These Web design tools help with access and aesthetics
Company Product name Platform Notes Price
Adobe Systems Inc. GoLive Windows, Mac Dynamic content Web design and site management package $499 San Jose, Calif. 800-833-6687 www.adobe.com
Agile Compware Ltd. Agile Color Web Win95 up Shows how colors will appear in different browsers and monitors $10 Cambridge, U.K. www.agilie.com
Apache Software Foundation PHP Linux, Mac General purpose server scripting language Free www.php.net
Bare Bones Software Inc. BBEdit Mac Robust text-based Web page editor $119 Bedford, Mass. 781-687-0700 www.barebones.com
Freecode HTP Windows, Unix Preprocessor Free www.freecode.com/ projects/htp
iMatix Corp. HTMLpp MS-DOS, Preprocessor Free Brussels, Belgium Windows, www.imatix.com Unix
Labyrinth Ppwizard MS-DOS, HTML preprocessor Free www.labyrinth.net.au/ Windows, BeOS, ~dbareis/ppwizard.htm Linux, OS/2
Macromedia Inc. HomeSite Windows Web site editor, with Dreamweaver $30 San Francisco 415-252-2000 Dreamweaver Fireworks Studio Windows, Mac High-end graphics and HTML editor $399 www.macromedia.com Macromedia Solutions Kit Windows 2 CD set includes design guides and templates Free
508 Accessibility Suite Windows, Mac Extensions for Dreamweaver Free
Dreamweaver Accessibility Templates Windows, Mac Shows one way to reach 508 compliance Free
Media Design in Progress Interaction Mac Web server companion helps automate updates; works with Mac, $795 Coronado, Calif. HTTP, WebServer 4D, Web-ten, Quid Pro Quo and WebStar 619-437-0664 interaction.in-progress.com Cascade Mac Cascading style sheet editor; lets you tailor sites for different visitors $69
Xpublish Mac For medium to large Web sites; uses CSS and XML $495
Sausage Software HotDog Professional Windows Editor supports HTML, CSS, ASP, PHP, VBScript, JavaScript $100 Southbank, Victoria, Australia 61-3-8696-6128 www.sausage.com/
Shadi-Soft Web Speak Windows Adds basic speech to Web pages $20 Nepean, Ontario 613-596-0048 www.shadisoft.com
William F. Simpson, PhD. Beatnick Linux Adds speech and sound to Web pages Free www.emporia.edu/math-cs/ simpson/bsimpson.htm
UsableNet Inc. Lift for Macromedia Windows Automates 508 and W3C accessibility testing and automates $249 New York repair process 212-965-5388 www.usablenet.com Lift for Macromedia Pro Windows Same for Macromedia Pro $349