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Dan Counsell – Who made website design easier with RapidWeaver under RealMac Software.

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Web pages in the present situation are essential to inform about products, services, and business to the customers. As well, these are one of the sources of income for many. There are many options available to build webpages. While managing web pages are a somewhat complex task. Also, most of the tools needed coding knowledge to build the site. However, RapidWeaver made it easy and faster to design and manage the web pages. It is a web design app designed by Realmac Software. With this app, one can build a website that looks eye-catching and will be responsive web design at the same time.

The most amazing thing about RapidWeaver is that there is no need to write codes to build a website.  Mr. Dan Counsell is a person appreciable for the development of such a useful app under Realmac Software.  He founded the company in 2002. Presently he is the director of Realmac Software.

Realmac Software- Creator of RapidWeaver

It is an independent software firm located in Brighton in England. In 2002, Dan Counsell established the firm to simplify web design. After two years of establishment, Realmac released the template-based website editor. This website editor known as RapidWeaver becomes very popular in a short duration. Thereafter, the firm acquired one social media app called EventBox. As well, acquired Cosmic Machine in 2009. Recently in 2014, Realmac Software released the OS X app.

Just in a few months, another app of Realmac software called Clear got popularity. In fact, it ranked 12th in the list of The World’s Greatest Apps. Clear is a dedicated app for iOS and the list was announced by Business Insider.

Glimpse to Founder life

Dan Counsell is a founder of RealMac software and mastermind behind the creation of RapidWeaver. As well, under his guidance, the firm released several useful apps. Includes Clear, Ember, and Typed.

Dan Counsell
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Education and Early Career

He studied Graphic Design and did an illustration course. During his education, he was not a studious student. In fact, Dan was one of those students who get bored during lectures. Dan dropped the college and fortunately got the job in London. His first job was as a photo retoucher. However, he left the job in five years. Counsell wanted to do something interesting and that’s the end with the establishment of RealMac. For that, he invested his time to study programming. Let’s see how he built the successful app development firm in a very short tenure.

How he set up RealMac Software?

Saying goodbye to the old job, Dan started RealMac as a side project. For that, he learned programming. His hard work paid as he managed to build and sell the first app of the firm. It was AquaMatic. Initially, only five copies of AquaMatic had been sold. However, the number of buyers increased day by day. Thereafter, he never stopped and released a dozen of apps one by one.

About RapidWeaver

It is a web design app built for Mac. One can build a fine website with the help of RapidWeaver. As well, web page management is as easy as arranging the folders with this app. Moreover, the app features a responsive web design that is the need of the present world. Most of the website owners find RapidWeaver efficient to manage their web pages. Though, they don’t understand coding at all.

Other Apps of the firm

After the release of Clear, the firm released a photo manipulation software known as Analog. Thereafter, another app called Ember was introduced in the market. It was for the management of the screenshot. As well, the firm released one more app called Typed.

Achievements of RealMac Software

The RapidWeaver app has simplified the web design and management process. Thus, many praised the simplicity of the app. As well, another app called Clear was in second place on the App Store of Apple. In fact, this app was listed as Top App in FierceDeveloper’s list. Also, FierceDeveloper chose RealMac Software as “2012 Rising Star of Mobile Development”.

Bottom Line

Since 2002, RealMac Software and its app became famous among consumers. Clear and RapidWeaver got a good response from users. In fact, the app RapidWeaver made web page creation and management easy. As well, adding subpages and managing beautiful web pages is possible in a simple manner with RapidWeaver. Considering the need for Responsive web design, RealMac Software made RapidWeaver compatible with this feature. Thus, making it more useful.

Facebook to Release Dark Mode For Desktop Version

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Facebook has been in the news for a plethora of reasons in the last few weeks. What started as a reaction to claims of promoting hate speech, has now become news regarding a technology update. The social media platform has been receiving flak for its policies, advertisements, and views on freedom of speech. However, bucking the usual trend, the company has released a statement regarding a new update for the app. Here’s a look at what Facebook has been up to in the last few months.

Facebook Goes Dark

Facebook recently launched a dark mode version of its desktop application. The company also stated that it is working on a similar dark mode version for its mobile application. The testing for the same is underway, and the tech giant expects the update to be out soon. As reported by the SocialMedia Today, as of now, the dark mode capability has been opened to only very few users. Since the update is still in testing, the company is exposing few people to it, and adapting the interface as per their feedback. While the desktop-dark-mode came out last month, the mobile version does not have a timeline attached to it yet. The update came to help people cut down on glare, and help them view the website in low-light environments. 

Dark Mode
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Slow to The Starting Line

However, fans were surprised that the tech giant took this long to come out with such an update. All of Facebook’s contemporaries have already come out with their versions much earlier. Notably, their own subsidiaries, Instagram and Whatsapp, went dark months ago, followed by the Facebook Messenger. Meanwhile, Facebook’s biggest adversary, Twitter has had a Night Version for both Android and iOS for quite some time. Google seemed to be the last to enter the arena, coming out with their dark mode, earlier this year. These updates, which allow users to change all background colors to black, have become quite popular with users. This setting makes things more comfortable for the eyes, is aesthetically pleasing, and consumes less power, allowing the battery to last longer. 

Difficult Times Ahead

However, as per photos put up by users with access to the feature, Facebook’s Dark Mode will not be pitch black. Instead, the functionality will have a grayscale design that uses white accents for icons and logos. Furthermore, along with introducing the Dark mode, Facebook also revamped its website design. The new navigation makes it easier to find videos and Groups, and help in faster page transitions. However, these updates come during troubling times for the technology giant. Over the past week, several major advertisement companies have stated they will not be working with Facebook any longer. This could lead to the company losing out on millions in the form of advertising revenue for the Zuckerberg-led company.