A better way to spin web pages: Macromedia Dreamweaver
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Macromedia's $299 Dreamweaver visual web authoring software (price increases to $499 after Mar 1999) is designed to be used in conjunction with a text editor and includes the HomeSite and BBEdit editors in the Windows and Macintosh versions, respectively. The code generated by the program is easy to read and editable, unlike that created by most WYSIWYG HTML editors, and programmers can specify how the package generates code. Existing pages can be imported without modifying code, but users cannot click through to other links on the page within the visual window. Dreamweaver implements Cascading Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML very well, and it simplifies the process of adding JavaScript behaviors to objects. It can be difficult to adjust to the program's many floating windows, but it is generally well designed and easy to navigate. The image map editor needs to be improved, but Dreamweaver is otherwise a useful tool for web developers.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1998
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Movies under 150KB
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For Internet use, Director movies have to be small enough and capable of being downloaded using a 14.4-Kbps modem. Using Shockwave, which consists of a plug-in and the application software Afterburner, such movies can now be compressed by 60% to under 150KB for loading onto the Internet and viewing using any Web browser. Various techniques can be used to economize movie size. Restrict stage size to 400-by-370 pixels and use low bit depths. Make multicolored object PICTs and mix objects, video clips and images to create film loops by animating them. Isolate features in a picture and use them separately to make a multicolored film loop. Make one-bit 3-D animations by keeping the loops to less than three seconds and using wireframes and tubes for background to avoid low-bit graininess. Use Director to interactively manipulate shots of an object taken from different angles to simulate movement in 3-D space.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1996
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Structural integrity: next-generation site builders
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Macromedia's Backstage Internet Studio 2.0b1 and NetObjects Fusion authoring tools were deemed the best of the five reviewed applications. Macromedia's Backstage $299 Desktop Edition and $999 Enterprise Edition offer dynamic HTML page generation and flexible, sophisticated interfaces. The complicated process required to import legacy data is the application's greatest weakness. NetObject's $695 Fusion software can be used to transform a Web site's style easily and quickly. However, its proprietary file format and difficult legacy site data conversion process are major weaknesses. Microsoft's $149 FrontPage for the Mac application was ranked last out of the five reviewed applications. While it offers basic features, it requires a great deal of system power and a clumsy interface.
Publication Name: Newmedia
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 1060-7188
Year: 1997
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