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Introduction

This class uses several tools to get its work done. This page is a pointer to the various tools that we use. If a link doesn't work then try looking for the tool at shareware.com. Please note that the comments included on the tools are just that, comments, and they are not the "TRUTH" about any of the programs. These programs are presented in no particular order.

Programs

Netscape Communicator

This is the basic browser used in this class. It's best for most things we do in here, but its implimentation of Cascading Style Sheets isn't as good as Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

Internet Explorer

This is another browser used in this class. It's good at Cascading Style Sheets but it is slower than Netscape Navigator for many things and it has a poor JavaScript implementation.

HTMLpad

This is a really good non-WYSIWYG HTML editor. It has lots of ways to assist you in doing HTML while still letting you get "close to the metal". I like to use a WYSIWYG tool for the initial page creation and HTMLpad for the cleanup.

 

GIF Movie Gear

The GIF Animator program that we have in class is no longer available, it has been folded into Microsoft Image Composer. However, there are many GIF animation programs available on the Internet. The bad news is that most of them are shareware. GIF Movie Gear is just one of the programs that you can use and it comes as a 30 day trial. That should be long enough for this class. Incidentally, the new version of Paint Shop Pro comes with a GIF animation program. However, at this time, the new Paint Shop Pro is still in Beta.

Paint Shop Pro

An image manipulation and processing program. Not as full featured as Adobe PhotoShop but it is more than adequate for all but the highest end use. Incidentally, it runs PhotoShop plug-ins!

 

MapThis!

A decent tool for creating image maps. Does client-side and both types of server-side maps.