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22 Publishing on pixels and paper

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TCPLabs looks at under $1,000 laser printers

41 Pantone tools enhance color matching 53

10 ITU drafts 56Kbps modem standard 54 A renewed Lotus bullish on its future

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69 A primer on short run printing

118 Book helps open your Web site to the world

69 Gambling with the millennium 77 On demand publishing meets the Web

119 Instant title offers solid HTML advice

82 P roJections and prognostications TCP'sguide to presentation hardware and software

122 Filters help tame Usenet content

90 G ood news for small business in budget 124 Keith's top ten vintage radio sites 99 Big power from ultralight Portege 101 Roll your own CDs

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FR O M THE EDITOR

You too can be a Isubllsher In this issue we explore the theme of publishing on p i x els and paper, While it might s eem like a to p i c geared to the printing or graphic arts industry, it also has wide' spread implications in our everyday lives. Have you noticed, over the past couple of years, the number of people who have created personal Web sites, or some sort of family history volume? That's publishing at a level accessible to anyone with a computer and printer, or a computer and some basic skills in Web page design. Computer technology is giving us the tools to

break away from the model of publishing as it' s been defined for most of this century. With mainstream media, a few people control what is published on paper, or broadcast on TV, or aired on radio. A healthy, if smaller underground has grown up to challenge this media establishment. However, even alternative media eventually start behaving like the establishment, with editors or producers wielding the power to decide what will be produced and what will not. For an individual with something to communicate, a barrier is a barrier, whether it is raised by a the editorial board of some hugely successful m edia empire, orby a producer of a 'zine with a circulation of So, or the economics of printing. Through the ages, there have always been people who have said "I have something legitimate to say." Today we have both the affordable tools and the affordable media to publish what we want, even if it is for an audience of one. So, we have people putting up Web sites hosting poetry and short stories; photo essays and paintings„audio and video productions and everything else wild, wacky and sublime. Is it all good? No, but it's not all bad either. And more importantly, it is letting loose a new wave of creativity that is most definitely having an impact on established media. Tired of the style of existing literary magazines, one of our contributors, Linda Richards, and a friend created an online literary title called January M a gazine ' (http: //www.januarymagazine.corn). Richards says the e-zine allows her to control what goes in, as well as how the

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subject matter is treated. Editors of paper-based ducers, with their decisions, dictate the content literary magazines are convincing their publishers an audience will receive. This happens within a social, legal and moral context. to invest in experiments like this. If you look at a specific example like censorThe global village talks back ship, the social/moral backdrop is partly deflned While creating an online magazine might be too by what is referred to as the community standard. With thousands of people becoming their ambitious for many, creating a personal Web site is not. And "personal" is the key concept here. own publisher, the old publishing model falls Some people have no greater ambition than to apart in two significant ways. First, because the post the latest picture of their child so that rela- gatekeeper function is largely eliminated, you tives on the other side of the county can track the find that people are throwing up all kinds of condevelopment of a relative they may never have tent, including some pretty raunchy sites. Secondly, the so-called community standard is actually met. But this personal information is also publicly short-circuited because the virtual community is accessible on the Net, which causes some inter- not subjected to the social dynamic that exists esting activity on the borders separating private when people with diverse views are thrown and public. Recently, my wife pointed me to a together in a common geographic locale, SchoolNet site, which contained historical inforThis means, for one thing, that the local conmation onSouthern Alberta,where my grandpar- stabulary can no longer march in and shut down ents settled at the turn of the century. The descen- the local bawdy shops, 'cause they ain't local any dants of one of my grandparent's contemporaries more. For another thing, when people don't agree had posted a family history, along with some his- with the topic, mood or ideological bent of a virtorical photographs. As I browsed the photos I tual community for example, a newsgroup or bumped into my own past, Among the faces in special interest Web site it is easier to "run them the pictures relevant to this other family were my out of town" in a virtual community by flame grandparents, uncles and aunts, and even my bombing them. Moreover, people are more apt to own father. What I once regarded as private acquiesce or simply leave the virtual community images were now public. if is not agreeable to them. It's hard to imagine When the term global village was coined, it what our real-world communities would be like if was in reference to media, mainly TV, extending this had been our stock response to the many our senses to places we'd never visited. Even social problems we' ve faced in our history. before the Interne, we were virtual travelers, using Rather than virtual community building, we TV as a window on the world at large. But TV's turn to internet site blockers. These are programs view was always a bit sterile, allowing us to see and that allow a user to restrict various categories of listen, but not to be seen or heard. The Internet sites according to keywords, content, etc. This is a creates an interactive global village. Not only can mechanism that keeps out the stuff we don't like. we see family, friends and strangers in communi- It doesn't address the larger issue of whether or ties on the other side of the Earth, we can actually how we should confront the stuff we don't like. communicate with members of that community, It's often said that Canadians believe in peace, leam about the local scene, and perhaps read the order and good governm ent, while Americans local newspaper. We could even write a letter to befleve in life, Uberty and the pursuit of happithe local newspaper if we chose to do so. ness, We have more control over our governm ent via media and the democratic process than we The community standard: have over our virtual communities. As we begin which community? to live in virtual communities, or at least as we Thus,the Internet has become a chaotic mix of become more affected by them, our individual personally relevant and personally insignificant responses should be as important as the shepinformation, all thrown together in a publicly herding we demand of g overnments on our accessible medium. The challenge has become behalf. finding a way to sort out the relevant from all the rest. Interesting times ahead. Within the established publishing model, a gatekeeper function exists, where editors and proDavid Tanaka, Editor

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lot more sense. This would allow the whirring, buzzing, electromagnetic field creating a monstrosity that is the modern computer body to be parked away in

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belongs. It would also allow the production of all sorts of interesting, inexpensive, brainless digital appliances to be plugged in all over the house or you-know-what for all concerned. oNce, to become as ubiquitous as electric lights. This is not to deny the merits of convergence Also, this sort of arrangement would mean at a level one step removed from the tool that is that a location would only require one good actually being made use of. Quite obviously, this central computer, capable of carrying out many is taking place right now at a rather unsophisti- duties at once, or a good quality (and almost cercated (from the user's viewpoint) level with the tainly dedicated and fibre optical) connection to telephone, with all of it's recent "added features." a remote computer. This would allow for conIf the hardware and software needed to run many siderable economies of scale, and greatly simpliapplications simultaneously was tucked away fy things. (And heaven help the poor souls somewhere (in the home or office, or remotely), depending on it all when the inevitable crashes and if the "terminals," in the form of telephones, occur.) televisions, radios, work stations, sex machines or Onward, brave new digital world! I could go whatever were easily plugged into a standard dig- on and on, but you' ve probably got the idea by ital interface, then the possibilities of conver- now. gence might come to bear real fruit. If one starts Don W. Scott to think in terms of "servers" rather than stand alone units, then the whole thing starts to make a Continued on page 8

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"telephone/TV/computer" and it works very well for me. It is actually more of a combination "voice and text messaging/information gathering appliance/scanner/OCR and voice recognition station/ video caphne and playback system/3D games console /computer/stereo/signal processing console/etc."

"geek factor" down. Radio on the Web fan I read with great interest the article Radio on the Webin the March issue of TCP.I myself enjoy listening to a radio station in Australia, it is very

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ENEVA, Sw itzerland (NB) — The International T e l ecommunications Union (ITU) says the new technical specification recommendation for pulse code modulation (PCM) modems that can achieve downstream speeds of up to 56Kbps will be designated "V.90" — replacing th e e a rlier "V.pcm" designation. V.90 modems are designed for connections that are d i gital a t t h e I n t e rnet service provider's (ISPs) or online service provider's end. Download speeds, or the data stream coming from the ISP to the user's computer, can achieve 56Kbps, while upstream speeds from the user to the ISP can reach up to 33.6Kbps. The V.90 modem harmonizes the two competing proposals submitted last year: "x2" from 3Com and " K 56flex" f ro m L u cent Technologies and Rockwell International. ITU's next step for the new 56Kbps standard is to formally ratify it at another meeting in September. But the final vote is usually just a formality, Newsbytes notes. New modem products based on the draft standard should be available from both companies within a few months. Modem manufacturers are able to build standards-compliant modems before the standard has received formal ratification because the technical

aspects of a determined standard are now frozen with the preliminary okay, 3Com officials said. Manufacturers of modems that have used the x2 or K56flex technologies have promised software upgrades to the new standard. That same pledge has been made to Internet service providers (ISPs) and others who have used the older proprietary 56Kbps technologies, and will use the new standard. Previously, x2 modems could not " t alk" w it h m o dems equipped with K56flex at 56Kbps-class speeds, Newsbytes notes. The 56Kbps arena has seen a lot of action since companies began shipping modems based on either x2 or K56flex, but some consumers have been wary of buying modems based on the incompatible technologies. The high-speed 56Kbps analog technology works best with applications that need fast downloading speeds, like surfing the Internet. Applications like videoconferencing, which need a fast dual-directional path, are better suited for technologies like integrated services digital network (ISDN).

Officials from both companies, at a joint news teleconference, said true interoperability between 3Com and Rockwell Technologies allows for compatibility across the 56Kbps industry and is expected to spur market growth. F ngineering teams f ro m 3 Co m a n d Rockwell engaged in interoperability testing during the weeks following the determination of V.90 standard. The testing saw each company providing access to servers for reciprocal dial-in, connecting, training and passing data. 3Com and Rockwell officials said their products would be able to "talk" to V.90 modems, along with earlier 56Kbps modems based on their respective proprietary modem technologies. In other words, 3Com V.90 modems will communicate with other V.90 units, along w i t h x 2 te c h nology-based m odems; Rockwell V.90 units will talk t o other V.90 models and K56flex modems. This arrangement not only applies to modems on the consumer/user end of the phone connection, but to the ISP and online service end as well, officials have said in the past.

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PC couch potatoes unite'I You have nothing to lose but your spare tlrei ~ A computer-oriented lifestyle may broaden one's technological fitness, but it also tends to broaden one's waistline, due to the long hours spent in a chair and consumption of Chee-tohs that characterize many high-tech lifestyles. Toronto-based LaserMedia has released two innovative new software products aimed at using technology to put computerists in touch with their inner fit person, Active Trainer is a "smart" personal fitness training program for Windows and Mac. It allows any number of users to set up a personal fitness program. Two friendly, fit online video tutors, Liz and Shane, guide users

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Newsbytes notes Digital and Samsung are both working on 1 GHz Alpha chips and Digital says it will ship one around the turn of the century. Samsurrg has demonstrated 0.18-micron chip technology that it is adapting to the Alpha, which it licensed from Digital and makes in Korea. YJ Kim, Samsung's North

and Motorola at the Austin center, reports said. Already clocked at speeds up to 1,100 MHz, or 1.1 GHz, the fully functional processor will eventually be ported to the even faster CMOS 7S "copper chip" d esign, announced by IBM last year. In that design, copper circuits replace aluminum, allowing more efficiency, less heat, higher operating speeds and lower voltage. By c o m p arison, In t e l r ec e n t ly announced a 333 MHz Pentium II processor, while 0.35-micron Alpha RISC (reduced instruction set computer) processors typically run at speeds between 266 MHz and 500 MHz — half the speed of the new IBM CMOSbased processors. Getting to full production on a 1 GHz

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focus has been on promoting Internet access in smaller communities, but Andrews told Newsbytes that this project represents CAP's recognition that there are many people in larger centres who have trouble using online services for various reasons, such as physical disabilities. The pilot project is meant to be a model for other communities that want to

ware for Windows; a speech-output, text-only World Wide Web browser called PwWebSpeak; and the ZoomTextXtra screen enlargement program. They a lso p r ovide access to Visnet:Canada, the CNIB's information service, which includes more than 50,000 books and other materials in braille, audio, and other alternative formats,

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in the Japanese and Asian corporate markets, where most people do not usually use English." Alis's approach is oriented towards translating English content into non-English languages, but there is a corresponding demand for translation in the other direction.— JE Contact Alis, Tel: 514-747-2561, hitp J/www.elis.corn

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to use the Internet and other online resources. Systems at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Library for the Blind in Toronto, and at public libraries in Brantford, Ont., and Regina, Sask., are trying out the spe-

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the Internet's invasion of the publishing world is the transformation it has wrought on the publishing landscape. First of all, URLs (uniform resource locator — more commonly known as the Web site address) on magazine mastheads have gone from being rare curiosities to commonplace in the space o f ab o u t th r e e ye a rs. Publications large and smali have stakedcyberspace claims, stampeding to gain some sort of Web presence, It' s reminiscent of the rush from radio to television. But as we all know, television only really got interesting when broadcasters stopped imitating radio and vaudeville, and innovators started coming up with original material that exploited the new medium. Similarly, the most exciting part of the online publishing revolution comes from the strictly online efforts — the publications that have no ties to the world of

pulp and paper. remained unchanged for a long time. F or inst a nce, Salo n In recent years, the world of publishing (httpl/www.ealonmag.corn) covers news, has undergone a more dramatic shift,

entertainment, and general commentary, attracting contributors such as Even with the personal publishing rev- Camille Paglia, To m T o morrow, olution, people with lofty ambitions C hristopher H i t chens, an d J o n still had to contend with the problems Carroll, as well as a host of talented of printing costs and distribution. The young up-and-comers. Salon takes Internet has changed all that, especially advantage of the Web by making past with the popularity of the World VAde articles accessible via a search engine, Web. "Printing costs" can now be as lit- and by updating the "magazine" in a tle as the $20 monthly fee for connect- modular fashion, Rather than waiting ing to an Internet service provider (ISP), for a new "issue" to come out before and creating a Web site that has the changing the content, certain artides potential to be accessed by millions. and columns are updated on different days of the week. Using electrans for Ink CNet's News.Com

