Beyond HTML

This handbook provides information and direction on implementing the best of the new technologies and HTML alternatives created to improve Web sites. Topics covered include: HTML alternatives, such as Adobe Acrobat, Novell Envoy, Common Ground Digital Paper and SGML; interactivity and multimedia technologies, such as Sun Java, Iterplay, Director, media objects, Script X and Microsoft Blackbird; virtual reality on the Web, with a focus on VRML; real-time audio, including Real Audio, Xing technologies, DSP Group TrueSpeech and Voxware; and multi-user environments, such as Chat, Prospero Global Stage, Ubique and Worldschat. The author offers coverage of the best new technologies for creating impressive Web sites and shows Webmasters what's new, how it works and why or why not they should use it. The book is organized into six sections, each focusing on a different technological development and each providing in-depth coverage and hands-on examples of that development. These sections are followed by a quick overview of other relevant technologies and tools that the Webmaster should consider.