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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>Blue World Announces Beta of Lasso Studio 6 For Adobe GoLive 6</h1></div>
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<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />
December 3, 2002</p>
<p>BLUE WORLD ANNOUNCES BETA RELEASE OF LASSO STUDIO 6 FOR ADOBE GOLIVE 6</p>
<p>Significant enhancements provide complete solution for quickly building<br />
data-driven Web sites within an easy to use graphical environment.</p>
<p>Bellevue, WA--December 3, 2002--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers<br />
of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today announced the immediate availability of<br />
the first beta release of Lasso Studio 6 for Adobe GoLive 6 on Mac OS X and<br />
Windows 2000/XP.</p>
<p>"Lasso Studio allows non-programmers to quickly build data-driven Web sites<br />
using an intuitive set of tools and wizards," said Bill Doerrfeld, CEO of<br />
Blue World. "The enhanced productivity offered by Lasso Studio allows Web<br />
designers to save time and money so they may focus less on technical<br />
challenges and more on creative and business advancements."</p>
<p>About Lasso Studio 6</p>
<p>Lasso Studio 6 is the successor to Lasso Studio 1.x. Lasso Studio<br />
transforms leading Web site editors into robust environments for building<br />
Lasso-based data-driven Web sites. Designed for entry-level Web designers<br />
to intermediate Web developers, Lasso Studio provides wizards and tools<br />
which dramatically ease the process of building data-driven Web sites.</p>
<p>New Features</p>
<p>Lasso Studio 6 includes the following new and enhanced features:</p>
<p>Live Data Preview - Ability to display and navigate through data from your<br />
databases while precisely editing how it will appear in your Web pages.<br />
Eases the process of visualizing how dynamically generated Web data will<br />
appear.</p>
<p>Snapshot Editor - Allows editing of stored snapshot files which contain<br />
database schema information and queries for sample record sets.</p>
<p>Show/Hide Database Schema - Ability to selectively show/hide database<br />
schema information (e.g. databases, tables, fields). Allows Web designers<br />
to more easily focus on data relevant for specific projects.</p>
<p>Redesigned Interface - All aspects of Lasso Studio have been redesigned and<br />
rearchitected to provide enhanced usability and accessibility while<br />
streamlining the overall workflow.</p>
<p>Enhanced Performance - Lasso Studio was completely rewritten to provide<br />
enhanced performance while minimizing RAM overhead requirements.</p>
<p>Inline Methodology - Full support for inline methodology throughout Lasso<br />
Studio including within the Site Builder, Form Builder, Tag Editor and<br />
Inline Tag Inspector.</p>
<p>Lasso Studio Palette - Floating palette with easy access to the Database<br />
Selector, Data Preview and Preferences palettes.</p>
<p>Customizable Objects Display - Ability to display LDML code as graphic<br />
icons or as text objects with tag name or full tag expressions options.</p>
<p>Authoring Platform Support - Support for Adobe GoLive 6 and Macromedia<br />
Dreamweaver MX (scheduled for future release) on Mac OS X and Windows<br />
2000/XP.</p>
<p>Lasso Professional 6 Server Environment - A feature-complete single-user<br />
version of Lasso Professional 6 is included complete with all provided<br />
documentation.</p>
<p>Setup and Server Connectivity - The process for installing and setting up<br />
Lasso Studio and connecting to a Lasso server environment has been<br />
dramatically streamlined and simplified.</p>
<p>Parameter Editor - New Parameter Editor and Tag Selector ease the process<br />
of editing complex expressions.</p>
<p>LDML 6 and Objects - Over 10 new objects provide complete support for LDML<br />
6, the language for the Lasso 6 product line. Dedicated tag inspectors ease<br />
the process of selecting appropriate tag parameters with accurate syntax.</p>
<p>Syntax - Support for standard syntax, LassoScript, custom tags and expressions.</p>
<p>LDML Updater - Supports updating LDML 3 and LDML 5 based sites to LDML 6<br />
with appropriate syntax.</p>
<p>Documentation - The documentation has been completely rewritten to follow a<br />
task-oriented approach and new style guidelines.</p>
<p>Pricing and Availability</p>
<p>Lasso Studio 6 for Adobe GoLive 6 is scheduled for final release by the end<br />
of 2002. The beta version is currently available to qualified parties by<br />
contacting <a href="mailto:beta@blueworld.com">beta@blueworld.com</a>. Lasso Studio 6 for Macromedia Dreamweaver MX<br />
is scheduled to be available in early 2003. New and upgrade pricing for<br />
Lasso Studio 6 will be announced when the product is available. Until such<br />
time as Lasso Studio version 6 is available, version 1.x is available from<br />
Blue World and authorized resellers at $100 off the regular price.</p>
<p>About Blue World</p>
<p>Blue World Communications (<a href="http://www.blueworld.com" title="www.blueworld.com">www.blueworld.com</a>) delivers cross-platform<br />
software tools allowing Web developers and designers to quickly build and<br />
serve powerful data-driven Web sites. Blue World provides Lasso<br />
Professional, Lasso Studio and ListSearch.com in fulfillment of its mission<br />
to bring business to the Internet(tm).</p>
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