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Free for all Part of the reason Netscape gained a dominant share of the browser market was good technology at a low price — $50, or a free trial version, which could easily be downloaded from its Web site. Playing catch up, Microsoft announced in early 1996 that not only its browser but also its Web server would be tree for all time (and thus the die was cast for the current U.S. How we got here Department of Justice legal action against Microsoft). In addiTo understand these developments, we must go back to the tion, Microsoft renewed its promise to become a major innovsummer of 1995 when two frenzies and a surprise were taking ative force in Web software. place. And Java started to take off. Not just Microsoft but every First, the Internet, due to the success of the Mosaic and major hardware and software vendor including Apple, IBM, then Netscape Navigator browsers, was not just taking off it Oracle, Sybase, etc. licensed Sun's Java. Quickly, there was a was blasting off, with growth in new users reaching a rate of 35 second roll of the competitive die. IBM's adoption of Java typifies Java's appeal. Because a Java percent per month. Literally, the Net brought the world to your fingertips. application can be written once and then run on any operatAt the same time, having whipped up a frenzy over ing system that has a JVM, Java solves a major problem for W indows 95, Microsoft hoped to launch its rival to t he IBM. The largest computer vendor currently supports six difInternet, MSN (the Microsoft Network), with the added boost ferent operating systems in its product offerings: MVS, VM, that the MSN icon and program was preloaded on the desktop OS/400, Unix, OS/2, and Windows. of every Win 95 screen. Just three months later, Dec. 7, 1995, In fact, all the major legacy operating systems suddenly Microsoft boss Bill Gates threw in the towel and vowed to wrap had new life, because through the use of either Java applets in MSN into the Internet and develop superior Internet program- a browser or Java applications, all the benefits of a graphical ming. user interface (GUI) and the latest software innovations can Meanwhile, the surprise of 1995 was the announcement of easily be brought to a wide range of legacy systems. Thus, Sun's Java programming language, which was not only highly Netware's recovery strategy is built on this very Java capability. secure, but capable of running on any operating system that For Microsoft, which would like to extend its desktop operathad a Java virtual machine (JVM). ing system monopoly to the server side, these developments Netscape, the leader in Internet browsers with a 80 percent presented a conundrum. market share, adopted Java for use as primary programming On one hand, Microsoft was committed to the very best language for the Net. It did so first in a derivative, simplified and open Web development standards and tools, including form known as JavaScript and in pure form as Java applets or Java. On the other, its Windows NT momentum could ill programs capable of being run from any browser. afford to see legacy operating systems like Unix, OS/2,

Netware, OpenVMS gain new life blood through Java-based applications. Heretofore, Microsoft's advantage lay in devleoping the newest and largest stock of software for Windows. But now Java applets could negate that advantage. Enter from the east coast and the left coast the final major players in our Web development drama. In 1996, Gartner Group did a study showing that the total cost of ownership of a Windows PC was over $10,000 per year versus figures of roughly 30 to 40 percent less for terminalbased mainframe and Unix applications. On the west coast, Oracle head Larry Ellison seized on this study to advance his concept of the NC (Network Computer) machine. The appeal of the NC machine is not just the purchase price (targeted for less than $500, although the first NCs from IBM and Sun hover closer to $1,000) but also the lower ongoing costs associated with software/hardware update, training and administration. And the key software ingredient for NCs? You guessed it — Java running from a browser or as a native application. This posed a further threat to Microsoft's Windows franchise. To make matters worse, software developers were moving to Java in droves. In June of 1996, the JavaWorld Web site had a list of 60 to 70 Java development tools. By June of 1997 the number of Java development tools had grown to more than 320. The best newly released software for Windows on exhibit at the September 1997 Microsoft Professsional Developers Conference (PDC) was either java based or from IBM (IBM DB2 Universal Database Server, IBM ViaVoice Recognition SDK and IBM Visual Age Program Generator). Microsoft should not be surprised that software innovation is gravitating towards Java. Of 65 software companies doing some business in the Windows market, nearly half are unprofitable; at the same time Microsoft takes nearly 60 percent of all the profits yet only needs about 28 percent of the revenues to do so. A Java program at least provides a company with some insulation the need to go head to head with Microsoft. Latest developments Internet Explorer 4.0 was officially released two days after the PDC, and a day after that Sun sued Microsoft for breach of its Java licence as implemented in Internet Explorer 4.0. At the PDC conference there were strong intimations of a new Microsoft strategy towards Java and Web development. After dutifully praising Java, Microsoft vice-president Paul Maritz, went on to suggest that Java could be replaced by DHTML and XML on the client side. On the server side, Microsoft was recommending VB/VC++ servlets, ActiveX and/or COM/DCOM in preference to Java. This strategy serves three functions. First, it emphasizes use of DHTML extensions like CSS, CSS-P, CDF (channel definition format, a.k.a. push format), and DOM (dynamic HTML object

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Smaller publications and lone voices that are not

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for someone else to produce something I'd like to see done?" Words on paper We can divide publishing into three media: paper, HTML (hypertext markup language), and PDF (portable document format). Paper requires no explanation, but there are some distinctions to be made between the tools used to produce paper-based documents.

Word as Web tool ord 97 can be used to create Web

pages in one of two ways: using Office 97's Web authoring tools to create a page from scratch, or the Save As HTML (hypertext markup language) function to convert existing documents. Using Save As HTML is iffy. At best, it' s a good way to take most of the work out of converting, but expect to do a lot of tweaking afterward. My test document's tables were flawlessly converted, but that was about it. Some boldface formatting ended up "leaking" into the next few sentences, some indents were cheerfully ignored, heading cross-references created in Word weren't converted to hyperlinks, but page number c r oss-references w ere — even though page numbers would be the flrst thing to go when converting a print document to HTML On the other hand, using $e Web authoring tools was fairly agreeable, partly because Word optimizes its menus and functions for HTML when a Web page template is used. It's still not perfect, though. For example, Word didn't bother to save c opies of my graphics along with t h e HTML, a problem that would stump a novice. Strangely enough, the Save As HTML function doesn't have this problem.

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The most basic way to get words onto paper The word processor's best feature is also its is with the venerable word processor. While worst enemy: it tries to be all things to all peooriginally designed to emulate a typewriter, the ple. Theoretically, you should be able to use modern word processor incorporates enough the same program to create anything having features to make the most advanced typewriter to do with words: letters, business reports, jealous. With features such as columns, tables, brochures, user manuals, calendars, and more. graphics, rules, and drop caps now common- Right? place, it would seem that the prospective pubWrong. The tip off is in the name: word lisher/designer would need look no furtherprocessor. Everything in a word processor docuntil you take a closer look. ument is secondary to the text itself. Almost

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FROM PAPER TO PIXELS Essential IRfeb creation tools Continuedfrom page 26 will work if you have the knowledge to input the necessary code. The right package will just make it all a whole lot easier.

Base your decision on your own needs. Some of these tools have easier access to HTML code. For me, this is an important feature: it might not be for you. FrontPage 9S FrontPage 1.0 for Macintosh From: Microsoft http: //www.microsoft.corn Platform: Windows 95/NT (FrontPage 98) Plafform: Macintosh (FrontPage 1.0) System requirements Windows: 486 or higher processor, 16 MB of RAM(32 on NT), 36 MB of hard disk space, CD-ROM drive for installation. System requirements Macintosh: 100 MHz or higher Power-PCbased Mac, System 7.5.3 orhigher,16 MB of RAM, 30 MBavailable hard-disk space, CD-ROM drive, Mac-compatible monitor Price: $209.95

The latest version of Home Page is a classic example of the modern software industry in action. Claris (now FileMaker through a recent reorganization) has taken a tool that I likedvery much, added a bunch of cool new features that work very well, while allowing some of the very basic functions to come out kind of shoddy. One of the cool new features Claris has touted most loudly is Home Page's ability to work seamlessly with its powerful database tool, FileMaker. (In fact, a very good trial version of FileMaker Pro 4.0 ships with Home Page 3.0.) And all that touting isn't empty. If a dynamic database is part of your site plan, the Home Page/FileMaker combo makes it pretty straightforward. Other things have been added — the ability to specify background colors in frames, for instance — and the interface has been re-interpreted in many ways. Some of them are even better. Like other packages, however, this latest has ballooned. A larger overhead is required to run it, and more hard drive space is required to store all the stuff shipped with Home Page. Most of us can live with that in this era of cheap hard drive storage and RAM. However, the fact that typing directly into Home Page is now almost impossible due to the fact that it can't keep up with even moderate typing speed means that almost all copy has to be written prior to Webifying. At a time when an increasing number of people want to use their HTML program like a mini word processor in order to publish easily on the Web, this seems silly, as weB as a step backward. Home Page is still a powerful and easy-touse package„however, And it still produces wonderfully clean HTML that looks like you coded it by hand.

If you used this program early in its evolution and hated it, look again. It's a very different creature these days. For one thing, FrontPage 98 produces clean code — clean enough, anyway, to get past the toughest HTML checkers. FrontPage is understandably more popular with dedicated Windows users, and the 98 BBEdit 4.5 version is only available for this platform From: Bare BonesSoftware Inc. (only version 1.0 is available for Mac users). http: //www.barebones. rom Even more than its predecessors, 9S is meant Platform: Macintosh to be an integral part of the Windows 95 envi- System requirements Mac: 68020 processor or better, ronment. This is good news for those who dig System 7.0 or higher, 1 MBRAM, CD-ROMdrive heavily in Microsoft products. You can drag Price: $149.95 and drop content from Internet Explorer right into your Web pages. BBEdit is still among the most popular tools of I really like the way FrontPage 98 handles Web designers working on the Mac platform. tables. You use a pencil tool to draw the table A non-WYSIWYG interface, BBEdit is increason screen. Other table controls — like chang- ingly being combined on the Mac designer's ing your original drawing or specifying back- desktop by a WYSIWYG editor for the initial ground color within a table — are almost as stages of Web design. Invariably, however, it' s simple. Likewise, dropping Java Applets and back to BBEdit for the final output prior to other sophisticated Web technologies into Web publication. There are good reasons for this. The simyour Web pages are accomplished with a simple point and click. plicity of the interface gives BBEdit a great Like all things Microsoft, doing simple deal of power that WYSIWYG Web page crethings is very easy in FrontPage 98. Going ation tools find tough to duplicate. Other beyond the surface, however, can be slightly tools seem to spend a lot of energy getting more challenging and require more time with their products to do the coding invisibly, your manual. However, FrontPage 98 is a very . while BBEdit just forges ahead in other direccomplete program, capable of filling the needs tions. While BBEdit is, strictly speaking, a text of most users. editor, it does do a lot of things to make this Clarls Home Page 3,0 editing easier and in some cases almost as invisible as other packages. For instance, From: FiieMaker inc. http;//www.claris.corn because it's a text editor, it can read any HTML Platform: Macintosh, Windows95/NT files created on any platform. Compatibility System requirementsMac:68020processor or better, issues are not at issue. To look at the pages you' ve created, a page preview function lets System 7.1 or higher, 12 MBRAM,CD-ROMdrive.

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The latest versions also let you view and choose Web safe colors from within the program. As well, a graphical table builder allows you to construct tables in a comfortable and logical way. And while HTlvK is the star in this program, BBEdit also supports Java, Perl, Pascal, ScriptX, TeX and a pile of other languages. At present, BBEdit remains .a Mac-only tool. However, the unofficial word on the street has it that a Windows version might be in the planning stages. Visitors to the Web site will find a very nice Lite version of the program available for free download. It is not shareware, but freeware. A forward-thinking way of marketing that has helped Bare Bones Software remain a contender in an increasingly competitive field. Adobe PageMill From: Adobe Web site: http: //www.adobe.corn Platforms: Macintosh, Windows 95/NT System requirements Macintosh: 68020 or greater processor, Mac System 7.1 or later, 8 MB of RAMwith 4 MB available to PageMill, VGA or higher resolution monitor, CD-ROMdrive. System requirements Windows: 486 or greater processor, 8 MB of RAM(16 for NT), 10 MB available hard disk space, VGAor higher resolution monitor, CD-ROMdrive. Price: $139.95 As I write this, the release version for both the Macintosh and Windows platforms is 2.0, but there is a version 3.0 available in a limited public beta for download at the Adobe Web site. No word as yet on when a Macintosh 3.0 version might be available. Meanwhile, this Web page creation tool from the people who brought you Photoshop continues to be a solid choice for those who prefer the comfortable feel of a graphics program. After all, in many ways in so many fields, Adobe has redefined how graphics programs look. PageMill is about as simple to use as anyone could wish, with true point and click and the solid feel of a really professional program. One annoyance, however, .is the bits and pieces of proprietary PageMill code that litter this program — they don't actually hang any browsers, but they also don't seem to have ; any point. Otherwise, Adobe has made a lovely, elegant interface that practically makes Web pages all by itself. Too bad the code is imperfect, but you' ll be able to create simple pages quickly. Mortar 2.0 From: Big Picture Multimedia http: //www.bigpic.corn Platforms: Windows 95/NT System requirements: 8 MB of RAM(16 for Windows NT), hard disk with at least 20 MB of free space, 256color display adapter, CD-ROMdrive. Price: $399, $49.95 (Mortar Lite)

Never mind the hip, retro feel of this program, Mortar is as businesslike as its name. Made in Canada by Big Picture Media of Calgary, Mortar isn't aimed at neophyte Webmasters. Rather, the target users are intermediate and advanced Web designers running large sites. So don't expect to point and click, Mortar's you easily view files in a browser. Integrated editor is an HTML environment that employs spelling and syntax checkers help you make well-designed buttons to do everything from. sure your code and your messagesdon't have layout a table to add Java or work with cas-

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Everything about Mortar feels as rock solid as its name. The interface is elegant, the documentation is clear and refreshingly light. It' s thorough, but the manual is not so large that it would break your foot if you dropped it. The help system is also very good. The seriosity of the program can be judged by the, software it is bundled with. Besides I nternet E x plorer, M o r tar s h ip s w i t h Omnicron's HTFP 1.0 Compliant Web server and Sun's Java Development Kit. That should be enough to tell you that Mortar isn't a package for wimps or beginners. One of the things I like best about this software is the sheer originality of Big Picture's approach. Mortar is utterly unlike any other program. The truly original software developers go through the bother of reinventing the wheel. And — sometimes — the whole industry benefits. Dreamweaver From: Macromedia http J/www.macromedia.corn Platforms: Windows 95/NT, Macintosh System requirements Windows: Pentium 90 MHZ, 16 MB of RAM, 640x480 256-color display or better, 20 MB free hard disk space. System requirements Macintosh: PowerPC-basedMac, System7.5.5 orhigher,24 MB RAM, 640x480 256color display or better, 20 MB hard disk space. Price: $449.95 And then there's Dreamweaver. There have been precisely two times in my computing life when I' ve felt instantly at home and been instantly productive. The first time was moving from using a word processor on an old CP/M machine to a Mac. The second was using Dreamweaver. This package's interface is both elegant and intuitive. Moreover, it is completely compatibile with other Web page creation tools and all recognized browsers. The full version of Dreamweaver comes bundled with BBEdit (Macintosh version) or HomeSite (Windows version) — both of these text-based HTML editors are among the best for their platforms. Dreamweaver also comes with its own HTML editor, which is very easy to work with — practically dreamy, in fact. Dreamweaver supports CSS, Java, DHTML, and all the other important stuff. It just appears to do it with less effort. Personally, I like programs that you never see sweat, and Dreamweaver is certainly one of these. For instance, building tables and frames is v irtually d r a g a n d dr o p . T h e co d e Dreamweaver creates is like homemade HTML, and it's very simple to toggle back and forth

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mal printing helps create a more realistic color by printing hues that couldn't be produced from traditional four-color printing. Pantone HexWrench is a color separation plug-in that allows users to work with hexachrome six~olor separations. This is an easy-to-install plug-in fqr Photoshop. It has windows that allow you to adjust various detail settings. I includes an input media filter, scanner profile selector, and matching style modifier as the input options; monitor profile selector and monitor setup selectors for the display options; and process filter, stock filter, screen filter, printer profile selector, black model modifier and others as the output options. The plug-in allows you to compare separation settings. For example, one region may be a Hexachrome preview of the image on coated stock, another on uncoated stock, a third a CMYK preview, and the fourth the original RGB image.

