Web design falls into one of two camps: the first type designs the entire site, including content and design, in one place, the other designs a select few templates and relies on content management software to put articles in place. Webplus falls firmly in the former camp, but this does not mean that it...
Continue to read »
There are no radical enhancements in the latest version of Sage Instant Accounts, just considered improvements focused around making the package easier to learn and use. Those include a new welcome page giving access to sources of help and support, and a practice mode that lets you experiment without affecting your own live data....
Continue to read »
Paint Shop Photo Album blends the functions of a folder browser and an image database. Keywords can be assigned using a hierarchical tree that can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. There are some basic but effective image-enhancing tools, plus various projects like e-cards, books and calendars. You...
Continue to read »
ACDSee 7.0 is a PC-only cataloging and image-editing tool that’s supplied in a bundled form with some digital cameras. You can use it as a folder browser with a standard directory tree, in a date-based calendar mode; add categories and ratings to images; and quickly display matching items. ACDSee is a powerful and versatile...
Continue to read »
Photo Explorer is the cheapest of all these image cataloging programs. Indeed, if you buy Photo Impact 10, you get it free. It works, essentially, as a folder browser, in the same way as ACDSee and Jasc Paint Shop Photo Album. You don’t get a system of hierarchical keywords, but you can enter image...
Continue to read »
iView Media 2.6 offers the efficiency of Portfolio, but with the simple, user-friendly interface of Elements. You can create catalogs, importing selected images or folders into each. At the same time, it can import any metadata stored in image files. You can organize images using catalog sets with a hierarchical system of tags, and...
Continue to read »
Disappointingly, Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 is a PC-only product. It makes up for it, though, with a simple, direct and friendly interface. The principle is simple: you add files and folders to your catalog, and then assign tags to images. To find images, just click the tag in the panel to the side. There...
Continue to read »