Robert MacKimmie ([log in to unmask]) wonders: >Given the wild success success of the Internet and Web access, is >anyone upset by the fact that Netscape is a bit of "the tail waging >the dog"? My own feeling is of great excitement about the development of Netscape's extensions to HTML,and a feeling that their efforts will result in wonderful improvements to the language. Netscape-enhanced HTML documents can still be written with any text editor, graphics, video and sound files are in standard formats, the enhancements are documented in publicly-accessible sites, and the Netscape viewer is free, at least for users in non-profit and educational institutions. Our museum does not yet have a public Web site, but we are developing such a site and running it in-house on a Macintosh localTalk network. With Netscape's recent agreement with Macromedia, a Web-based network promises to provide in-house staff resources, in-house public kiosk access to multimedia collection and exhibition information, and global outreach. New tools being developed for the Mac system using AppleScript allow the control of other programs through Web browsers, enabling the relatively simple construction of Web "front ends" to standard databases, notably Filemaker. It seems to me that we are witnessing the rapid evolution of a communication form that is filling a niche in the information landscape. If museums want visitors to their web sites, they will have to follow the migration. ------------------------------------- "And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. YOU'LL start happening too." -Dr. Seuss ------------------------------------ Jim Swanson /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Banff,Alberta /\/\/\ [log in to unmask] /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\