Color Web Pro This software helps you calibrate your monitor so that it dis- From: Pantone Inc. plays colors accurately. It also adjusts the color output so what Tel: 201-935-5500, http: //www.pantone.corn comes out of the printer is closer to what you see on the screen. Platform: Macintosh only The package includes a Pantone browser plug-in and tools Price: $79.95 to allow browsers to accurately display Pantone colorworrected Web pages. Installation is simple: just a drag and drop it to just out, this product contains two systems: the famous your hard drive. Calibrating your monitor is also easy, as the Pantone Matching System (PMS) and the Pantone Internet software gives you step-by-step onscreen instructions. Color System. The latter specifies the 216 "Internet-safe" colThe calibration process involves adjusting monitor bright- o rs; i.e., t h ose t ha t w i l l n o t d i t h er on 256-color ness and contrast according to the onscreen instructions; and monitors. adjusting onscreen color patches to match the color reference ColorWeb Pro allows the artist to convert a Pantone-specicard that is included with the package. The screen to printer fied color to the closest Internet-safe color so colors will mainresults are good, and the screen to screen results are excellent! tain their fidelity when viewed on a variety of monitors. The color charts include RGB, CMYK and HTML values for IIIiC-P/CoCo 8 Channel24 each color. 0 From: Pantone Inc. Tel: 201-935-5500, http Jlwww.pantone.corn Sherly Ho is a graphic artist who works onThe Computer paper'ssister publication, Canadian Computer Wholesaler. Platform: Macintosh only Price: $449 Anyone who knows Photoshop can easily install these plug-ins by dragging and dropping the icons into their Photoshop application's plug-in folder. Pantone MC-P/CoCo is a powerful plug-in for Photoshop that enhances color correction, image control and soft-proofing capabilities. It helps make color correction work more efficient and transitions smoother. For example, you can select a range of colors to correct, allowing for more natural transitions of color. Pantone Channel 24 is another Photoshop plug-in that allows for easy integrations of image files containing up to 24 separate channels of color into the DCS 2.0 files gKS 2.0 is a multiWannel file format). These plug-ins are very user friendly and handy, especially if you are a long-time Photoshop user. These two products are also part of a larger Pantone ICISS system, which costs US$7,600. The full ICISS color separation package includes a calibrated scanner and separation engine.

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browser should understand the established HTML standards. as a sequence of characters: a river of text, in a Web browser; the tag activates While this is true, the same Web page can whose flow is redirected by margins, indents, boldface, and cd> deactivates it. (This should still look different on two different browsers, and other hctors. When an object is placed on be causing flashbacks for people who have due to minor differences in how the HTML the screen, it is in some way being placed used WordStar and WordPerfect under DOS.) code is interpreted and variations in user setwithin the flow of t h e text. As a result, In some ways, HTML matches the descriptings. On top o f t h is, the browser wars changes in the text can sometimes cause the tion of word processors I gave above, since between Microsoft and Netscape have led to object to unexpectedly change position. any tags — including those for graphics, audio, slightly incompatible variations on the estabDeleting the wrong paragraph could result in and video — are incorporated into the flow of lished HTML specification — ironically, mainly the object being taken with it. And this is just the text. Although HTML can be created or in the area of layout and design. the beginning. edited in any text editor, only patient or picky This has led to many Web page designers This is not to say that a word processor people (including myself) create Web sites this tearing their hair out in frustration, since they can't be a viable publishing tool. People canway. For the less code-inclined, there are sevdon't have the level of control they'd like. and have — created newsletters, brochures, eral different ways to get up and running on How can you make yourheadline or image books, and magazines with them, even during the Web. play off the body text's typeface if you can' t the days of WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS. However, One of these ways is to use your favorite control the typeface? Even the best designers it can sometimes be a little like using a screw- word processing or desktop publishing pro- Se acrobatic can do little more than accept the limitations driver as a hammer; it works in pinch, but in gram. Just about all of the major packages without )umping through hoops inherent to HTML and check their pages on the end it's a better idea to get the tool now have an HTML option under their Save HTML was designed to follow the unwritdifferent browsers at different settings in order designed for the job at hand. As or Export commands. Another way is to use ten Internet credo of usability on any plat- to catch any unexpected glitches. This is where desktop publishing programs a program spedfically designed to create Web form; in t h eory, every up-to-date VVeb This is where Adobe's

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the Ales requires the Adobe Acrobat package. Since a PDF file can be generated from any program capable of printing, the user is free to ers. In its simplest form, creating a PDF file is use his or her program of choice to create the as easy as printing. Rather than outputting to original document, PDF documents can also paper, a PDF file is created, presertring the incorporate hypertext, Web links, audio and original document's fonts, structure, and for- video, and more. matting'. PDF files can be viewed with the freely dis- Pislllng It all together tributable Adobe Acrobat Reader, but creating You may have noticed a trend running d escribed as th e screen version o f t h e PostSciipt page description language for print-

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would-be Microsoft competitors). Admittedly, Lotus itself has been victim to Microsoft in the desktop suite and spreadsheet applications markets as current sales of Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus SmartSuite are now only a shadow of their former selves. But Lotus, IBM — and a hardy band of 9,000 Lotus users — seem to have gotten over all of that and demonstrated a sense of confidence that was encouraging to see. The company appears to be saying that SmartSuite is the past (although the company will still sell and support it) and Lotus Notes, Domino and the recently released eSuite are the future. Lotus also seemed pretty bullish on that future when It announced on the first day of the conference that the number of "seats" for Lotus Notes (i.e., computers using the product) now exceeded 20 million, with much of the sales coming during the past year. The company said it sold nearly as many Notes seats in the fourth quarter of 1997 as it did in all of 1996. It further claims that its total installed base of messaging seats (including the original Lotus cc:Mail product) now exceeds 40 million and that this is more than double those of the closest competitor, "We still dominate messaging, and in fact, we gained share again in the face of Microsoft in 1997," boasted Lotus president and chief executive officer Jeff Papows. "We actually exited the year up three percentage points with a 24 percent share position worldwide." Continued on page $7

t's strange to go to a conference that is hosted in one of the most unreal places on Earth. It's probably no mistake that Lotusphere, the annual user conference that Lotus Development Corporation hosts for its custemers, analysts and

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Built in Java, Lotus eSuite WorkPlace applets include a word processor, email, spreadsheet, calendar, address book and presentation graphics. Lotus claims they are small, fast, and modular, and lead quickly on demand f'rom a server. The company further boasts that they could be appropriate for a "broad dass of

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the Lotus Passport program. Ail eSuite licences will be sold with a subscription that includes product 'up'dates and access to an online, monitored administrators' forum. The real key to the significance of the eSuite offering, however, is that it makes your operating system and computer hardware platform irrelevant. As long as your systems can run a Javaxompatibie browser — be it a Sun Microsystems's workstation, a Windows 95-based personal computer with an Intel Pentium processor or an Apple Macintosh — it can run eSuite. And eSuite is not simply a cut-down or revamped version

but do not require the comprehensive functionality of a traditional office suite such as Microsoft Office or Lotus SmartSuite. gramming l a nguage), L o t us Perhaps even more importantly,.eSuite WorkPlace allows Development has stepped into the access t» existing enterprise applicatiens and is built to coexist l s: , - . . M P I W% % 1 % 8 e s - l A e t e Iles fray. in enterprise environments that include traditional office o » 4 Wi bc » ~ oi • AW a' cl In doing so, it seems likely the suites. Lotus further claims that eSuite WorkPlace will enable Rr..~ ~ ~ ~ m~ i s cew e ae Network Computer (NC) market may finally have seen the enterprises to reduce their computing costs and increase endbirth of its first "killer application" as Lotus announced that it user productivity, was shipping the first widely available„commercial, integrated Lotus says eSuite WorkPlace also provides information office software suite that runs in Sun Microsystems' Java oper- technology managers with a desktop solution that is centrally ating environment. deployed and maintained, thereby "minimizing the high Known as eSuite WorkPlace, it entered manufacturing in training, deployment and maintenance costs"' associated with January and was expected to ship shortly thereafter on the traditional desktop computing solutions. IBM's Network Station Series1000 NC system. Lotus' eSuite For companies that want to move into the provision of serWorkPlace offers electronic mail„Web browsing and a set of vices that exploit Java as a platform, this has potentially huge relatively cempact business productivity applications. implications. And Lotus is working hard with parent company At the same time, Lotus announced that preview code of IBM te educate customers on the extent to which eSuite can be the eSuite DevPack, a set of Java-based applets that should used to c r eate Java-based corporate applications. At allow corporate users of eSuite to build interactive Internet Lotusphere, it even had a few early customers ready to stng applications, was immediately available as a free download songs of praise about the software. Lotus says it is undertaking a "comprehensive program to of the Lotus SmartSuite that Lotus Development has long educate developers" on how to build interactive Web applica- offered for Windows 9S systems. It is a "fresh from the ground tions with eSuite Devpack The program will apparently up" Java-based suite that it is aimed squarely at enterprise local include training workshops worldwide, broad distribution-of area and wide area networks (LANs and WANs) and intranets. gc(g

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cations environment and the Lotus Domino server software. In short, if there were ever a team that was likely to succeed (through the company's volume pricing program, Lotus in championing the Network Computer, it would appear that Passport), while the Letus eSuite DevPack preview is currently IBM and Lotus are it. IBM is fast becoming the dominant playavailable for download in 22 different language versions at no er in sales of Network Computer hardware, while Lotus has just cost from the Lotus eSuite Web site. shewn that it still has the power to make a difference in the

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ing their headlines page and other user-specific attributes.

Crom Riaul to Notes RS For most Lotus users, however, the biggest point of interest was in new versions of Lotus Notes and the '::~:. Domino server softw are — along w i t h tools and applications c to make the most of them (such as eSuite). For Notes users, the most important product a n n ouncement was the unveiling of Notes Release 5 (Notes RS) "client" software, formerly code-named Maui. Lotus says this desktop client software (which is typically used to access data held on Notes and/or Domino servers) combines exist-

INore tools New development tools were also on offer from Lotus, including some useful products

aimed straight at the Internet/intranet market. Leading the charge is Domino Designer 5.0, which Lotus promises will be open to a wider range of tools, and industry-standard

ing Lotus applications such as Internet email,

calendar and scheduling, personal document management, news groups, browsing and native HTML authoring into a single integrated Internet client. This means that it is capable of accessing Lotus Notes and Domino servers

scripting languages and technologies, such as ECMA<ompliant JavaScript and HTML 4.0. Lotus says it has beefed up Java in this release by transforming Domino design elements into Java applets. Lotus' communications product division senior vice-president Eileen Rudden suggests this — and developer initiatives around eSuite — will enable developers to use third-party development tools to write applications and create agents.

"Application developers have always been important to Lotus Development. Our focus on their needs has resulted in 30 percent growth i n 1 997 o f t h e N o tes Designer installed base to more than one million seats," said Rudden. "With our enhanced Domino development environment, Business Partner initiatives, and solutions including Domino Designer, eSuite DevPack and D o mino Instant! Host Software Continued on page62

as well as any standards-based Internet server.

The central advantage of this approach, according to Lotus, is that users won't have to switch between a whole variety of independent applications to work with different kinds of data. Using Notes RS, they' ll be able to have a single view of all these data types and applications. "Notes R5 mirrors the way professionals at organizations of all sizes need to work today, with all of their most mission-critical applica-

tions easily accessible from one place for maximum p r oductivity a n d p e r formance," explained Papows. Other goodies in the new version of Notes include a Headlines Page, where you can customize Notes to provide you with summaries of what you most need to see immediately when you start up Notes. The content for the headlines can be from your electronic in-box, a Web site, a newsgroup or any other data

source you can reach. Lotus envisions, for example, that some users may want to filter all email from their manager, monitor competitors' Web sites or view a list of important meetings and urgent ~ tasks for the day, on this headlines page. No one should be under the impression that Lotus has any interest in reinventing the browser, however. At a press conference during Lotusphere, the company made it very clear Lotus didn't want to b e competing directly with either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. While Notes RS will include its own browsing capabilities, it will also provide the ability to use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator for browsing, according to Lotus. In addition, Lotus has built-in links to desktop applications (including both Lotus SmartSuite and Microsoft Office) from within Notes RS. Finally, Lotus has also added support that will allow users to access their Notes data from a Web browser — and still see their up-to4ate headlines, email, calendar, scheduling and other applications. Lotus committed to making sure that Notes R5 will let mobile users log into Notes from an Internet access kiosk or colleague's computer and automatically have access to their own personal settings, includ-

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writing, do some creative rearranging. Divide your information into logical clusters with each grouping of notes focusing on one specific topic. Be kind to your readers and let them decide what they want to read and what they want to skip over. Give the ending away first: Put the most important data at the beginning. Follow that with details that clarify your original point. Take advantage of knowing that your reader will concentrate on the first three sentences of your writing. Make an impact right off the top.

