iWeb 2.0

OK, so this is not really a new program. In fact, it has been around since August 2007. No new updates have been released since then, excluding a few minor patches that fix certain bugs.
Initially, I was quite indifferent toward iWeb. When I had to put together a couple of reasonably simple web pages that had to be updated on a regular basis, I decided to give iWeb another look.

After checking the feature list and easy of use, I quickly realised that iWeb has far more potential than I anticipated. While it's not perfect, it was enough for me to put together couple of websites that required just basics, such as text, graphics and a Flash-based image gallery.

One of the best features within iWeb is navigation. iWeb has the iTunes-like interface, so all the pages and sites are clearly visible on the left sidebar. Jumping between the pages is dead easy, and renaming certain pages instantly applies changes to other sites that are linked to it.
iWeb 2.0 comes up with handy "Web Widgets". Although 2 are supplied (Google AdSense and Google Map) the are dead easy for novice web designers to implement these features into their web pages.

Although a considerable improvement over previous versions, iWeb 2.0 still had a awkward way of exporting and publishing web sites to services that are outside the .Mac or MobileMe realm. Once you manage to export site, you will have to use an FTP application to manually update your website.
This is clearly designed to push users toward Apple's web hosting (and chargeable too) services. Let's hope the next iteration of iWeb somewhat simplified this procedure.