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{{Short description|Software publisher in the UK}}
⚫ {{Infobox Company |
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company_name = Softpress Systems Ltd. |
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company_logo = ] |
company_type = ], ] | | name = Softpress Systems Ltd.
| logo = Softpress.png
⚫ foundation = ] (1993) |
| type = UK Limited Company, US Corporation - Softpress Inc.
location = ]<br />] |
⚫ | foundation = ], ] (1993)
key_people = '''Richard Logan''', Managing Director<br />'''Ian Schray''', US Marketing Manager<br />'''Joe Billings''', Product Manager<br />'''Stewart Fellows''', Technical Director |
industry = ] | | location = ], ], ]
| key_people = {{ubl|Joe Billings (managing director)|Richard Logan (financial director)|Stewart Fellows (technical director)}}
⚫ products = ], ] | |
| industry = ]
⚫ num_employees = 15 (2009) |
⚫ | products = {{ubl|Chroma|Exhibeo|]|]|Xway}}
⚫ homepage =
⚫ | num_employees = 10 (2013)
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'''Softpress Systems''' is a software publisher with its headquarters in ]. The company was founded in 1993. Originally the developers of a print-publishing application called Uniqorn. Development of Uniqorn ended after Apple discontinued printing support for its ] component. '''Softpress Systems''' is a software publisher with its headquarters in ] in ] The company was founded in 1993. Originally the developers of a print-publishing application called Uniqorn.<ref>{{cite magazine
| url = https://archive.org/details/eu_Macworld-1997-04-INT_OCR/page/n61/mode/1up
| magazine = ]
| date = April 1997
| volume = 14
| issue = 4
| page = 58
| first = Joseph
| last = Schorr
| title = UniQorn 1.2
}}</ref> Development of Uniqorn ended after ] discontinued printing support for its ] component.


The company initiated development of ] (currently version 5.3.2) in 1996, a ]-style website creation program. Freeway is an HTML generator, as opposed to an HTML editor, allowing users to design in similar ways to DTP applications rather than work directly with code. There is a Pro - professional - version and Express version - focused towards home and small business users. The company initiated the development of ] (currently version 7) in 1996, a DTP (])-style website creation program. Freeway was an HTML generator, as opposed to an ], allowing users to design in similar ways to DTP applications rather than work directly with code. There was a Pro – professional – version and Express version – focused towards home and small business users. Softpress also developed Exhibeo, for creating web galleries and showcases.


Softpress Systems is managed by Richard Logan (Managing Director), Ian Schray (US Marketing Manager), Joe Billings (Product Manager) and Stewart Fellows (Technical Director). Softpress Systems was managed by Joe Billings (managing director), Richard Logan (financial director), and Stewart Fellows (technical director).


== Closure/resurrection ==
{{uncategorized|date=May 2009}}
On 4 July 2016 Softpress announced that it had ceased trading, saying that "current revenue and new product development, are insufficient to sustain the company as a viable entity going forward’.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://freewaytalk.softpress.com/thread/view/169660
| title = Fin
| website = Freeway Talk
| date = 4 July 2016
| first = Joe
| last = Billings
}}</ref>

On 1 February 2017 the Softpress website stated "We missed you! We’ve returned from the netherworld..."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.softpress.com |title=Softpress » Rather good design software for Mac |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802113038/https://www.softpress.com/ | archive-date=2 August 2017}}</ref>


In October 2019, Softpress announced the upcoming release of Xway, "an entirely new 64-bit (Swift/Cocoa) application that has been written using modern development tools.” Softpress also expressed a philosophy behind Xway to be “Like Freeway but better”, and that they would be releasing a beta version of Xway soon thereafter. On 5 November 2019 Softpress released Xway (beta) as a free download to acclimate Freeway Pro users to this new web designing tool for macOS, citing: "Xway will run on Apple’s latest version of macOS and on earlier versions of macOS going back to 10.13 (High Sierra)."

==References==
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==External links==
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Software publisher in the UK

Softpress Systems Ltd.
Company typeUK Limited Company, US Corporation - Softpress Inc.
Industrysoftware publishing
FoundedOxford, England, UK (1993)
HeadquartersWitney, England, UK
Key people
  • Joe Billings (managing director)
  • Richard Logan (financial director)
  • Stewart Fellows (technical director)
Products
Number of employees10 (2013)
Websitewww.softpress.com

Softpress Systems is a software publisher with its headquarters in Witney in Oxfordshire, UK. The company was founded in 1993. Originally the developers of a print-publishing application called Uniqorn. Development of Uniqorn ended after Apple discontinued printing support for its QuickDraw GX component.

The company initiated the development of Freeway (currently version 7) in 1996, a DTP (Desktop publishing)-style website creation program. Freeway was an HTML generator, as opposed to an HTML editor, allowing users to design in similar ways to DTP applications rather than work directly with code. There was a Pro – professional – version and Express version – focused towards home and small business users. Softpress also developed Exhibeo, for creating web galleries and showcases.

Softpress Systems was managed by Joe Billings (managing director), Richard Logan (financial director), and Stewart Fellows (technical director).

Closure/resurrection

On 4 July 2016 Softpress announced that it had ceased trading, saying that "current revenue and new product development, are insufficient to sustain the company as a viable entity going forward’.

On 1 February 2017 the Softpress website stated "We missed you! We’ve returned from the netherworld..."


In October 2019, Softpress announced the upcoming release of Xway, "an entirely new 64-bit (Swift/Cocoa) application that has been written using modern development tools.” Softpress also expressed a philosophy behind Xway to be “Like Freeway but better”, and that they would be releasing a beta version of Xway soon thereafter. On 5 November 2019 Softpress released Xway (beta) as a free download to acclimate Freeway Pro users to this new web designing tool for macOS, citing: "Xway will run on Apple’s latest version of macOS and on earlier versions of macOS going back to 10.13 (High Sierra)."

References

  1. Schorr, Joseph (April 1997). "UniQorn 1.2". Macworld. Vol. 14, no. 4. p. 58.
  2. Billings, Joe (4 July 2016). "Fin". Freeway Talk.
  3. "Softpress » Rather good design software for Mac". Archived from the original on 2 August 2017.

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