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your intelligence by your script and we wouldn't want to mislead them, would we?" someone named Andrew once pointed this out in a scathing email after he had found a spelling mistake and a typo on

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something specific. They will glance over the text looking for keywords, sentences, and paragraphs they are most interested in. They may also ignore the other messages you are presenting. Headlines are beneficial to everyone. With a headline you can direct a reader to the information they are looking for. You can use creative headlines to draw them into

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one of my Web pages. .Andrew is right. When people come to make this decision as much on the quality of your writing as on your graphic design. Let

wise passed by. • Use k They will not only lure the your thoughts and ideas be as unique as you reader to the text, they will also give a defare, but make sure your writing form is meticinite insight into what follows. Keywords ulous. can also be riveting words that will make Give them something pleasing to the your reader stop. • Be imaginative: Being clever and witty is mind and pleasing to the eye. just as effective as being precise. Pique I want to tell you something... your reader's curiosity by teasing them Your words may reach millions of people. and gently convincing them to spend Chances are, each one of them will appreciate more time reading your words. being addressed as though what they are reading has been written especially for them. finishing tauches Write in the saine way you would speak to a You' ve written your text. You' ve arranged the good friend. Be casuaL Be direct. Becaptivat- information in order of importance. You' ve lllg. come up with amazing headlines to catch • Try and be as descriptive as possible. Paint your reader's eye. Now, before you put it into

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yod have to check, check, and re-check for mistakes. • Use active, rather than passive voice your • You don't have to be a Nobel-prize winreaders. For example, "You' ve seen the ning author. You do have to pay attention headlines..." is more personable and grabs to details. Check your spelling first. Then more attention than "Recent headlines read your text for any grammar mistakes have shown..." or use the grammar-helper function in • Get to the point. Impatience seems to be your word processor. heightened while on the Interne. Your reader does not want to scroll through I recommend putting your writing aside screen after screen to get the important for awhile, and reading it through later. On information. Know what you have to say the second reading, pay particular attention and don't bury it under useless detail. to any grammatical mistakes missed and any typos you didn't see before. A spell checker won't point out when "us" is really supposed Hors d'eeuvres anyone? Haven't you noticed that you spend more to be "is." time skimming than reading while you are on the Web? Your readers are no different. Offer your words in bite-sized morsels that will haunt your readers even after they leave your Text presentation on your Web site is like your site. body odor. If people like it they' ll come closer. • The shorter the better. I recommend try- If they don' t, they' ll run awaygpst. You want people to read your words. You ing to keep sentences less than 25 words when possible. Keep paragraphs short as want them to pay attention to what you have well. Six to eight sentences or shorter to offer. And they will, if you give them a feast should sustain your readers attention. of information in a style that their eyes can When you' re taking a knife to text, don' t easily digest and their minds can appreciate. change your original message, but do use the fewest of words possible. lfyou were ln their shoes • Organize well: After you' ve done the The essential key to superb text presentation

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is empathy. Put yourself in the shoes of your potential visitors. Consider the browser type they may be using. Think about the speed of their modem. Think about the easiest and most convenient way they will be able to access your offerings in a short amount of time. Don't assume that the technology that sits on your desktop is being used all over the world. Be prepared to design for all people and all their needs.

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when they scan through their bookmarks. Preview your pages: Always do this before you upload them.

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I can't speak for everyone, but I do know that I print out a lot of Web pages. I prefer to surf fast, print out what looks interesting, log off the Internet, and then take my printed pages to my couch or out with me when I go to a cafe. Let's assume I am not the only one who Take time to plan does this. Design your text-filled pages with After you' ve written and edited your text, printing in mind. divide it into segments. Every topic, concept, • Create two versions: Have one version of suggestion, and/or instruction should be your text split into segments and accomplaced in separate paragraphs. Keep your parapanied by graphics and links. Have a sepgraphs short. arate page where the text is uninterrupt• Write headlines: Remember, headlines ed. Encourage your reader to print out the are like traffic signs directing your visitor latter page. from place to place. Make them descrip- • Again, be considerate of your readers: tive and meaningful. The width of browser screens is not the • Consider using Ilats and tables: Putting same for everyone. Text placed across the your ideas into point form breaks up the full width of your screen may look fine to monotony of reading paragraph after you, but not to others. Lines inay be cut paragraph. Important information is also off on the right side of their screen. easier to grasp in this visual form. From a When they print out pages that extend design perspective, it makes a long pasbeyond their screen width, the printer sage look less daunting. also cuts off each line. If you want to • Decide what wIII go where: While your have long lines, at the very least, create a one-inch margin on either side of the text is still in your word pmcessor, pick out the most important information that , text. will go on to the Web page your readers • Be color conscious: Choose your backwill be exposed to first. Then sort out the ground and text colors very carefully, remaining text and determine how each keeping in mind how they will look on a section will be placed on separate Web printed page. Red text on a yellow backpages. ground, for example, prints out faintly. White text on a black background is invisSeeing ls believing ible on a printed page. If your text is Keep in mind that people on the Internet important, stick to the basics; black on don't graze. They "surf." The more concisely white. you can organize your message, the more • Do you really want to use frames? Some effective it will be. browsers cannot print frames correctly. You are being given the opportunity to Think about what portions of your text maneuver your way into the psyches of milwould be suited for frames and which seglions of people. Spoon-feed them your ideas ments need to be presented on a full screen for pleasing printouts. and they' ll be more willing to stay and more willing to come back for more. • Do not place text across the full width Change the world of the screen: For long selections of text With the investment of thought and time, this is unreadable. Limit text to no more you can impact your readers with your own words and ideas. Give them what you desire than half the width of your screen. Size does count: When you put text into the most: simplicity, thoughtfulness, and conHTML format, stick to using the default venience.Good luck!0 font size for most of the text on the page. This way you will ensure that what you Wendy Boulding Is an Edmonton-based writer who are designing will be properly seen by spends hours each day probing the Webfor things most people. Use different sizes of text to and people to write about. She can be reachedvia create variation on your page. But don' t email at wjb©planet.eon.net. forget, fonts that are too small infuriate and fonts that are too big irritate. Use OnSne writers' resosrrces: Arl anil the Zen of WebSilas both sparingly. • Sp r inkle in a few surprises: Emphasize hitp Jtwww.tie-systems.corn/webtlps.him and highlight various words scattered Elemeais ol Style through each Web page to catch the read- http: //www.columbia.edu/acls/barileby/strunk/ er's eye. Because links are automatically Online English Grammar underlined, it isn't a good idea to under- httpf/www.ediinet.corn/english/grammar/index.html line non-linking words. It will cause conSunaii The list: Baltic Ta Web Style fusion. Use colored, bold, or italicized text http://www.sun.corn/siylegulde instead, • Always include a TITLE tag: Have the Web Architect title of your page clearly define what is httpl/webrevlew.corn/universal/previous/arch/ found within it. When you are creating a WOIIQ httpl/www.word.con TITLE tag think of what you want the The Wsrld Ol Writing reader to remember most about your site http: //www.bloorstreet.corn/300block/3author.him

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NEWS Renewed Lotus bullish on its future Corrtirrrred frompage$7 Developer Kit [SDK], we intend to further that momentum by allowing developers to choose the best tools for the job, with the appropriate support infrastructure to meet their needs." Leaving aside the product specifics of this event by the ocean, with the towering mouse ears in the background, it becomes clear that Lotus is a dramatically different company from the embattled enterprise that washed up on IBM'scorporate shores back in 1995. It appears to have focus, direction, a strong sense of where it fits within IBM and a strate-

gy that seems to look first at its customers-

thoughts about issues not related to the Lotus strategy, such a s t h e im p a c t o f the Also telling during this event, was the was Compaq/Digital merger on the landscape of the computer industry. Thompson suggested a significant number of a ttendees from Canada, which has one of the highest rates of that this should just make the merged penetration of Lotus Notes in the world, Compaq/Digital company a bigger customer accordint to Lotus. It is also interesting that for I.otus products, although he doubted that company president Papows reports to John Compaq would have much money left over Thompson, the former head of IBM Canada, after spending $9 billion to buy Digital. The other big change for Lotus is that it and now the vice-president in charge of IBM's finally seems to be at peace with the many missoftware division. At a press reception following the first takes it made during its long, agonizing decline day's announcements, Thompson was friend- in the early part of the 1990s. Deadline after ly and approachable — even offering a few deadline would slip by for the release of updatnot on how it can outwit Microsoft.

ed products — notably a useful version of Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows — while Lotus doggedly tried to squeeze more market out of versions of 1-2-3 for OS/2 and for mainframe computers. That, and t h e l o ng, sad h istory of SmartSuite, appear to be in the past. Lotus is now looking at the assets it has — most importantly a 20-million seat base for Lotus Notes and a $60 billion-plus parent corporationand appears to have decided that both of those factors make it worth getting up in the morning. Perhaps hosting its conference at Disney World was just the Lotus way of saying it had rediscovered it childhood. 0

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J('iB'.O' NEws fuJltsu develops secure archiving sys- where several copies are required and it is nec- commercial system wiU consist of a sealed tem for e lectronic files • TO KYO essary to know which is the originai and what unit, which internaUy consists of an MO (NB) — Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., a unit of Fujitsu Ltd., has announced what it claims to be the world's first secure archive system for electronic documents. The new system will authenticate the originality of any elect ronic document before storing it i n t h e archive. The new system has been designed to overcome a problem now facing many businesses — how to tell if an electronic document is the original or a changed copy. Paper documents used for legal work are a good example

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CATA lobbies for measures to increase tech-skills supply OTTAWA (NB) — Canadian Advanced Technology Association (CATA) is encouraged by the Ontario government's response to its challenge to "double the pipeline" of workers with technology skills. CATA hopes to extend the campaign nationwide. The association, which represents high-technology firms, asked the provincial go vernm ent during pre-budget consultations to take several measures to double the enrollment in computing science, computing engineering, and electrical engineering prograrns in universities. CATA president John Reid was pleased with the response, saying that both the governing and opposition parties supported CATA's proposals. CATA asked the province to fund a Double the Pipeline Fund with $7.5-million this year and a total of $55.7 million over four years, and to lift restrictions on how universities may shift funding among different programs, a move that could clear the way for money to be diverted from other areas to finance expanded computing and engineering programs. CATA is also calling on industry to contribute at least $2.3 million per year to the fund, and to provide cooperative education positions. It wants universities to contribute as well, and to provide infrastructure for the expanded programs. "We' re going to try to r+ Iicate this i n e a c h o f th e provinces," Reid said, "except as y ou know i n e ach o f t h e provinces there's a different route to get there," According to CATA, Ontario alone will need more than 56,000 new workers in the information technology field in the next five years, but will produce only 14,000 qualified graduates. Contact: CATA,httpl/www.cata.ca IBBI Canada introduces

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and RS/6000 servers. In Canada, the Netflnity 3500 Intel-based server starts at $ 3,999. The AS/400e Server 170 starts at $16,500, and the entry-level 150 Continued on page80

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Kinko's is typical of the pelled by technology and new generation of instant competition. Instant printers printer, offering some of the caused upheaval by taking Y~)Lj neeLI 0() ~..oI)ies oi d trappings of a s e r vice business from offset shops bureau. For example, it sup-;, ~ ' and s e rvice bureaus, which coIor I:)fochLlre I)fillteLt ports the same software , retaliated bydroppingprices {Quark XPress, PageMaker, and broadening their range etc.) as a service bureau, but of services. Each ofthe three - '-' '>> .' ' output options are more sectors isfightingfo market limited (it doesn't have '.,' gf ~ ""=- '" share and is in direct compe"' electrostatic printers for tition with the others. '"' ' ' 'leII(»v t'else> >nd dl~(;O~ef murals, forexam Which type of printer ple). Also, ~t'*:. .=~ the outlet may sub-contract ,„ should you v i sit? That part or all of their mounting depends on what you are th3.t poll c31i choose frolB -' and lamination — perhaps looking for. Best quality? to a service bureau. Lowest price? Fastest turn',' ~ P!". Service bureaus cater to -,.:,'x around time? Convenience? all markets, from huge There is overlap in the advertising agencies to services provided by the small business owners. They have the most t h ree groups. Understand-ing the pros and cons equipment and the most knowledgeable produc- of each type of service will help you decide. tion staff. In addition to pre-press work, they may nstant printers are erodingthe market share of have film recorders to make slide presentations, traditional offset printers and professional ser- pius equipment to make vinyl signs for trucks, vice bureaus, both of which are fighting back murals for offices and trade shows, posters for dis- Pros by dropping prices, Additionally„new technology play, enormous architectural drawings, and even Convenience: If you have a regular printer, all continues to raise the quality of digital prints. dye sublimation printers to run off business youhavetodoispickupthephoneandarepwill The oncewrude color output of these digital cards. come to your office to discuss and pick up the printer/copiers is now approaching photographic The trend is for these three forms of business to job. There is nothing technical for you to worry or offset quality. continue merging. The print industry is being pro- about and no need to leave the office. :

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ll-prepared, inadequate and just action plan for Year 2000 preparednot ready. No, this is not a ness. This has become a national description of the Canadian priority." men's Olympic hockey team, but rather a very sobering assessment by many of the country's top bureaucrats, business leaders and technology experts of the level to which we are all prepared to deal with the Year 2000 computer problem. According to a report released by SOS 2000 (a joint initiative of the Canadian govemment's Task Force 2000 an d l e ading Canadian businesses) in February, this could land us in a heap of trouble. According to Jean C. Monty, chair of the Task Force Year 2000 and president and chief operating officer of BCE Inc., we need to act now. ''The time for talk is over," said Monty Monty. "Our number one recomsaid the matter is mendation is to urge executives so urgent that the Task who have not already done so to imple ment immediately a formal Force Year 2000's report —A Call for

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Srjnallll Busi H.CSS CCIIKLPUtEHg A primer on short run printlg Contiuueif froni page 69 That's convenient. Quality: If you need optimum quality to promote your business, this is the route to take. Color laser copies may be all right to promote a cake sale, but if you' re promoting your $2,000 a day consulting services, you will want your handouts to look perfect. Volume discounts: Perhaps you just need 700 copies of your brochure this month, but if you go through 8,400 copies a year, you can order them all at once for large savings. Your printer may even store thein for you, delivering them to you as needed.

