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Visual Office

URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/visualoffice
Registered price: $70
Rating:

Visual Office is a clever graphical productivity tool to manage your virtual office. You can use it to store and track all your work files, Web pages, and your multimedia files on CD-ROM. It incorporates binders, so you can clip together Web pages and files related by topic. You can add Post-it notes or a 'To-do' list to any file or Web page. Click on a URL and you're taken to the page. Some 300 sites are included to get you started.


Lost in virtual space? Visual Office lets you manage your PC files as you manage your physical ones.
 Files are stored in virtual cabinets, which contain binders for you to keep all your project files in one place. You can install your favourite programs as templates, so that you simply drag a template onto the work area to create a new Word document, Excel spreadsheet, etc.

Install Visual Office
\tools\win31\vslofc\setup.exe
   

Internet Book provides an easy place to store your online data.
 Internet Book

URL: http://www.hotfiles.com
Registered price: $20
Rating:

Internet Book is an easy, graphical way to store all your online data. The interface is that of a loose-leaf notebook. It provides a table of contents, and you can store Web, gopher, archie and FTP addresses, e-mail addresses, as well as Usenet newsgroups. Each item you store can have up to eight fields of information. It's easy to search and sort the various fields and it supports all popular browsers.

Install Internet Book
\tools\win31\ibook\install.exe
   
 

Internet Explorer 3.0

URL: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie.htm
Rating:

The next best thing to IE 3.01 for Windows 95, but apparently missing some features found in the Win 95 Web browser. This is default browser being used on our CD.

Install Internet Explorer 3.0
\tools\win31\msie\setup.exe
 

   
 

Netscape Navigator 3.01

URL: ftp://ftp-au.netscape.com/pub/navigator/3.0/
Rating:

The latest update for this popular Web browser.

Install Netscape Navigator 3.01
\tools\win31\netscape\setup.exe
 

   
 

PaintShop Pro 3.11

URL: http://www.jasc.com

PaintShop Pro has always been our favourite graphic file viewer and converter, but in this latest version, PaintShop Pro is now a comprehensive graphics package and virtually a must for anyone getting into Web page authoring. It lets you view, create and save graphics in the GIF and JPG formats common on the Web, and provides image manipulation tools that'll let you grab a photo or other image and edit it to your heart's content. See our Guide to Web authoring tools.

Install Paint Shop Pro 3.11
\tools\win31\psp\setup.exe
 

   
 

RealAudio

URL: http://www.realaudio.com/products/player2.0.html

Web plug-in that gives you live AM-radio like sound over the Net with your browser. See our guide to Using RealAudio for more information.

Install Real Audio 3.0
\tools\win31\realaud\Ra16_30.exe






 

   
 

Macromedia's Shockwave

URL: http://www-1.macromedia.com/Tools/Shockwave/Plugin/plugin.cgi

Web plug-in that adds mind-blowing animation, sound and interactivity to Web pages. See our Guide to Plug-ins for more information.

Install Shockwave
\tools\win31\shockwav\n16e0001.exe
 

   
  Apple's Quicktime Plug-in for the Internet

URL: http://www.quicktime.apple.com

Apple's Quicktime plug-in lets you view QuickTime movies and QuickTime VR Panoramas and Objects directly in your browser window.

If you already had QuickTime installed, you can download the plugin
(NPQTW16.DLL) and the QuickTime VR Software (QTVRW.QTC) separately.
Regardless of whether you download them with the "Easy Download" or
individially, you must move these files to the proper locations:

Move the file QTVRW.QTC in the WINDOWS directory of your primary drive.

Move NPQTW16.DLL to the "Plugins" directory in your browser folder. If
you are running a beta version of Internet Explorer 3.0, you will need
to create a folder called "plugins" in the same directory as Internet
Explorer 3.0.

You will find these files in: \tools\Win31\qtvr16\
 

   
 

WinZip 6.2

URL: http://www.winzip.com
Rating:

The award-winning shareware utility WinZip is our perennial favourite for unzipping and zipping files under Windows. This new version includes built-in support for popular Internet file formats: TAR, gzip, Unix compress,UUencode, XXencode, BinHex, and MIME. It also includes WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition. See also our guide on How to Use WinZip.

Install WinZip 6.2
\tools\win31\winzip\Winzip31.exe
 

   
 

Eudora Lite

URL: http://www.eudora.com/

Freeware Internet e-mail program which is easy to use and popular, chosen by many ISPs as part of their software package to users. Power e-mail users will want the commercial `Pro' version, however. See our guide to Choosing E-mail Software for more details.

