Insight also provides a Distribution Wizard that allows publishers to distribute the publication to CDs, LANs or the Web. For the Web, the Distribution Wizard creates an executable that contains all the necessary components to install and configure the Web publication. Insight provides two different user environments, depending on the distribution mechanism. With Web distribution, the user environment is a thin-client application that runs in a Web browser. Both environments are fully customizable and robust, and include a built-in viewer.
Users can sort the results of a search, print selected documents, or open multiple documents.
Overall, we found the CD-ROM and LAN client interfaces to be user friendly and intuitive. We were able to quickly navigate through the publications using the table of contents and bookmarks. In addition, the client environment allows users to create electronic sticky notes to annotate the publications. The Web interface is easy to use, but is less functional than its thick-client cousin. For example, the table of contents and full-text searching are not available in a single interface, requiring the user to jump between pages.