Instant printers Before discussing the pros and cons of instant printers, I'd like to point out that the great range of services provided by this broad group, in addition to wide variations in quality. There are small mom and pop operations as well as huge, technologically advanced chains. Because of these variances, it is difficult to make blanket statements that apply to all of them. Nevertheless, it may be usefui ta offer some general observations.

Pros Convenience: Instant printers are popliing up everywhere. If there isn't one in the building Cons where you work or across the street, you will Convenience can be costly: Sure, it's nice to find one in a nearby plaza nr mall. have a rep come to see you whenever you cali, Quick turnaround time: When you need but you are paying the rep's commission and color documents now, the instant printer is contributing to his or her car allowance by the place to go. paying higher prices. Portability: Off to a trade show or convention Longer turnaround t i m e : C o nventional in another city? You don't have to transport or printers have- to shoot a negative or make lug around 1,000 copies of that 40-page mancolor separations and a plate before the job ual. Instead, just slip a Zip cartridge with the can go to press. This step adds to the cost and document file in your pocl et, arrive at your increases production time. Also, every time destination early, and have it printed out at a you make a change, costs go up and the pro- nearby instant printer. ject is further delayed. Print as needed: Instead of stockpiling docuStockpiling has its weakness: The savings ments at an offset printer, you can print only accumulated by stockpiling a year's worth of the quantities you need as you need them. If brochures can dwindle or even evaporate if a you need changes in the next printing, it may new address or sudden change makes them be possible to make them in minutes, and obsolete. Even a small change can call for color separations or plates are not necessary modifications, new separations and plates, for a digital printer. and reprinting costs. The relationship: In a small print shop you

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Pre-press preflight The following is a list of questions to ask as you select a printer and prepare your digital files: Choosing a printer • What platforms doesthe printer support? (PC or Mac) • What software does the printer support? (Corel Draw, illustrator, etc.) What versions of theseapplications doesthe printer support? • Does the printer need files in their native format? (CDR,etc.) • What storage media can the printer read? (Zip, jaz, or MO disks, etc.)

Cons May lack knowledgeable staff: 1'he smaller print shops may not be able to afford the higher wages necessary for at tract ing k n o w ledgeable Preparingyour files staff. If you are working on a • Did I test thecharacteristics of the shop's printer? complex document andneed • Did I save ail elements of my file, including fonts? advice,you may not be able • Did I include a sample print? • Do I have a backupcopy of the file? to find answers to all of your • If applicable, did I specify glossy,matte, or textured lamination? questions. Watch the price point: Once • If applicable, did I specify Foamcoreor Gatorboard mounting? your quantity approaches — ChuckGallozzi 1,000 copies, it is time to compare prices with an offset printer. As an PageMaker, Qiiark Xpress, or CorelDraw you example, 1,000 letter-size color laser coiaies or should have no problem, but ask first. Avoid digital prints may cost $7SD. Yet, the same job using programs such as Microsoft Word and done on an offset press may cost as little as Publisher or Corel Word Perfect as they may $500. In other words, you may be able to not print as you originally intended. receive the higher quality of offset for the Program version: Besides supporting your same price as color laser copies. program, the print shop must also support the version you are using. I here could be compatibility problems if your version is too old or too new. Pros File format: Once you save your document, a Expert help available: Service bureaus are digital file is created. Digital files can be saved where the experts in the digital print industry to disk in their native format, printed to file work. If you' re inexperienced and have lots of with the same iirinter driver used by the print questions, these are the right places to go for shop, or printed to file with a generic postanswers. script driver. h,lost shops prefer to have you Wider range of output devices: From busi- save the file to disk in its native format. 'I'his ness cards to murals, from architectural draw- is because they will be able open the file and ings to vinyl signs, it's all done here. Their edit it if necessary. output devices may include laser, bubble jet, File delivery: You can deliver your files on dye sublimation, and electrostatic printers, storage devices or transmit them electronicalfilm recorders, and more. ly. If you plan to deliver them on a Zip, faz or Complete finishing services: They offer Syquest cartridge, make sure the shop can many types and sizes of mounting and lami- work with it. For electronic delivery, your can nation done on the premises. transmit your f ile direct to y our shop's modem or attach it to an email. For email Cons attachments, however, I n ternet service Slower turnaround t i me: They carefully providers generally limit the file size, for examine digital files and may make test prints example, to 2 MB or less. before production, all of which increases the Run a testfirst:I'erhaps you have designed a time needed for the job. Un)ess you' re paying flyer in CorelDraw that looks great on your a premium, don't expect the speed of an monitor and prints equally well on your inkjet instant printer. Nevertheless, they are faster printer and you now wish to have it mass prothan offset. duced on a color laser printer. Since it is a difLess convenient location: Because of huge ferent type of printer, the output will differ capital costs and the need for large facilities, from the results you are familiar with. service bureaus are apt to be located in indusFor example, after printing your flyer on trial areas where it is cheaper to run a business. the color laser printer, the thickness of lines Expensive: The other side of the coin is you may appear too thin. Also, light backgrounds, get what you pay for. Someone has to pay for such as 1S percent yellow may appear as the team of experts and high-volume, high- white, and your favorite color may have a difquality digital print equipment. ferent cast and appear too dark. So before you begin your project, make a simple document that contains linesof various thicknesses, and boxes of different colors and densities, labelDon't work on a job and then look for a shop ing each element carefully. After examining to print it. First pick an instant printer or ser- your test print, you' ll know how to adjust vice bureau you would like to do business your flyer for optimal quality. with and ask questions. Tell them what you Include all elements: When saving your page would like to do and ask for the best way to do layout file to disk or cartridge, be sure to it. You can save yourself much grief by carry- include every element that appears in the laying out the following suggestions. out. Separately save every drawing, photo, Platform compa tibility:Will you create your and font that appears in the layout on the digital file on a PC or a Mac? Make sure your same disk. Failure to do so can result in missshop of choice supports your platform ing artwork and wrong fonts. Program compatibility: If you create your Include a sample print: If you include a samfile i n Ad o b e P h o toshop, I l l ustrator, ple made with your inkjet printer, the shop

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tions and will continue to convey the message to our industry and stakeholders to act now!" The Task Force says it will reconvene in May to assess progress on the computer date problem. Veer 2000 hackgreunder Also known as the "millenniuin bug," the Year 2000 problem could potentially cause havoc in financial agencies, government agencies and businesses both large and small once the clock zips past midnight on Dec. 31, 1999. Simply put, the problem is this: after this time many of the world's largest and most vital computer systems (along with lots of mid-size and smaller systems) will not know what day it is. If you ask them for the date, these systems will tell you — on Jan. 1, 2000that you are actually living in January 1, 1900. The problem exists because back in the early days of the computer industry, when computer memory and storage space were scarce, programmers decided on a convention for date ' storage that represented the year with only the last two digits of the year in question. The first two digits were always assumed to be 19, Therefore, 1969 was represented as 69, 1981 as 81, and so on. This little trick works without difficulty until you hit 2000, which is represented by these older computer systems as 00. Because the first two digits of the year date are assumed to be 19, this means that the computer thus records the year as 1900, not 2000. And why, you may well ask, is this important? The answer to that question strikes at the very heart of how computers are used in b usiness, government, health care, t h e defense industry or almost anywhere else. In recording any business transaction, a computer wants to know the same kinds of things you do when writing out a cheque: who the transaction is with, how much it is for and the date of the transaction. But the computer doesn't stopthere. Once it has such a dated recorded on its database, it can then make calculations based on that date. These calculations can be as simple as the number of years remaining on a mortgage (the year of maturity minus the current year). They might have to do with the age of a driver getting his or her auto insurance renewed (the current year minus the year of the driver's birth) or something as complex as compound interest calculations. One thing remains constant, however, and that is that if the calculations are wrong, the systems will not work. In the case of a mortgage system that did not correct this Year 2000 "bug," for example, subtracting the current year from the year of maturity would actually yield a negative number. This is because if the date of matur ityis any year between the Year 2000 and 2097, it is stored by the system as a date between 1900 and 1997.

The Task Force study results were reinforced by the Conference Board of Canada publication, Viewpoint, which was also released in February. That report concludes that although well-prepared firms stand to make significant gains against those that are not, all could be lost if their suppliers and trade partners are not also ready. "The current economic outlook for Year 2000 is now at risk because too many businesses have failed to start the repair and replacement of technology," said Jim Frank, the board's chief economist. But Monty and the Task Force seem to have widespread support in tackling the problem. T h e Ca n a dian F e d eration o f Independent Business, for example, is mailing a copy of a publication called The )'ear 2000: Terlnrology Checklist for Small Business to its 88,000 members, and will communicate information to them via its Web site. "Small companies have to realize that this is a real Ceuntdown to 2000 survey results problem which requires immediate action," I.aunched in September 1997, the Task Force said CFIB president Catherine Swift. Year 2000 says it quickly took steps to get a ln addition, the Information Technology clear picture of the facts and activities taken Association of Canada (ITAC) has reviewed by Canadian firms to deal with the Year 2000 international initiatives. "Our study suggests millennium bug. Statistics Canada was invitthat the countries that are responding to the ed to produce a national survey on the prechallenge most effectively are those whose paredness of Canadian businesses for the Year industries and governments are working 2000 because of their credible methodological together to ensure that critical systems will expertise. Preliminary findings were pubcontinue to function," said ITAC president and lished on Dec. 8, 1997. Two thousand responchief executive officer Gaylen A. Duncan. "We dents from small-, medium- and large-sized fully endorse the Task Force's recommendaConti»uerf on page7S

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and if you like what you see, purchase it, Print to order download it and print it off. The Trafford system appears to be very simple However, Trafford has gone a step beyond on the surface. Orders arrive from all over the the others and is offering a comprehensive world (33 countries thus far) via Trafford's publishing service for seif-publishing authors, Web site. Internet customers can browse which they call "on-demand publishing." through and order a wide spectrum of books What Trafford has apparently created, is a from Trafford's rapidly growing stable of hybrid technology, using the best the of Web authors, who also are located all over the and conventional publishing. world. Once the orders are received, the books At the heart of the system, Trafford takes are printed, bound, and shipped. advantage of existing printing technologyIn addition to being listed on the Web site, using a Xerox DocuTech 135 — that makes it Trafford titles ran also be ordered through virfinancially viable to print a single copy of a tual bookstores such as Amazon.corn and book. The DocuTech is a high-speed, 600 dpi books.corn. This gives two more sites where digital copier/printer that accepts digital files. potential customers can find books. Trafford Trafford had to overcome a number of sets up each book on its own Web page.and problems to make the system cost effective. alerts major search engines of the book's keyOne of the company's major victories was in words. A press release is sent out via email to developing a system to perfect bind their hundreds of media contacts, and review books (perfect binding is a common method copies are sent to potential reviewers identifor binding traditionally printed books, but fied by the author. not so common with copier/printers), a Authors pay around $1,400 to have their method the company closely guards. book published, complete with ISBN and CIP At first, Trafford used coil binding for numbers, barcode, a listing on the Trafford orders of fewer than 100 books. However, the site as well as numerous other services. coil binding was not appealing to authors, (Details can be found in the authors guide, who wanted their books to look any other on which is available for a small fee, or can be the bookshelf or the bookstore. read at its Web site.)

