Well, I finally got the time I needed (after a straight-A semester at school ) to download and play around with the latest version of Rapidweaver. I discovered at least one bug related to podcasts, but other than that, this seems like a fantastic upgrade. More and easier user control over themes and how they display is probably the most obvious change. Better control over images (resizing and renaming, ALT tags, etc), blog categories and a whole lot more find their way into this version. It also integrates well with a .Mac account and has FTP capabilities built in as well. Anyone looking for a website authoring solution without a steep learning curve and that won't take a giant bite out of your wallet should take a close look at Rapidweaver.

The following is from Microsoft:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER FOR MAC USERS

In June 2003, the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit announced that Internet Explorer for Mac would undergo no further development, and support would cease in 2005. In accordance with published support lifecycle policies, Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer for Mac on December 31st, 2005, and will provide no further security or performance updates.

Additionally, as of January 31st, 2006, Internet Explorer for the Mac will no longer be available for download from Mactopia. It is recommended that Macintosh users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari.

The folks at MacWorld have also weighed in on this topic.

Our thanks to Curt H. and Bob Shutts for their presentations at the November meeting. The board will be meeting on December 12 to talk about officers for 2006 and the January presentation.

I've been a little lax about posting here lately. With final exams only a week away, school has been keeping me extremely busy. It's also prevented me from downloading and working with Rapidweaver v. 3.2. I'm hoping to do that and use it to update this site before the holidays. A presentation on this easy to use site building program is also a possibility for January's meeting, but I need some time to work with it before doing so, as there are many updated features from v. 3.1.2.