This section introduces the Channel Channel, a site that illustrates all the features of channels and provides tools for building your own channel. Channels are push. Channels are content that is pushed to your subscribers on a regular basis. Think of them as special web sites, the content of which gets pushed to the subscriber's computer at a scheduled time, so that they can view a wide array of rich content while off line. They can unplug their laptop, hop on a train, and still be browsing your channel without any network connection.
Channels are dynamic.
Channels are compelling for more reasons than this, however. Since Netcaster is built on the latest Netscape Communicator browser, you can utilize all the newer capabilities such as dynamic HTML and bitstream fonts, to provide a richer user experience. In addition, the channel can be tailored to the platform's screen resolution, and utilize absolute positioning to have control over the exact look and feel of the channel interface. This is a designer's dream. Channels are personal.