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Connect(cwork includes access to the Firms listed on TSE must online banking services provided by the bank, report Year 2000 readiness which is Canada's largest and has recently TORONTO (NB) — Companies whose stocks proposed a merger with the Bank of Montreal. are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange are These services include bill paging, chequing now required to report to their shareholders account and loan balances, funds transfer, on efforts to prepare their computer systems and the ability to review account transac- for the turn of the century. tions. Each of t h ree available packages Concern has become widespread now includes Internet access comparable to that about the fact that many computer systems offered by Internet service providers. represent the year in dates with only two digJoanne Wade, a bank spokesperson, said its, which will cause them to confuse the year the basicpackage costs $29.95, plus a $50 2000 with 1900, possibly leading to serious setup fee, and includes 30 hours per month of errors. Experts say that companies not already Internet access, one email address, a local well under way on correcting these problems domain name, and a choice of Netscape or may not have enough time left, and the Microsoft browser software. Additional access impact could be serious or even devastating is $3 per hour. for some firms. The enhanced package provides unlimited The Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's access, one email address and four aliases, 5 largest exchange, sent a letter to listed comMB of Web space, 30 MB of Web file-transfer panies recently, advising them that they must capacity, local domain name, and optional include material information about the impliglobal domain name registration for $150 cations of the Year 2000 problem for their plus standard registration charges. It also pro- information systems and their businesses in vides access to the Small Business Resource annual reports mailed to shareholders after Network, which includes a collection of busi- April 1 of this year. It also urges that such ness articles by small-business experts, dealing information be included where possible in with such areas as accounting, marketing, and reports issued before April 1. taxation. This package costs $69.95 per The TSE's requirement is the first such month. The enhanced plus package adds directive by a Canadian stock exchange, said another 10 MB of Web space, 60 MB of Web Ralph Shay, vice-president of company listtransfer capacity, 10 email addresses, and 10 ings and regulation, and may be the first in aliases. The monthly fee is $69.95, and the the world. Shay said he did not know how setup fee is $70. many TSE-listed companies have already Contact: Royal Bank, httpJ/www.royalbank.corn included Year 2000 discussions in their financial reports, but "my guess is very few." Balisoft debuts with UveContact forNet Talk Maxlmlzer Enterprise 4.0 Introduced TORONTO (NB) —Balisoft Technologies Inc., a VANCOUVER (NB) — Maximizer Technologies startup company headed by Delrina Corp. co- Inc. has introduced Maximlzer Enterprise 4.0, founder Mark Skapinker, has entered the which combines contact management with emerging market for technology that lets Web an opportunity management system and users talk to the companies whose Web sites group security. Maximizer Enterprise was first they visit. released in 1995 as a sales force automation Balisoft's LiveContact allows a Web surfer product, to click an icon on the Web site and be conThe company says the opportunity mannected, using voice-over-Internet technology, agement system prompts the user through a to a service representative. This is similar to a series of questions to develop a customized product launched recently by N o rthern strategy for each type of opportunity the orgaTelecom Ltd., called Internet Voice Button. nization encounters, generating management MCI Communications also recently launched support information and acting as a lead disa service called Click'n'Connect for its call tribution system. Version 4.0's group security center customers, and Sprint Corp. offers a features allow all users to share one companysimilar service called Give Me A Call. wide database, with a database administrator LiveContact uses client software that controlling which users and groups have needs to be downloaded to the user's person- access to what information. al computer. It is free of charge from Balisoft's The single user price o f M a ximize Web site at httpJ/www.balisoft.corn. As with most Enterprise 4.0 is $249.95. Existing Maximizer such offerings, the user needs a multimedia users (versions 3.0, 3.0is, and 97) can upgrade PC with speakers and a microphone. If the for $79.95 until March 31 . Internet is to be a sales medium, Skapinker Contact: Maximizer, http: //www.maximizer.corn/ told Newsbytes, "then you'd better have ways of having the traditional sales tools available. 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Hardie "At the very basic level, presentations began with slide projectors, the benefit being that there isn't much technology involved so you' re a lot less likely to encounter Murphy's Law," says James Chan, product manager of flat panel and presentation systems for ViewSonic Corporation. "Of course, your slides might get out of order, but that's about it. On the other hand, slides are pre-prepared, which limits your ability to make ad hoc presentations or presentations that are customized to a certain client." Which is why overhead projectors and transparencies have generally been more popular than slides — transparencies are quite simply better for customizing the show becauseyou can write directly on them while talking to highlight information or tailor the main points specific to your audience.

bulb in an overhead projector serves the same function for the transparent presentation panel displays. Besides price (approximately $1,500 and up) the main advantage to LCD panels is their weight and portabilitythey' re just as small, thin and light as notebook screen. The major disadvantage, however, is a poor brightness level due to the fact that overhead projectors were designed to project light only through a thin transparency sheet. Brightness is lost when that same light is broadcast through the two sheets of glass and the liquid crystal compound of an LCD panel. Standard overhead projector lamps just aren't powerful enough to provide a bright, sharp, clear image onto the screen. Of course, if you opt for an LCD panel, you have to count on an overhead projector being available wherever you' re going. Either that or you must plan to carry one around with you. LCD panels The advent of lower-cost projectors means LCD panels just Which is where Chan recalls transparent LCD panels coming aren't an ideal solution any more for someone on the move into the picture. These are similar to the LCD screens you' ll who wants to make presentations. This is why LCD projectors find on portable computers, but without a backing so that they are replacing LCD panels in the market. can be placed onto an overhead projector to display any comAmong the advantages — in addition to the fact that proputer generated images you' ve created. jectors are entirely self contained units — is that projectors are "When LCD panels first came out," says Chan, "there was processing the primary image first hand. What gets to the a very good market for them because people quickly realized screen is first generation right out of the computer, so the the benefits and flexi- image is sharper, clearer and brighter. bility of being able to create presentations on LCD projectors their computers. That' s when PowerPoint and other pre sentation alan' software packages started to really tap into the momentum of presentation technology." LCDs don't create "active" light, which is why it's necessary for portable computers to incorporate a b a cklighting system. The

LCD projectors come in two basic flavors: an economical single panel and a higher cost three-panel configuration. Single panel projectors work on the same principal as the LCD panel, but with the overhead projector built right in. Inside the projector is a tiny LCD panel (0.9-1.3 in. sq.) on which the computer-generated image is created before being projected through a magnifying lens by a powerful lamp. The threepanel type works much the same way but has individual panels for the creation of the separate primary colors (Red Blue Green), which are combined into a single image by mirrors before being projected by the lens and lamp. LCD projectors have the advantages of being small, light and self-contained, while producing very sharp, clear, colorful images. Of course, the three-panel LCDs produce better results on all counts. Price-wise, single-panel models begin at about $3,000 while three-panel projectors will start around $5000 and go up. So far, your choices seem relatively simple: a transparent LCD panel for about $1,500 (cheap, light, portable, but relatively poor picture quality and requiring an overhead projector wherever you go); a single-panel LCD projector for about $3000 (affordable, light, portable, good quality picture); or a three-panel LCD projector for about $5000 (still light and portable and with excellent quality picture). But, of course, just to muddy things up, engineers have

come up with yet another alternative, this time based on a completely different technology — the DLP projector.

DLP projectors DLP (digital light processing) projectors are based around a chip called the DMD (digital micromirror device), which was developed by Texas Instruments. This chip has millions of micro-mirrors built directly onto it, with each mirror representing an image pixel. The mirrors turn a certain way to reflect or deflect light as instructed by the computer to form the image. The advantage is that, being reflective technology, the image is usually brighter while, being chip based, the technology is smaller and lighter than LCD. However, being relatively new, there's a lot of research and development costs to recover so the entry-level price is going to be much higher than that of a three-panel LCD projector (that means about $US5,900 and up to start). It's Chan's opinion that three-panel LCD projectors have better color reproduction than DLP because the latter's reflective nature causes some loss of color saturation. Brightness, however, remains superior over LCD and the color loss is said to be negligible. Brightness matters "The main determinant about the size of any projector is the Continued on page8$

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at 4-6.75 kg (9-15 lb.), and anything greater than 6.7S kg (15 lb.) is called a desktop projector — which makes a lot of sense because heavy hitters weigh in at about 14.5 kg (32 lb.).

for this technology: "Number one is image clarity and quality and the edge-to-edge image focus.That's extremely critical because obviously the primary objective is to get that image in a viewable format that your audience can comfortably see. Also, the feature set of any projector — built-in mouse control, for example, or zoom features — ought to be practical and

Lance Bailey, marketing and business development manager for NKC Technologies Canada offers a few other tips when shopping

According to Chan, there are three essential things to consider when buying a projector. Resolution: Determine if the projector is capable of SVGA or XGA, and which one you require. SVGA (600x800) is more than sufficient for use with an older noteook as most are only capable of that resolution. XGA (1,024x768) is generally only available on newer portables. It's interesting to note too that most SVGA machines can do a compression routine t h a t a l l o ws 1,024x768 resolution to be displayed. A lot of presentation software is resolution independent anyway so that, when you go into slideshow mode, the siides are full-screen regardiess of the resolution setting. But resolution makes a big difference in price. An SVGA projector will run from $2,000 to $6,000, an XGA projector will start at $10,000! Brightness: The type of presentation environment you' re working in and how much control you have over it determines how many ANSI lumens you' ll need. Of course, it's easy to figure out when you' re always making presentations in the same room of an office, but those on the road will have much to consider when trying to balance brightness against cost, size and weight. Weight: Which, conveniently, is Chan's final important factor. Do you travel a lot? Are you going to use it primarily in the office? Are you going to mount it in the ceiling? Do you travel by plane? Are you going to be moving from sales call to sales call? These are all things to consider. But„ as we' ve covered, this has to be evaluated with respect to the other factors because projectors w i t h gr e ater b r i g htness absolutely must have the bigger, heavier lamps. Projectors are commonly categorized within three weight classes: ultra portable at 4 kg (9 lb.) and under, portable

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backlighting to broadcast the image. The picture, ergo, is exceptional — as is the price. The thing that all large-screen monitors have in common is a hefty price tag, albeit CRTs can be had within the same price ranges as many LCD projectors, Large LCD panel displays are comparably lighter and smaller and, like gas plasma displays, flat and light enough to be mounted on the wall if permanent

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Where it wouldn't be practical to address all the presentation software packages available here, I was able to get a few tips from several people who specialize i n s uc h t h i ngs. Contributions here are from: james Chan of ViewSonic (projectors and panels), Anne McKeon of Microsoft (PowerPoint

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Some good news for small business in budget will come into effect on July I, l998. I'he implication here, is that you may be employing your children or spouse to help you in your business, which means ) ou will be able to pay them $500 more tax free money as long as they don't exceed the basic personal tax credits. That way you can keep more money in the f amily than before. The current federal surtax (extra tax), which is three percent of basic federal tax, will be eliminated on July I, l998 in certain situations. For example, if you are an individual earning up to $50,000 you would be eligible. Beyond that income, it is reduced on a sliding scale. To p r o mote new youth e mployment, employers will receive a holiday from employment insurance premiums for new employees age 18 to 24 hired in 1999 and 2000. Self-employed individuals will be allowed to deduct premiums for private health services plans (group or individual planhealth, dental, etc.) where they are actively engaged in the business and the business is the primary source of income or the income does not exceed $10,000 from elsewhere. The deduction only applies if insurance coverage is also available to all full-time permanent employees who are

he federal budget that came down on Feb. 24 did not contain too many changes that a f f ect small business. H owever, t h ere a r e some changesthat may help y ou r a f t er-tax, take-home income in a • positive w a y — some business-related some personal. Here is a brief

overview. Some of the proposals are effective immediately, others at some come later in 1998 or the subsequent year. Make sure you obtain customized tax planning advice from your professional accountant, so you can strategically plan to take advantage of the changes that affect your situation.

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arm's length. In other words, the insurance coverage can't just be for your family and not your non-family employees. The deductible amount is limited to amounts paid to third-party insurers after the 1997 fiscal year in the amount of $1,5()0 for the owner and his/her spouse and $750 per child. No limit applies to amounts for ' arm' s-length employees. • Full deductibility of meals and entertainment expenses for events generally availalile to all employees (e.g. Christmas parLies) will now be limited to six "occasional events" per year. Full deductibility for meals and entertainment expenses at remote work sites will be expanded to sites that are at least 30 km from the nearest urban centre of at least 40,000 people. Both the above budget proposals apply to expenses incurred after Feb. 23, I998. Starting in 1998, the limit for deductible child care expenses will be increased from $S,000 to $7,000 for children under seven and from $3,000 to $4,000 for other eligible children. More tax (nformation on the Net Here are some Web sites that could provide you with more detailed analysis of the recent budget proposals. The sites are the seven

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would not limit the rights or abilities of nations to tax goods sold over the Interne. Hayes said that because no country — including the U.S.— currently imposes customs taxes on goods ordered electronically, the WTO would merely maintain the status quo. WTO members agreed to continue studying the US proposal and its implications.

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complements static security technologies such as firewalls, and ensures that users' networks

Hayes, however, said the U.S. proposal are protected across all devices and layers of

the enterprise. RealSecure 2,0 offers unattended monitoring of — and protection for — all line of 32x multi-read CD-ROM towers for GENEVA, Switzerland (NB) — The intemationnetwork devices, with no discernible effect on large and small local area networks (LANs) al community needs to immediately start taknetwork performance," he claimed. and enterprise systems. ing a long, hard look at electronic commerce, New RealSecure 2.0 features include; new The company says its CD-ROM towers pro- including backing off on imposing customs attack signatums, including attacks based on vide high-speed online storage for applica- duties, the United States said at a meeting of RIP, SNMP (Simple Network Management tions or data, and are configured with four, the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Protocol), and Windows NT vulnerabilities; seven, or 14 multi-read drives. The towers February. Fast Ethernet and Token Ring support; userinclude network CD-ROM software from "Electronic commerce, and in particular ISS nnvells automated defined responses; built-in encryption and Ornetix and MediaPath. the dynamic growth of the Internet, is already networh defence padcaie key-based authentication; multi-tiered manThey include 10-user licences for CDhaving a profound effect on how business is WATFORD, U.K. (NB) — Internet Security agement consoles; incident response online Vision and CD-Commander from Ometix conducted," said U.S. trade ambassador Rita Systems (ISS) has unveiled RealSecure 2.0, a help database; Check Point FImWaII-I autoNetwork Products and 60-user licences for Hayes. major update to its intrusion prevention and matic reconBguration option; SNMP support; MediaAgent from MediaPath Technologies. According to Hayes, WTO members could detection package. and, streamlined pohcy update capability. CD-Vision reportedly creates a dedicated CD- allow that growth, projected to mach some The software, which was unveiled at the Rea5ecure 2.0 sells for US$5,500 for a sinROM server on Novell and Microsoft net- $300 billion a year by 2000, by refraining 1998 RSA Data Security Conference in San gle perpetual license supporting Ethernet and works, and improves network performance by from imposing taxes or border customers Francisco recently and i s no w available Token Ring. off-loading all CD-ROM traffic from the main duties on worldwide exommerce. through the company's U.K. and U.S. operaA version of Rea5ecure 2.0 for Sun Solaris server and client workstations. "Today, no member considers that elec- tions, is claimed to offer round-the+lock net- and Linux is expected to start shipping in MediaAgent provides CD-ROM adminis- tronic transmissions are important for cus- work monitoring to enable users to intercept March. tration features and works independently of toms purposes and, thus, no member imposes and respond to potentially devastating securi- Contact: ISS, http Jlwww.iss.net all network operating systems. A Microsoft customs duties for electronic transmissions," ty breaches and internal network abuse quickE xplorer plug-in, M ediaAgent uses t h e she said. "Our proposal is to codify this prac- ly and easily — before systems are comproAlia, Ondesl '»: NB — Hey dadesl The Windows interface to give users icon-based tice in the WTO." mised. FiieDudes Web site provides infonnagon and access to any CD-ROM on the network as if it Although many of the world's developed Kevin Black, ISS U.K.'s managing director, links to software in many categones for the were a local drive. nations in Europe, as well as Japan, supported said the software now includes a new and Vfinckws.9$, Vfedowi 3.xand MicInfnsh operEstimated street prices of the standard ver- Hayes" proposal, developing nation represen- enhanced architecture for a faster, more com- :atIng'syste Iw j'jf you feel"like sarnpl~'soIneran-.. sions of the Smart and Friendly 32x CD-ROM tatives expressed doubts about voluntarily prehensive ability to detect and stop network dom software, you can choose the what's new network towers are US$845 (four drives) and avoiding a potential major source of revenue abuse. He said Rea5ecure 2.0 is analogous to section or high4de random link of the day. US$1,325 (seven drives). The deluxe versions, so soon. The fear, many developing nation an "intelligent" CCTV security camera. "It Web sits: http Jiwww.flladudss.cant'.-'"=:::I which include locking doors, are priced at diplomats said, was that the U.S. was attempt- provides a critical layer of protection that

