PRESS RELEASE:  Thoughtful Software ships updated HyperSense and HyperSensePlaye
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Contact info:
                Mishelle Baun
                Thoughtful Software
                616 East Locust St.
                Fort Collins, CO  80524 USA
                970/221-4596

Internet (NEXTMAIL):  info@thoughtful.com

Fort Collins, Colorado - January 23, 1996 - Thoughtful Software
has delivered a new release of its acclaimed HyperSense authoring
software and the companion HyperSensePlayer runtime environment.
HyperSense allows applications to be created quickly and easily
without the need for the NEXTSTEP Developer environment.

The new release corrects several bugs found in the prior release,
and provides updated versions of the online manual and several
other documents.  "We have always striven to offer the highest
quality tools for our customers," said Douglas Simons, Thoughtful
Software's Director of Development.  "The current release emphasizes
our commitment to quality, providing our users with a stable and
robust environment for creating exciting tutorials and applications."

HyperSense is a powerful hypermedia authoring system, with uses
ranging from rapid prototyping to custom application development
to creation of computer based training (CBT) titles.  The object-based
SenseTalk scripting language empowers documents with fully interactive
capabilities through an intuitive English-like language that is
easily mastered.

HyperSensePlayer provides a user environment for working with
documents and applications created in HyperSense without the ability
to modify their scripts or basic structure.  A free single-user
license allows anyone to run the Player in order to use the many
HyperSense-based applications and documents which are now available.
A useful assortment of documents is included with the package,
immediately giving users the ability to maintain an address book
and print labels, manage user defaults, store paragraphs of text
for composing letters, work with multiple pasteboard items, and
much more.

Both the HyperSensePlayer and the full development environment are
available by ftp at the address shown below, or can be ordered on
floppy disks from Thoughtful Software for $10 each to cover media
and shipping costs.

HyperSensePlayer (including Free single-user license and sample documents):
ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/HyperSense/HyperSenseREADME1.00B14a.rtfd.
compressed
ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/HyperSense/HyperSensePlayer.pkg.1.00B14a.NIHS.
b.tar

HyperSense (full development version and documentation):
ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/HyperSense/HyperSenseApp.pkg.1.00B14a.NIHS.b.
tar
ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/HyperSense/HyperSenseDocs.pkg.1.00B14a.tar

Licenses for the HyperSense developer version are available for a
limited time at 30% off the regular price of $499.  MasterCard,
Visa, and personal checks are accepted.  Educational and quantity
discounts are available.  For more information, email info@thoughtful.com
or write Thoughtful Software, 616 East Locust St., Fort Collins,
CO  80524 USA or call 970-221-4596.

Thoughtful Software has been dedicated to the creation of tools
which unlock the power of NEXTSTEP since 1989.  We believe that
users of a superior operating environment deserve an equally high
standard of excellence in the tools they use.  Our aim is to serve
that need.

HyperSense, SenseTalk, and HyperSensePlayer are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Thoughtful Software.  NEXTSTEP is a
registered trademark of NeXT Software, Inc.

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