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Majchrzak, Tina L. – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1996
Describes and compares two methods for developing multimedia courseware for use on the Internet: an authoring tool called Shockwave, and an object-oriented language called Java. Topics include vector graphics, browsers, interaction with network protocols, data security, multithreading, and computer languages versus development environments. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development
Tennant, Roy – 1996
This book is a practical guide on how to create a Web document complete with images, links, tables, and forms, and how to make it appealing according to the principles of design and style. Step-by-step instructions for working through a series of practice exercises are provided to be used in the creation of a document using text and image files…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Software Development, Design Preferences, Guidelines
Read, Tim; Hall, Hazel – 1996
Summer 1995 saw the release, with considerable media attention, of draft versions of Sun Microsystems' Java computer programming language and the HotJava browser. Java has been heralded as the latest "killer" technology in the Internet explosion. Sun Microsystems and numerous companies including Microsoft, IBM, and Netscape have agreed…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
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Lynch, Patrick J.; Horton, Sarah – Journal of Biocommunication (JBC), 1998
The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) used to create Web pages is an attractive alternative to the proprietary authoring software currently used to produce multimedia content for CD-ROMs. Discusses advantages and limitations of HTML as a nonproprietary and cross-platform CD-ROM authoring system, and the more general advantages of HTML as a data…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Biomedicine, Computer Storage Devices, Hypermedia