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The only time you should be concerned about getting a unit with a more advanced processor is if you frequently print large docuBuying a personal laser printer should be ments that contain both text and graphics, or treated no differently than buying any other simply graphics alone. But for the average user piece of hardware for your PC. You' re looking or small office where letters, reports and the for reliability, price/performance and overall odd charts are being printed, any one of the quality. The good news is you don't have to be models we reviewed this month will do the a computer expert to buy a good laser printer. job quite admirably. If you' re really curious as to what procesAll it takes is a little bit of research (which you' re already doing), a bit of comparative sor is inside the printer, you may be able to shopping, and of course, some of your hard- find it on the manufacturer's Web site under earned money. the technical specifications for your printer, The models we review this month range or in the manual. This tends to be the case from very basic models to units with lots of mainly with h i gh-end networkable lasers bells and whistles. All offer something to meet where the printer's processor is highly relethe individual needs of your home or small vant, and not so much with entry-level modoffice. If you' re on a tight budget, you' ll find els. the Okidata 4w, which offers 600 dpi (dots per When deciding on the speed of your inch)-class output, an average speed of 4 pages future printer, try not to concern yourself too per minute (ppm) and sells for around $299 much with the processor, since you will selon the street. If you' re looking for something dom have a choice. Be glad that the printer with a li t t l e m o r e z i ng , t h e F u j itsu has a processor at all„saving your PC's procesPrintPartner 10v offers 600 dpi output at 10 sor from having to do even more work. For a ppm for roughly $750. No matter what your home or small office, a printer capable of budget or needs, there's something in this printing at 4 to 6 ppm will serve you just flne. month's roundup of printers that is sure to Anything beyond that and you can expect to

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PCs, go for something like the PrintPartner 10v.

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ppm. If you' ll be printing quite a few times a day, you may want to consider something in The CPU inside a laser printer is common- the 6 ppm range. Or, if your printer will be ly referred to as the raster image processor, or part of a small office or shared among several

the computer sends all of the required image details to the image processoi, which trans-

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lates that image into a p attern of dots (called ized image before it will be printed. Some

a bit-image) before it is printed. This bit-image is like a blueprint of whatever it is you are about to print. It's actually quite a feat for the printer's processor to complete this task, considering that it has to plan out the entire image to be printed and must know the exact number and positioning of each and every dot that will be put onto the

printers, through their bundled software and drivers, will make use of your computer's RAM for storing this information, while others rely on their very own stockpile. And although RAM prices for PCs have plummeted, this does not necessarily hold true for the printer market. Some of the newer printers use standard SIMM modules, while paper. As you can probably guess, the RIP others rely on proprietary modules. If at all inside a printer will play a significant role in possible, you should get a printer that can determining the printer's overall speed. accept standard SIMM modules since prices Depending on the printer, its internal are so incredibly low right now that you can processor can range anywhere from 12 MHz outfit your printer with 32 MB for under $100

in the average consumer-oriented product, up (assuming your printer can handle that much to 66 MHz RISC processors in network lasers. RAM). The printer's processor will also determine It wasn't long ago that printers with 16 how long you have to wait before your first

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If your needs are more demanding than those of a typical home or small office user, Brother had you in mind when it designed the HL1060. It features an impressive resolution of 1,200x600 dpi, and can handle up to 10 pages per minute using its RS3041 20 MHz processor. It comes standard with 2 MB of RAM that can be expanded to 34 MB using standard SIMM modules. Thanks to B rother's own A d vanced Photoscale Technology (APT), the HL-1060 can deliver 1,200 dpi-class output. With two input trays capable of holding 200 sheets of paper each, you won't have to do as many paper refills as you would with other printers. One of the most impressive features of the HL-1060 is its straight paper path, which greatly reduces crumpling on virtually any media type. The toner is good for about 2,200 pages and cartridges cost roughly $45. The estimated street price on the HL1060 is very competitive at $699, making it an Ideal choice for a small office environment. FuJitau PrintPartner 10V One of the most impressive machines in this month's survey is the PrintPartner 10v from Fujltsu. lt offers all the benefits of more expensive machines but is priced to be affordable by small offices, while still not entirely out of the reach of most home users. Based on the SPARC Lite 20 MHz proces-

Replacing the popular LaserJet SL is the new 6L. It offers pretty much all of the features of the 5L, with some additional enhancements. The 6l is a true 600x600 dpi printer, capable of printing at 6 ppm with the help of its Motorola 68030 24 IVIHz processor. lt has a standard complement of 1 MB RAM, upgradable to 9 MB using proprietary HP memory modules. The typical warm-up time associated with most laser printers is not something you' ll have to worry about thanks to HP's patented instant-on fuser. Thanks to HP's Resolution Enhancement technology (REt), your documents look even sharper. The 6L also has 26 built-in fonts, supports PCLS printing and has a standard 100-sheet paper tray. A standard toner cartridge is good for roughly 2,500 sheets, and costs approximate. ly $96, and that price includes a drum unit.

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With MarkVision, the user control of various printer functions in a well laid out graphical interface under Windows 3.x or Windows 95. Here you can monitor printer status, fine tune certain settings and toggle various options on or off. The toner cartridges are good for around 3,000 pages, while the separate photoconductor unit is good for up to 20,000 prints. Thanks to recent price cuts by Lexmark, the Optra E+ has a suggested retail price of $590, and comes with a standard one-year LexExpress warranty.

Although the 4w lacks any built-in support for PCL emulation, you still have access to any number of fonts within Windows 3.x or Windows 95. Support for DOS applications is also provided, although you must be in the Windows DOS prompt to use it. Considering the fact that this printer can be found for $299, it's an excellent value for someone looking to add a small laser printer to their home or small office. Technically speaking, however, Okidata printers use LED (light emitting diode) technology rather than laser light to imprint the image onto the paper, but you' ll never know the difference when comparing printouts. Output from the 4w looked excellent, with solid black text remaining sharp even on the smallest of fonts. Since the 4w has a limited 128 KB of built-in memory, it will rely on your PC's memory supply to handle more complicated print jobs. With an average street price of $299 and a limited one-year, overnight exchange warranty, the Okipage 4w is very hard to resist.

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It's no secret that the Optra E series of printers are a particular favorite here at TCP Labs. The excellent design, small footprint and superb print quality all combine to make this printer an ideal choice for both home or small office. The all new E+ continues in the Lexmark tradition of offering true 600x600 dpi printing and can do so at 6 ppm with the help of its AMD 29205 16 MHz processor. The Optra E+ has 2 MB of RAM — 1 MB more than it." predecessor, the Optra E. That can be further upgraded to 6 MB using proprietary Lexmark memory modules. A parallel interface is standard on the unit, while serial and Ethernet are available as options. Standard issue with every Lexmark printer is the MarkVision print management utility.

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Okldata Oklpage 6e The successor to the OL600e in Okidata's line Xerox Oocuprlnt 4$08 We first saw the Okipage 4w around this time of LED printers is the model 6e. It offers an The DocuPrint 4508 from Xerox is another last year when the product was introduced. excellent price/performance ratio, not to men- machine that we first saw around this time Our immediate reaction was "wow, that is one tion some pretty impressive design specifica- last. year. The printer itself hasn't changed, but small printer!" The same thing happened this tions. the price sure has! In TCP'sMarch '97 persontime around once we unpacked the unit. It' s The 6e isconsidered a 1,200 dpi-class al laser printer survey, this unit had a suggestamazing to think of how much work goes into machine, capable of printing at a maximum ed retail price of $999. Today, the same printdesigning a laser printer, and even more so resolution of 300x1,200 dpi. With a standard er has a list price of $649, a drop of $350. when you look at something as small as the RAM complement of 1 MB and a MIPS R3000 We gave it rave reviews last year with its 4w. 25 MHz processor, the 6e can sustain print Continued ori page 100

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Hewlett-Packard was first out of the gate in Canada when its HP 620LX palmtop PC started to appear on shelves in early January. It was clear from the outset that this machine is unlike any handheld HP has released before. Larger than most earlier units, it is jet black in color, and provides a set of speciflications unlike any we have seen before in a handheld system. HP is clearly aiming this $1,269 system at what it calls the market for "true enterprise companions that address the needs of today's mobile professionals." The 620LX comes with 16 MB of RAM, the usual collection of Pocket Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), an expense-tracking application called Quicken Expensable, as well as voice recording, fax, and custom calendar-viewing applications. In addition, it has a useful search tool called bFind, which is similar to the File Find function in Windows 95. For showing presentations on a large-screen display, there's also room in the HP system for an optional VGAout card (sold separately).

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The first thing I wanted to be clear about first was the bright, clear and easy-to-read color was the battery life. Unlike most other screen. It was perfect for taking notes during Windows CE systems produced to date, the meetings, even when the lights were turned HP 620LX does not use standard AA batteries. down during the obligatory slide and multimeInstead it relies on a built-in rechargable bat- dia presentations. Even better, the screen was so tery pack. I wasn't sure just how long the bright it actually lit the keyboard well enough charge was going to last on the batteries, since for me to see what I was typing. my earlier experiences with Windows CE 2.0 The keyboard itself was the nicest I have systems running on standard AA batteries seen from HP on a palmtop. While it isn't the were not always positive. best in the current crop of Windows CE sysThe good news was that the battery pack tems (a title that is still held by N EC's was far better than I had expected, running for MobilePro 700), it was very good â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and more most of the day on a single charge as I moved than adequate for vast amounts of note-taking from plane to plane on the way to Disney during Lotusphere. World. It did run out somewhere between Salt Although I was immensely impressed Lake City and Orlando, however, leaving me overall with this machine (and will be very to switch to the' Psion Series 5 to finish the sad to part with it on the dark day when HP's work I needed to accomplish on the remain- public relations firm calls to say that they mirst der of the flight. ,have it back right now), there were a few For a rechargable battery, that ran most of things that didn't quite nake sense. I would the day, with some email work (which meant have been slightly happier to see I IP include a using a PC Card modem) and the use of a modem in the machine and I could not color screen, it was pretty impressive, particu- understand why H P designed the voice larly in its ability to handle the power require- recorder function the way it did (with the ments of the PC Card modem. on/off switch for voice recording sitting in the While this battery configuration eliminat- upper left corner of the keyboard). ed the opportunity to simply insert fresh AA This perhaps makes sense if you are only batteries if I ran out of power mid-flight, recording voice messages when the 620LX is ensuring that the machine was fully charged flipped open in a desk. But in a crowded press and ready to roll beforehand seemed to ensure serum â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or while driving down the highwaythat I didn't have to spend much time with- it would have been much better to have an out use of the machine. external redford button that could be used to Once I got to Florida, the built-in dial-up make quickvoice notes. networking features (which operate almost The HP 620LX palmtop PCincludes a oneidentically to those in Windows 95) allowed me year limited warranty that the company says to easily establish an Internet connection from will provide next-day, express pickup-andmy hotel room to a local service provider in dehvery service. Orlando. I was able to check all the news of the day using the built-in Pocket Explorer Web browser, check my email using Pocket Outlook Sharp Mobllon HC&SOO and even dial in to my home computer over the From: Sharp Electronics oI CanadaLtd. Internet using Symantec's PC Anywhere CE. 800-56-SHARP,http:I/www.sharp.ca There were several really nice things about Price: $1,299 ($1.599 with digital camera attachment) this system that I appreciated on this trip. The

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To 'sla I'l wit h, the I I( -JS(X) illclucles a built-in ).).Okl>ps >11ucletn. Ihe socket for 'the modem is neatly tucked beneath a plastic trap door to the upper left of the main keyboard. 'I'he dour tlips up to reveal a siinple two-wire

The camera OK, let's talk aleut that other big dit'ference: the digital cainera option. Sharp says il is the first digital camera manufactured specifically for a handheld product sold outside Japan. It connector t'or a basic l(J-Il p h one jack. gives you many more goodies than vou would Building the n>oden> i)>to the niain systeni ordinarily have in a standard digital camera. leaves the I'C Card slot free for a network card, With )6.7 million colors, 640xNO resoluSharp's unique digital camera I'(.: Card or any tion, 2x optical and 2x digital zoom, you other I'(. Card option th«t is supported by could see this camera option being really useWindows (.I 2.() ful for anything from quick holiday snapshots I he I l(.-4S()() appears to use the san1e style (well, maybe you wouldn't want to take it to ot' rechargeable battery pack ige as the lfV the beach) to business requirements in sectors machine, whir:h clips unto the back ut' th» sys- such as real estate, manui'acturing, security, or tem in exactly the same way. Also in common insurance. with the 6>2()I.X is the inclusion of v oice Whether or not you choose to buy the recording capabilities, but Sharl> handles the camera, Sharp gives you Image I:.ditor for editinterface for this function more sensibly than ing or adding to images from the digital camera the I-IV system. and Voice Recorder, which allows vou to make Perhaps due to the fact that I was used to voice notes on the pictures you have taken. the voice recording interface of the I'sion Series S, which features external buttons for Take your pick stop, record and play, I was happier with the These are both great machines. If you want a Sharp approach of offering an external record good, solid, corporate handheld with a slightbutton in the place you would expect to find ly larger keyboard and room fo r e xtra it if you were holding lhe machine like a tape Compact(:lash storage, theri the advantage of recorder (i.e., below the microphone). the HV 620LX is clear. Hut if you just want a Despite these differences, the $(,299 great Windows CI:. 2.0 handheld wilh a color Sharp Mobilon is similar in price to its HI' screen, modem and the chance to add a digicounterpart. 'I'here's also a version of the tal camera, then the Sharp is your best — and machine that comes with the digital camera only — choice.J

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confusing mixer software than that provided with the EWS64XL. Roll your own m s Continued from pit t,'e 10l' once? Simply put, because some CD-ROM duplication facilities don't accept track-at-once CD-R. If you are mastering a CI), DAO is the preferred method. To use the DAO function, you must us a third-party package, such as the latest version of Fasy CD I'ro 9S (2.1lc or newer). In our tests, the drive worked well under both Windows 9$ and Windows NT 4.0. We were able to easily back up existing CD-ltOMs to the SureStore on Cf)-R or CD-RW media, using the existing ID1:. CD-ROM drive on our I'C as the source drive. (CI)-It discs run about US$2 each; CD-RW discs cost about US$18.) In fact, we experienced very few of the dreaded buffer underrun errors that frequently plague CD-R users. It's also worth mentioning that using a CD-RW drive is a good way to get the hang of CD recording. If it fails, you can simply erase the CD-RW media and try again. On a standard CD-R drive, failures are much more frustrating and expensive. as the "blown" discs cannot be recorded again. It's also worth mentioning that we blew several discs using DirectCD and Easy CI), but did not experience a single failure using Nero.