Install Eudora Lite
\tools\Eudora\setup.exe
 

   
 

GIF Construction Set

URL: http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html

Web animations can be done with high-end tools such as Java and Director, but an easier way for most of us is to create animated GIFs with this shareware program. See our Guide to Web authoring tools.

Gif Construction Set does not come with an install routine. You will find the file in: \tools\Win31\gifcon\. Just copy it to a location on your hard disk.

 

   
 

Windows 95
  Internet Explorer 3.01

URL: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie.htm
Rating: 9/10

Microsoft recommends that users of version 3.0 upgrade to this minor upgrade/bug fix. An excellent Web browser which surpasses Netscape -- but only just -- in terms of ease of use. See our Guide to Choosing a Web browser for more details.

Install Internet Explorer for Win95
\tools\win95\msie\Ie301m95.exe


Netscape Navigator 3.01

URL: http://www.netscape.com
Rating: 9/10

Just pipped by Internet Explorer in terms of ease of use, but there are still plenty of reasons to stay with this excellent, marketing leading Web browser. See our Guide to Choosing a Web browser for more details.

Install Netscape Navigator for Win95
\tools\win95\netscape\n32e301p.exe



Netscape Communicator (preview release 2)

URL: http://www.netscape.com
Rating: N/A

This preview edition of the next version of Netscape will give you a taste of what's to come. Be warned though that this is still a beta product.

Install Netscape Communicatorfor Win95
\tools\win95\netscape\c32e40b2.exe




PaintShop Pro 4.12

URL: http://www.jasc.com

PaintShop Pro has always been our favourite graphic file viewer and converter, but in this latest version, PaintShop Pro is now a comprehensive graphics package and virtually a must for anyone getting into Web page authoring. It lets you view, create and save graphics in the GIF and JPG formats common on the Web, and provides image manipulation tools that'll let you grab a photo or other image and edit it to your heart's content. See our Guide to Web authoring tools.

Install Paint Shop Pro 4.12
\tools\win95\psp\setup.exe




RealAudio

URL: http://www.realaudio.com/products/player2.0.html

Web plug-in that gives you live AM-radio like sound over the Net with your browser. See our guide to Using RealAudio for more information.

Install Real Audio 3.0
\tools\win95\realaud\Ra32_30.exe





Macromedia Shockwave

URL: http://www-1.macromedia.com/Tools/Shockwave/Plugin/plugin.cgi

Web plug-in that adds mind-blowing animation, sound and interactivity to Web pages. See our Guide to Plug-ins for more information. Or just check out the menu bar above to see an example of it in action.

Install Shockwave
\tools\win95\shockwav\n32d50f.exe






Apple's Quicktime Plug-in for the Internet

URL: http://www.quicktime.apple.com

Apple's Quicktime plug-in lets you view QuickTime movies and QuickTime VR Panoramas and Objects directly in your browser window.

To install the Qucktime VR plug-in you need to follow the instruction is the Readme file provided. You will find this in the \tools\win95\qtvr32 folder on the CD.





WinZip 6.2

URL: http://www.winzip.com
Rating: 9/10

The award-winning shareware utility WinZip is our perennial favourite for unzipping and zipping files under Windows. This new version includes built-in support for popular Internet file formats: TAR, gzip, Unix compress,UUencode, XXencode, BinHex, and MIME. It also includes WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition. See also our guide on How to Use WinZip.

Install WinZip 6.2
\tools\win95\winzip\Winzip95.exe





Eudora Lite

URL: http://www.eudora.com/

Freeware Internet e-mail program which is easy to use and popular, chosen by many ISPs as part of their software package to users. Power e-mail users will want the commercial `Pro' version, however. See our guide to Choosing E-mail Software for more details.

Install Eudora Lite
\tools\eudora\setup.exe






GIF Construction Set

URL: http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html

Web animations can be done with high-end tools s

uch as Java and Director, but an easier way for most of us is to create animated GIFs with this shareware program. See our Guide to Web authoring tools.

Install GIF Construction Set
\tools\win95\gifcon32\gifcon32.exe
 

Apple Mac

Netscape Navigator 3.01

URL: http://www.netscape.com
Rating: 9/10

For the Mac users out there we offer Netscape Navigator as a compressed self-executing HQX file. You will find this in the \tools\mac\netscape\ folder.





Internet Explorer 3.0

URL: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie.htm
Rating: 9/10

Microsoft's browser now finally released for the Apple Mac in Version 3.0. You will find this in the \tools\mac\msie\ folder.






Eudora Lite

URL: http://www.eudora.com/

Freeware Internet e-mail program which is easy to use and popular, chosen by many ISPs as part of their software package to users. Power e-mail users will want the commercial `Pro' version, however. See our guide to Choosing E-mail Software for more details. You will find this in the \tools\mac\eudora\ folder.

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