Audioconferencing Programs

Programs that allow you to use the Internet as a telephone.

• Internet Phone an Internet audioconferencing system by VocalTec Inc.

  The free public beta version of Internet Phone is now available!

• NetPhone an Internet audioconferencing system.

  NetPhone works over slow connections (it is optimised for a 14.4KBPS modem). At a sampling rate of 10,000 samples per second the sound quality isn't wonderful, but it is understandable. The free demo version of NetPhone can be used for one week and limits you to one outgoing call of 90 seconds duration in each session. Incoming calls are not subject to any time limits.

• PGPfone an application (still beta) by Phil ZIMMERMAN that allows real-time PGP-ENCRYPTED communication over the Internet.

E-mail Programs

Programs that send and retrieve messages through the networks.

• Claris Emailer by Claris Corporation

• Eudora ||ftp bySteve DORNER of QUALCOMM Incorporated.

• PowerMailerby CTM Development.

E-mail Conferencing Programs

Conferencing servers for on-line, interactive discussion forums.

• Web Crossing byTim LUNDEEN.

  Web Crossing runs on the same machine as your existing Web server. Your Web server will continue to run normally - but will automatically route all conferencing requests to Web Crossing using standard protocols (Apple CGI).

  Anyone with a Web browser and network access can use your conference. You control access to your site, so you can open it to the whole Internet, or just to people that you authorise. Conferences are not "real-time-chat" they are more like organized E-mail, with full HTML formatting.

FTP Programs

Programs that allow you to send (upload) and retrieve (download) files from other machines on the Internet.

• Anarchie by Peter LEWIS.
• Fetch by Jim MATTHEWS (Dartmouth College).

Gopher Programs

Programs that retrieve information.

(The Gopher information retrieval system was created by the University of Minnesota and has wide acceptance on the Internet).

• TurboGopher by The University of Minnesota.
• Blue Skies by the University of Michigan's Weather Underground.
• Sextant by Brown University.
• GopherSurfer by The University of Minnesota.

Internet Information Management Programs

Programs that provide Internet tracking and capturing capabilities .

A powerful, integrated environment for finding, organizing and sharing Web information. SiteMarker provides both beginning and advanced Web users tools which increase their Web productivity and enjoyment. Not only can Web users store, organize and fluidly access an unlimited number of URLs, they can also easily share them among each other.

• WebArranger® by CE Software, Inc.

  This is an Internet information management application that combines extensive Internet tracking and capturing capabilities with the flexible personal information management features of Arrange® (a product CE Software recently acquired from Common Knowledge, Inc.).

Internet Relay Chat programs

Programs that allow you to "Chat"(via Keyboard) over the Internet

• ChatNet by ELS, Inc.
A Macintosh IRC client that provides security and control over the entire Internet Chat environment.

• Global Chat by Quarterdeck Corporation

• Homer a Shareware program by Toby SMITH.

• Ircle: A Shareware program.

• MacIRC a Shareware program by Chris BERGMAN.

List Server Programs

• Macjordomo

Netscape Navigator Plug-Ins

• SurfTalk by Digital Dreams
  Enables users to control the Netscape Navigator via spoken commands, "Go back", "Reload", and "Net Search". Users will be able to speak any hypertext link as well as bookmarks.
• ShockTalk by Digital Dreams
  Utilizes Apple's speech-recognition technology to enable Webmasters to create Web sites that can be navigated via spoken commands. ShockTalk also enables Macromedia Director developers to create Shockwave movies that prompt the viewer for spoken information.
• ListenUp by Bill Noon
  Enables Web-page creators to make their Web pages listen for phrases associated with a URL and link to that URL when the appropriate phrase is spoken.
• Talker by MVP Solutions
  Utilizes Apple's text-to-speech technology to enable Web pages to talk and even sing. In addition to speaking text in a regular text file, Talker also lets the author embed special commands to change the voice.

Open Transport

For information on Open Transport, Apple's reworking of the Mac's core networking software, see the following site:
• Mark SPROUL's Open Transport Site

Real-time Conferencing Programs

Real-time Conferencing programs that you can serve from a Mac that integrate with the WWW.
• Co-motion for Internet

Usenet Newsreaders

Programs that help you read news and provide capabilities for following or deleting threads.
• NewsWatcher by Steve FALKENBURG/John NORSTAD.
• Internews by Steve MAKER & Roger BROWN (Dartmouth College).
• Value-Added NewsWatcher
• Yet Another NewsWatcher by Brian CLARK

Video Management Programs

Programs that will take and manage a series of video images for displaying on a web site.
• MacWebCam by Parasoft

  MacWebCam will take and manage a series of video images for displaying on a web site. It has a powerful set of tools for adding captions, time and date stamps, logos, and picture frames to the camera images. It also supports server push animation files, pre/post processing AppleScripts, and multiple camera support.

• MovieStar Maker byIntelligence at Large, Inc.

  A fast way to create cross-platform QuickTime video using Macintosh computers. Both professionals and amateurs can use the drag-and-drop interface to create sophisticated effects -- scrolling titles, superimposed logos, voiceovers, fades, wipes and animation -- without spending a fortune and reading stacks of manuals.

  Any QuickTime plug-in -- including the MovieStar plug-ins -- can playback these movies within the layout of a Web page.

World Wide Web (WWW) "Browser" Programs

Programs that allow you to browse the WWW.
• Netscape Navigator || ftp by Netscape Communications Corporation.
• NCSA Mosaic || ftp by the National Centre for Supercomputing Applications.
• MacWeb|| ftp by John HARDIN for MCC's EINet group.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer by Microsoft Corporation.

World Wide Web (WWW) "Calendar" and "Address Book" Programs

Programs that allow you to generate calendar and address book pages on the WWW.
• Now Up-to-Date Web Publisher by Now Software., Inc.

Automatically generates calendar and address book pages with no HTML programming. In addition to viewing published calendar and address book pages on the Web in familiar formats, users can drag-and-drop that information into their personal Now Up-to-Date calendar and address book. When information is dragged from Web pages, the Web location of the source page is automatically appended for quick navigation back to the publisher's Web page.

World Wide Web (WWW) Authoring Programs / HTML Editors / Text Editors (with HTML Support)

Programs that allow you to create WWW pages.
• Alphaa large, sophisticated text editor.
• BBEdit Lite a freeware popular text editor and text-based HTML authoring tool by Bare Bones Software.
• Emacsa port of GNU Emacs from Cornell University.
• Guy's Universal Text Munger (GUTM)a ZealWare editor by Sal "Mr. AppleScript" SOGHOIAN Pronounced "gut 'em", it munges text in order to facilitate the posting of electronic messages. GUTM requires BBEdit 4.0 and a Macintosh.
• HoTMetaL PROa commercial HTML editor by SoftQuad.
• HTML Editor a semi-WYSIWYG HTML editor by Rick GILES, Acadia University, Wolfville, N. S., CANADA.
• HTML Pro a fast almost-WYSIWYG HTML editor by Niklas FRYKHOLM. Help is available online.
• PageSpinner (www.algonet.se) ||PageSpinner (www.dsv.su.se) ||ftpby Optima System. ADemo copy can be downoaded from www.fogcity.com.
• Simple HTML Editor
• TableWorks by SoftTools Enr. A WYSIWYG HTML editor specialized in the manipulation of tables. This software is designed so the user will not be required to understand HTML code.
• Webdoor a Shareware system designed for automatic Web page publishing from any Macintosh. No HTML knowledge is required.
• Webtor an HTML editor by The Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics.