Editor's Picks

This is an informal and completely unscientific list of the Editor's opinion of the ten hottest picks on this month's CD.

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1. HotDog Express Full Version
HotDog Express will help you to build and upload your very first Web page, in four easy steps. Drag-and-drop to construct a page of headings, images, paragraphs, lines, links and even email addresses.

2. Under Construction 98 2.60
Under Construction 98 is a powerful Web authoring package with all the features web developers need.  It comes packaged with JavaScripts and clipart, and has wizards to help automate complicated processes such as creating JavaScripts.

3. Dreamweaver 1.2
This latest version of Macromedia's Web development suite includes link checking, FTP with firewall support, colour-coded HTML tags and seamless integration with image editors such as Fireworks. While it includes all the latest DHTML features, it also includes the ability to create 3.0 browser-compatible alternative pages.

4. Fireworks 1.0
Fireworks is an integrated package for designing graphics for the Internet. It handles all aspects of graphics including text, design, illustration, image editing, URL, JavaScript and animation.

5. Tech Facts 95 1.41
View all your Windows settings easily with TechFacts. It monitors changes to your system when you install a new program. Features four configurable resource monitors and numerous resource and disk alarms.

6. Dilbert's Desktop Games
Preview two of the great range of Dilbert's unproductivity tools.

7. Lexicon
Intelligent word puzzles with a very pleasant interface.

8. Rock Solid 2.1
You're in charge of a diamond mine.  Mine the diamonds by building scaffolding, conveyors and power plants.  Try to stay under budget.

9. F-15
Ever wondered what it's like to fly around in a $35 million combat aircraft?  Now you can find out with this intense combat simulator.  The sky is your playground. Be the bully.

10. Music Works Personal 2.3
Most amateur musical tools for the PC assume the user has minimal formal musical training. Music Works Personal, developed in Australia, takes the opposite tack; while it can prove to be a very handy compositional tool, its main goal is to allow the easy layout of complex compositions using conventional musical notation.

⌐ Australian Consolidated Press 1998