All three feature drag and drop, object-oriented interfaces suitable for developers and end users alike. Future Tense, Inc., another startup from Bedford, Mass., announced TexTure, a design creation and presentation tool that uses Java applets. TexTure can be used to design Java applets that control the layout, font, and placement of graphics seen by a Java-enabled browser. Computer Associates International debuted Jasmine, an authoring environment for multimedia sites. Client software filters the incoming data, per the user's preferences.
Users can stay off-line and still monitor Internet happenings.
Maximum Information, Inc., San Francisco, demonstrated a systems management tool for Webmasters that allows for version control of services and content across multiple platforms. Users can remotely control a desktop system or synchronize files between a laptop and desktop over the Net. Ray Morris and I had an interesting conversation with Geary Broadnax, president of Insync Internet Services , during the recent Computer show at the George R. Brown Convention Center. While HAL-PC was being dismissed as an amateur upstart by most of the ISPs in town, Geary and Dave Power of Insync were most helpful in making sure we not only got the feed we needed to provide first class operations for our members, but that the service would be first class. Hats off to Insync Internet Services, Inc. and thanks a lot Geary.