator and an entirely new product, RAGE ButtonDesign.

We have been working really hard on creating Universal Binaries of all of our software. We now have RAGE Google Sitemap Automator and RAGE Macintosh Explorer working as Universal Binaries. We still have a few minor issues we are working on but you can expect all of our products to be Universal Binary applications soon.

Thank you for your patients while we work out these issues. You can be rest assured that we will be continually making improvements to our products to make sure they run on the latest versions of Mac OS X.