Results were not as good when recording audio CDs using the bundled EasyCD Audio software. Titles such as GEAR Audio 4.2 truncate the last two seconds of audio of each track. (Believe me, this plays hell with the flowtogether songs on a progressive rock opus, although you can use an extra-cost software package such as Fasy CD Pro to manually assemble a disc a track at a time — hardly ideal!) Some users also report another problem: audio discs written snth more than 10 tracks of audio combine the remaining tracks as one long song. 1'hus, if recording audio CDs is your primary application of a CD Recorder, you might want to go with a top-rated SCSI-II based drive instead of an A1'API or parallel-interfaced model. It's also worth mentioning that none of the audio extraction programs we tried (CDPIAYER, CDCOPY, CDDA32, etc.) worked correctly with the 7110 (it's an ATAI'I drive; the programs expect SCSI). We finally found success with W inDAC32. It is avail a b le at http: //members.aol.corn/schmelnik/dac.hlml. After numerous tests, we believe that Ahead's Nero 3.021 (L)S$69) is the most reliable CD recording software. It works well with the 7110e (it detects the drive as an Hl' 7100), It's recommended. d

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Tilt and swing What's Playing looks at new pinball and golf titles BY COR D C O B LE ost duffers out there know that one of golfing's greatest pleasures comes from the game's final hole, the 19th, where you kick back with a pop and discuss the day's birdies and bogies over a game of...pinball. Yeah, that's right, pinball. And that rather forced segue leads us into this month's column o' games, a look at GT Interactive's futuristic pinball title Balls of Steel and Accolade's Jack Nicklaus S. the most recent update of its superb golf game. And with a "Fore!" and a "Tilt!", we' re on our way...

Balls of Steel From: GT Interactive Software Corp, Tel: 800-469-5961, http: //www.gtgames.corn Minimum system requirements: Pentium 100 MHz processor, Windows 95 with DirectX v3.0 (or better), 16 MB RAM. 1 MBVESA-compatible SVGAdisplay card, DirectX-compatible sound card, 2x CD-ROM drive, 70 MB available hard drive space. Street price: $45

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ciful (Sierra On-Line's 3D Ultra Pinball). On one hand, you' ll find a painstaking recreation of all the nuts and bolts of a real analog table; on the other, environments and virtual effects that simply could not take place in the real world. But for those who enjoy a little of both, a game that mimics the layout and action of the traditional game and adds a few computer inspired perks, there's GT Interactive's latest pinball extravaganza, Balls of Steel. Mixing physics and ball action similar to what you' d find down at the local arcade with high-tech effects and animations like fire-breathing dragons and assorted alien life forms, Balls of Steel takes pinball to a new digital level without losing sight of its roots. Steel offers five theme-based tables, each featuring a wealth of individual missions, games-within-games, upper table intricacies, hidden treasures, ramps, thumpers, extra flippers and multiple balls. Occasionally, the more talented among us will be asked to participate in extracurricular video games on the dotpanel (the lighted readout that displays your score on a real table), while the truly gifted can automatically post their top scores to the WorldScores internet Rankings site.

So, what appeals to you? Perhaps Steel's default opener, the medieval Barbarian with its dragons and sorcerers and penchant for extremely high scores. Maybe the slimy sci-fi world of Mutation strikes your fancy, or the 4flippered Duke Nukem Iyep, he's here too) with its unconventional approach and explosive sound effects. Firestorm offers variable plunger speed and two extra side-by-side paddies up top for a mini-table within the first, while Darkside is a ramp-heavy alien-themed exercise with ample opportunity to "play" the dot panel. Whatever your game, Steel allows you to adjust your top-down perspective from full screen to scrolling, and set detail levels to compensate for the speed of your equipment. On that note, I found gameplay to be quite adequate even on a machine with Pentium 90 MHz processor, though, due to an acknowledged conflict with Rendition-based video cards, Steel suffered mightily on my PC with a Pentium 200 IIIHz processor! I'ortunately, GT says a patch is on the way. Steel doesn't get into the true-to-life intricacies of table, bumper and tlipper settings, yet it does feature table nnudges" and an impressive gravity-dependent ball — though it is a heavy gravity indeed that makes for fast-

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The entire relational database application, along with its utilities and help file, takes up a miserly 1.9 MB of hard disk space and only requires a minimum of 2 M B o f RAM to launch and run — a far cry from the gobs of resources needed to run many of t oday' s applications. Furthermore, its drag-and-drop installer is so quick and effortless I was up and running in no time at all. Conceptual overview Helix is one of the original dozen or so applications that first appeared on the Macintosh,

and it t akes a very unique and radical approach to relational database design. Helix Technologies defines the product as an iconbased, object-oriented, non-procedural information management and decision support system. Sounds impressive, but what does it mean> It means that people who aren"t programmers can quickly and easily create powerful relational database business solutions without the hassle of having to think in programming code. Most traditional relational database management svstems require having lo learn either a programming or data definition language. Not so with I-lelix. Instead, Helix uses a visual, layered, object-oriented environment within which the user defines the dynamic relationships between data. 'I his sounds more complicated than it really is. 'I'he best way to grasp the Helix concept is to actually try the product for yourself. Helix's topmost object layer starts you off by letting you first define any relations that your data will reside in, as well as users and any sequences (rnacros} that you wish to set up at the time. Opening a relation by doubleclicking on i t r eveals Helix's eight basic "atomic" building blocks: the field, abacus, template, view, index, query, power query and post icons. Like human DNA, these elements are the wellspring that enables you to perform

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operations, such as entering/deleting data, querying, posting and displaying of lists, have been increased from 15 to 90 percent. If you want Helix to really perform its best, I recommend running it on a Vower Macintosh. If you decide to deploy your database on a network, Helix is a snap to set up with its client-server packages. The program's architecture has always been optintized (or AppleTalk/Ethernet network transactions, however, if you plan on deploying a Helix database application in a multi-user environment it i s h i ghly recommended you use I'.thernet. Scripting and the Web Helix has recently added seamless internet access to its databases by enabling Apple External Event Access. AEEA now also fully supports the Frontier scripting environment. In essence, these technologies gives users the ability to remotely enter and retrieve data from a Web-based Helix application using an external program. f oal IW

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full version of the term or acronym is displayed. Unlike a link, there is no obvious indication that a term is described using either the abbreviation or acronym tag — the tooltip only appears if the user places their cursor on the term. Here are a couple of examples to give you an idea of how these tags are supposed to be used: • The abbreviation tag is used to indicate an abbreviated term, like <ABBR TITLE=Light •

TLC, TCB and TCP The W3C added two tags to the HTML 4.0 specification that are ideally suited to explain-ing some of the many baffling acronyms and abbreviations that you can find on Web pages these days — terms like "W3C" for instance. The abbreviation and acronym container tags have the same function: they describe their contents as being either an abbreviated term (like I/O or TV) or acronym (like FBI or RCMP). They were last-minute additions to the official HTML 4.0 specification, and are actually holdouts from the HTML 3.0 specification that never gained wide acceptance within the major browsers. At the time of writing, the abbreviation tag was still unrecognized within the major browsers, but the effects of the acronym tag can be seen in Internet Explorer 4.0. Both tags have only one attribute, TITLE, which is used to indicate the full text of the abbreviated term or acronym. Both the TITLE and ID attributes can be used with almost any tag, but they rarely have any genuinely useful effect, and are there solely to provide extra information to a Webmaster who may be editing the code at a later time. In this case, the TITLE attribute for the abbreviation and acronym tags displays a small pop-up window (actually a "tooltip message") that displays the content of the TITLE attribute to the viewer. So whenever the user places their cursor over the abbreviated term or acronym and the TITLE attribute is used, the

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single document, it is known as bi-directional text — some text is to be read in one direction, and some in the other direction. The bi-directional override keeps the proper placement of items contained within it; it works much like a preformatted (<PRE>) tag for foreign languages. The <BDO> tag is a container tag used to determine the direction in which the text it encloses is to be displayed. It has a single attribute DIR, which has two possible values: Amplification by Stimulated Emission of LTR (left to right) or RTF (right to left). In Radiation>LASER</ABBR>. essence, this tag is used to flip around the The acronym tag is used to indicate an order of the characters it contains. So if you acronym, like <ACRONYM TITLE=World Wide surrounded the English proper name "Keith Web Consortium>W3C</ACRO NYM>. Schengili-Roberts" with this tag, it would come

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appear flashy (or just silly) on a Web page, this is not what the tag was designed for. Here's a better example: Let's say you had the following text on a Web page: EnglishWord1 ArabicWord2 EnglishWord3. The bi-directional algorithm wi thin m ost b rowsers already knows that it should display characters from a given character set in a particular direction, but it does not always know how to place things like numerals correctly in conjunction with these characters. In this case the text would actually be displayed the this way: Vintage&nbsp;Radio&nbsp;Page>KVRP</ACRO N EnglishWord1 wroWcibarA2 EnglishWord3. The YM> Web s it e a t : h t t p://www.interlog Arabic word is displayed from left-to-right as it .corn/-kschengi/radios.htmi. should be, but the number "2" now appears at the beginning of the word, so that it now In this case, the words "Keith's Vintage Radio reads "2ArabicWord" instead of "ArabicWord2". Page" are fully displayed. This is where the bi-directional override tag should be used for explicitly setting the Going ln two directions at once direction of the Arabic text, as in the followThis next tag is kind of tricky to understand at ing example: EnglishWord1 first, but for those people who mix different <BDO =RTL>ArabicWord2</BDO>EnglishWord3, This languages in their Web pages, the new biwould display the text as it was intended, directional override tag is a handy new tool which would b e l i k e t h i s : EnglishWord1 (or will be, if and when it is implemented by 2wroWcibarA EnglishWord3. Unfortunately, at the the major browser manufacturers). There are time of writing the bi-directional override tag many languages designed to be read from is it not supported by any major browser. right to left, such as Arabic or Hebrew, instead of left to r ight, which is more typical of See where changes were made European languages. When characters from If you' ve ever used the Track Changes feature both types of writing systems are present in a in Microsoft Word, or a similar feature in "We plan to keep the ratio of student to teacher at ten to one, so as the student population grows, we will hire more teachers," said Chu. Chu saidthe school runs a two-year program here in Vancouver, and has graduated 44 students since 1994. (Digipen says it will continue to offer programs in Vancouver.)

He said the expansion south of the border is due to the number of students from the U.S. and because school officials wanted "to be closer to Nintendo." The plan, according to school officials, is to keep enrollments small, adding about 100 students each year. Tuition runs US$300 per unit. A BS degree requires 160 units to com-

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Mono o n last month's Lust Byte, we looked with a skeptical eye at those who are pursuing M i c rosoft with an often greedy or p ol i t i c a l l y - b a s e d vengeance. Some gentle readers might have suspected us of being secret shareholders of Microsoft, or biased towards worship of The Mighty Bill. Noth in g could be further from the truth. R at h e r , a lt h o u g h / Microsoft is spectacularly p rofi t a b l e and i n f luential, its ever-rising level of wealth and power is part of a general trend in the computer industry: a trend towards fewer and bigger companies dominating the mainstream of information technology. This corporate concentration is a c ommon, and u n p leasant, feature o f a "mature" industry in the capitalist system. There were hundreds of carmakers in Canada and the United States in the first quarter of the 20th century; now there are only a few. A recent Scientific Ainerienn article examined Microsoft's growth in terms of a theory of "natural monopoly." For a bunch of reasons, not least the frustration of consumers with the chaos and lack of standardization that comes with a multitude of proprietary, incompatible products, there is often a tendency for the market to bet on one vendor or technology, making it a de facto standard. This happened in the PC sound card market, with Creative Labs' Sound Blaster line. A standard may not be the "best" technology (think of the Beta versus VHS videocassette war in the 1970s and 1980s), but once a majority of the market has comntitted to one supplier, or one operating system or one computing platform (PC versus Mac), it is increasingly difficult for other brands to compete. The slogan of the personal computer industry is increasingly "get big or die."' How to get big In February, the computer industry buzzed with the news that Digital Equipment Corp., one of the most respected names in large scale corporate computing, had been bought by one of the Windows PC upstarts, Houstonbased Compaq. For US$9.6 billion, Compaq bought out Digital's shareholders, and announced that it intended to absorb Digital's product lines and other assets into the C ompaqorganization and brand name. This buyout followed other Compaq acquisitions, including the purchase of Tandem Computers seven months ago, and the purchase of a range of networking and computer component makers over the past two years. Compaq is now the second largest computer firm in the world, after IBM.

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