While the Web is fun and informative, it is still developing. As it stands right now, the Web cannot replace the library and journals for information, and reading someone's home page cannot replace meeting them in person. Even though computer and software companies would have you believe that the personal computer can almost do your work for you, the computer is just a tool. It is a tool that some people find more useful than others. The World Wide Web is just another application of that tool.
Web users wishing to listen to sounds online often face long download times and short audio clips.
This software allows users to download sounds quickly and begin to play the sound while it is downloading. The sound quality has been improved with the newly-available version 2.0. For example, a popular applet will display the New York Stock Exchange ticker running across your computer screen. Microsoft is developing a competing language code-named Blackbird. VRML stands for Virtual Reality Modeling Language.