Dramatically speeds document delivery. Used effectively on NOS and National Marine Sanctuaries pages. Multimedia This group of applications provides standard and advanced audio and video transmission. Audio and video have been present on the Web almost as long as the Web has been around, but with very mixed results due to download speeds. Most audio problems have been solved, but audio is limiting in most NOS Web sites.
Video continues to improve, but slowly.
One of the two principal Web standards. Recent developments have dramatically improved the ease of applying this product. Used effectively in many applications. Advanced applications under development. Quicktime is the current Special Projects standard and the Web media format that we will support and enhance over time.