Plugins for Browsers
RealAudio
Real-time sound and video over the Net. Streaming Audio and Video
Crescendo!
Build MIDI background music into your pages.
Acrobat
Adobe's Acrobat lets apps and platforms view richly formatted files, and puts them right in your Web pages.
ActiveX
ActiveX is Microsoft's answer to Java, Most Win95 users already have it.
Shockwave
A can't-miss site, with plug-in versions for Authorware, Freehand, and Director.
ABC QuickSilver
Micrografx's Interactive, clickable graphics, plus a few extras only the Web can provide.
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ArgusMap
Cyberspace is fun to map, but so is the real world. Put the two together, and you have the Argus Map Viewer.
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ASAP WebShow
Software Publishing Corporation's tool displays full slide presentations over the Web.
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Astound Web Player
If your multimedia Web pages are of the Gold Disk Astound or Studio M variety, make sure your users have this plug-in.
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Chemscape
Display 2-D and 3-D inside a Web page.
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CLearFusion
For faster downloads ClearFusion streams AVI files, letting you view them as they arrive. (used to be CoolFusion>
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CMX Viewer
Corel's viewer lets you see graphically rich .CMX files.
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DWG/DXF
From SoftSource, a plug-in for AutoCAD DWG files and DXF illustration files.
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EarthTime
When you absolutely need to know which continent the sun's shining on. Commercial
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Echospeech
Embeds speech files directly into your pages.
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Envoy
An Adobe Acrobat-like plug-in offering some nice features not found in Acrobat..
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Fractal Viewer
Fractals are fascinating, and this tool lets you view them full-screen or as thumbnails.
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Ichat
Ichat puts an Internet chat system inside your browser, allowing you to talk to other users while browsing the Web.
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ISYS HindSite
Better than almost any other history file, HindSite shows you precisely where you've been.
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Koan Music
Embed files created by the sophisticated Koan Pro Authoring into Web pages.
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Lightning Strike
Cut graphics files down to usable size while keeping quality pretty much intact.
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Look@Me
Timbuktu users will be delighted with this plug-in, which lets Web users collaborate on documents and applications
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MacZilla
If you have a Mac, this puts audio and video at your fingertips and even updates itself.
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mBED
Way cool little animated graphics, compatible with Java.
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Net-Install
This handy plug-in combines downloading, decompressing, and running a setup program to install software from your site.
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PointCast Network
Up-to-the-minute news, weather, and sports, nicely presented.
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PointPlus
This plug-in gives you what you need to put PowerPoint presentations up on the Web in minutes.
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PowerMedia
Presentations, training sessions, even multimedia kiosks are the order of the day for this Web content authoring tool.
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QuickServer
Works with development tools such as Visual Basic and Java to develop interactive applications for your Web pages or intranet.
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RapidTransit
If you want really good sound without waiting forever, check out RapidTransit.
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Scream
Creation software to produce very small animation files (less than 1K in many cases) and put them inside Web pages.
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Sizzler
Cut download times dramatically by streaming video files.
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Talker
Make your Mac Web pages talk, using less bandwidth than standard recorded audio.
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TechExplorer
Unix fans rejoice! Now you can put your TEX/LATEX files, with all their sophisticated markups, into your Web pages.
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ToolVox
Big-time compression ratios help ToolVox embed speech files into your Web pages.
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VDOLive
Video compression makes VDOLive possible, and with the VDOLive Personal Server you can deliver video files from your own site.
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ViewDirector
There are tons of TIFF graphics out there, and ViewDirector lets Netscape display them all.
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ViewMovie
Documentation and release notes for viewing QuickTime movies.
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Viscape
Virtual reality software for marketing, training, product design, medicine, and entertainment.
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VR Scout VRML
This VRML module for Netscape 1.22 offers speed benefits and continuing VRML development.
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WHIP!
Autodesk's contribution to the viewer plug-in market.
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Whurlplug
An Apple plug-in to build, navigate, and interact with 3-D models on the Web.
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WIRL Virtual Reality Browser
A VRML environment that supports authoring and object behaviors, but tends to clash with other VRML plug-ins.
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Word Viewer
Don't want to reformat all those Word documents into HTML? Have your Web readers get this viewer instead.
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WorldGroup
The makers of long-popular BBS software offer Web and intranet producers a way to make a full-featured Web site at a remarkable speed.