Freeway Pro 6 Goes Big on HTML 5

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Freeway Pro 6 Goes Big on HTML 5

1 February 2013 2,684 views 7 Comments

Why Softpress Freeway Pro? For the hands on guy or gal, Twitter and Tumblr, for example, are just so much homogenous, undifferentiated do-do

Why Softpress Freeway Pro? For the hands on guy or gal, Twitter and Tumblr, for example, are just so much homogenous, undifferentiated do-do, lacking in individual character. There is more to blogging, selling and educating than mere generic broadcasting.

Softpress is now shipping Free Express 6 (site) and Freeway Pro 6 (blog), an upgrade with major changes above and below the bonnet.

“We’ve added support for HTML5 video and audio to both Pro and Express, with the option to add multiple sources and Flash fallback (video only) for maximum browser compatibility,” writes Joe Billings, Softpress.

New features include support for…
• HTML5
• HTML5 semantic elements
• HTML5 form input types
• Form labels
• Stylable forms
• Grouped checkboxes
• Much more

Softpress also says major CSS improvements have been baked in and that more is coming as browser support improves.

Freeway Pro 6 ($149.99) and Freeway Express 6 ($49.99) are available direct from Softpress.

~~Sometime down the road, sandboxed versions of these apps will also be available on the Mac App Store.~~

Just received word from Joe Billings (Softpress) that neither Freeway Pro 6 nor Freeway Express 6 will be made available via the Mac App Store.

Sad, the Mac App Store had so much promise when it launched…

What’s your take?

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7 Comments »

BDK said:

One of the biggest requests from users for the past 4 years has been for multiple undo and version 6 still doesn’t have it. This is the only Mac app I have ever used that doesn’t have multiple undo.

# 1 February 2013 at 11:58 am

Freeway Pro 6: Latest Mac App Store Victim - FairerPlatform said:

[...] ever tightening of the rules have resulted in Softpress taking the decision not to offer Freeway Pro 6 on the Mac App [...]

# 1 February 2013 at 3:41 pm

Joe said:

I really hoped they would take advantage of the Mac App store. It would make things better for the users.

# 1 February 2013 at 5:52 pm

the rocr (author) said:

@Joe — Not exactly a choice for Softpress. See this related piece: http://fairerplatform.com/2013/02/freeway-pro-6-mac-app-stores-latest-victim/

# 1 February 2013 at 6:18 pm

Leondragon said:

Poor presentation of Freeway 6 !

# 4 February 2013 at 3:42 am

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# 6 February 2013 at 11:02 am

J Lee Harshbarger said:

I’m with BDK — THE most DESPERATELY needed feature of Freeway is multiple undo, and here it is 2013 and they still don’t have it. When I complain about this, they always respond, “It would have to be rebuilt from the ground up in order to do that.” WELL THEN REBUILD IT ALREADY!! Since iWeb is gone, this leaves Freeway as my favorite still-supported web page building tool, but having no multiple undo makes what would otherwise be a pleasant product to use become extremely frustrating. For now, I’ll keep on using iWeb. I was hoping Freeway would finally be rebuilt with 6, especially since they had the paid-upgrade intermediate 5.5, but here they are again releasing a new version without the most desperately needed feature. No upgrade money from me until they do it.

# 23 February 2013 at 7:50 pm