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| Netscape audio/video plugins | ||
| MacromediaFlash- Pulsing musical tracks, sound effects | ||
| Partners in Rhyme - free audio midi "loops" | ||
| Quicktime (by Apple - for MAC and PC) - basic version FREE - streaming audio/video technology | ||
| RealPlayer - hear real sound and play real video. | ||
| Shockwave player - experience interactive content on Web sites | ||
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| MP3 | ||
| MP3.com - software, hardware, music | ||
| MusicMatch Jukebox - audio player, recorder, database software - basic version FREE | ||
| WINAMP - MP3 player (shareware - small fee) | ||
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| Web authoring | ||
| Macromedia - HomeSite | ||
| Macromedia DreamWeaver- download trial version. Web authorware - PC and MAC | ||
| Macromedia Flash- Pulsing musical tracks, sound effects, animations, interfaces - PC and MAC | ||
| Microsoft Front Page | ||
| Netscape
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Web composing program.
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| Web Developers Virtual Library - software reviews, Perl, JAVA, tutorials, etc. | ||
| XML Spy - Web editing program for XML - advertised as including all major aspects of XML "in one powerful and easy-to-use product" | ||
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| Web browsing | ||
| Internet Explorer - Microsoft's Web browser | ||
| Lynx (http://lynx.browser.org/) - non graphical Web browser. Great for people who use non a "windows"-type Internet interface.[You can access this program at the mason/osf1> prompt by typing lynx. If you know the Web address you want, you can also do this, for ex.: lynx http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin] | ||
| Mozilla - for web browsing, email, HTML editing, IRC chat, and more | ||
| Netscape 4.x (GMU download): http://www.gmu.edu/email/memo/downloads.htm | ||
| Netscape Communicator (Netscape Corp.) | Netscape archived 4.x version [In my opinion, a better browser and Web composing program than later versions of Netscape] | ||
| The Netscape Unofficial FAQ | ||
| Opera - advertised as having "great speed, high security, flexible pop-up blocker, effective spam filter, available in 20 languages | ||
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| Computer-mediated Communication Courseware (CMC) | ||
| Computer-mediated communication software (primarily Web-based) | ||
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| Telnet / FTP | ||
| Absolute Telnet - Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP, vt100 emulation, secure shell | ||
| Cuteftp - a file transfer program with a connection wizard to walk you through connecting to an FTP site. User-friendly interface to publish Web pages, download files | ||
| EWAN - a telnet program that lets you print to your LOCAL PRINTER | ||
| Fetch - Fetch Softworks -MAC ftp - (file transfer protocol program) | ||
| PuTTY - FREE Telnet and SSH for Win32 platforms, written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham. | ||
| SSH Secure Shell - FREE for non-commercial and university use, as defined in the license agreement. | ||
| WS_FTP - a File Transfer Protocol (ftp) for Windows with point and click capabilities(can transfer documents/graphics from your computer to your mason account and vice versa - handy way to send files to your Web site on the server.) | ||
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| MOOs / MUDs / IRC | ||
| MOO - resemble "chat rooms." Participants communicate in real time and can also building virtual rooms and other objects. | ||
| MOO clients | ||
| IRC - Internet relay Chat - a method to broadcast live, synchronous, messages to everyone "listening." | ||
| Ircle - MAC | ||
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| Graphics | ||
| Adobe Photoshop ® - Win, MAC | ||
| GIMP - freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. | ||
| IDS (Image Display System)- "a CGI written in Perl that interactively generates a photo album website. All you need to provide are the images and (optionally) text descriptions. As you add new pictures, they will appear automatically." | ||
| Lview- image editing shareware - much less expensive than Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop and has many more features that the image editing program that comes with Windows. Can try out the trial version for 21 days. | ||
| Paintshop Pro - much less expensive than Adobe Photoshop. Windows | ||
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| Software Sites | ||
| CNet DOWNLOAD.COM - drivers, internet, utilities, and more... | ||
| Computer Products for Education - sells Academic Edition versions (exactly the same as the full-retail versions) of the most popular software for students, faculty, staff and schools. | ||
| INTERNET_HELP.net - software, drivers, hardware, HTML | ||
| JourneyEd.com - deep discounts on software for qualified students or staff/faculty members | ||
| MAC software | ||
| Tucows - Internet Software Site (includes top 10 downloads of the week) | ||
| ZDNet downloads - downloads for freeware, shareware (not free, but cheap), and "buy ware." Many vendors will let you have a limited free trial period - often as long as 30 days. | ||
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| Security | ||
| Virus protection software from Norton - FREE to download or buy in bookstore cheap - site license for faculty, students, staff of GMU. If you don't update at least weekly your protection will be out of date. | ||
| Dr. Solomon Anti-Virus - for PCs and MACs | ||
| Firewalls - Shields UP! - Gibson Research Corporation - reviews and links to software companies | ||
| F-Prot AntiVirus | ||
| Norton/Symantec - anti-virus and security programs | ||
| PGP - Pretty Good Privacy Encryption for secure e-mail | ||
| Zone Alarm firewall security software- easy to install firewall protection software. Lets you add more than just "local" and "Internet" zones.You an set different levels of access to the Internet and engage an internet lockout. FREE non-Pro version for individual home use. | ||
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| Adobe Acrobat - converts any document into an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, with its original appearance so you can distribute it for viewing and printing on any system. | ||
| Adobe Acrobat Reader - Free for personal use - lets you view and print files on all major computer platforms. | ||
| EndNote - software to search bibliographic databases on the Internet, organize references in a database, create bibliographies automatically in your word processor || Download trial version. | ||
| Free Agent (a windows-based newsreader - also has file transfer, etc.) | ||
| PowerPoint Animation Player for Active X- works with ppt 97 | ||
| SnagIt - captures anything you see (including video clips) to a graphic file or send to a printer (Caution: posting captured information on your Web site or distributing it without permission can be a violation of copyright law.) | ||
| WINZIP- unzip executable files that are in compressed formats | ||
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