Friday, December 12, 1997

Henry Norr's last MacWEEK column. Great job Henry! A total class act.

InfoWorld: Industry reaction to the Microsoft decision.

The SF Examiner is looking for a webmaster.

Tim Draper's BizWorld was created to bring volunteers and parents into the classroom to encourage 3rd through 8th grade students to learn about business.

On HotWired, Paul Boutin reviews the advantages of Java from a programmer's point of view. Many of them are also advantages of scripting environments.

As I see it, the problem with Java is that you can't write Director XTRAs, Photoshop plug-ins, DLLs or other standalone code. It doesn't integrate with existing stuff. Java is still looking for its killer app.

The Wired News Vaporware Team call for submissions for Vaporware of the Year, 1997. Let's have fun!

Tune up your website for free. It's funny!

News.com: Bill Gates in Beijing.

Dan Gillmor in the SJ Merc on yesterday's Microsoft decision.

5 new pages linked into the Frontier 5 news page.

Frontier 5 is free. The expiration date of February 1, 1998 is there to be sure that everyone gets the final version. That's the only reason. This question is being debated on at least one mailing list. Hopefully this puts the question to rest.

Greg Pierce's Style macro suite works with Frontier 5.

WebExtras 1.5 also works with Frontier 5.

OSA Menu 1.1 is available on Leonard Rosenthol's website.