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Re: To Kevin and Kelly
- To: Kevin C Houston <hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
- Subject: Re: To Kevin and Kelly
- From: kgstar@most.fw.hac.com (Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39)
- Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 09:54:38 -0500
- Cc: Timothy van der Linden <T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl>, KellySt@aol.com, kgstar@most.fw.hac.com, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl, rddesign@wolfenet.com, David@InterWorld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, DotarSojat@aol.com, neill@foda.math.usu.edu, 101765.2200@compuserve.com
At 8:39 AM 5/2/96, Kevin C Houston wrote:
>On Wed, 1 May 1996, Timothy van der Linden wrote:
>
>> To Kevin,
>>
>> Nice done, I always thought that cgi-scripts where the only way to produce
>> inline moving images. I did know that gif-animations existed, but had never
>> seen one. Now that I started digging in the many imagetools I have, I see
>
>One of the disadvantages, is that the older versions of netscape do not
>support this function. (more on that later) the gif construction set
>can be found at:
>
>http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html
>
>> that I even don't have a working GIF-animation player.
>> Did you find that software "The GIF construction set" on the web? I'm
>> interested in having that tool too.
>> I think that MPEG movies will be a bit smaller, but of course they aren't
>> inline-movies (yet).
>
>The gifcon.exe program _can_ be used as a helper app for your browser, so
>having this program should allow your browser (whatever it is) to see the
>gif 89a extenstions.
>
>To: all
>Re: image-maps
>
>What is the best program for creating maps? and what kind of server
>support do you need?
>
>Kevin
I have WebMap, mainly because I can find it free on the web.
http://www.city.net/cnx/software/webmap.html
The server needs a maps reader program or CGI_, or the server software
itself must support maps. Since I don't have one, I'm not sure how to set
it up. Also maps have different formats (I.E. netscape, CERN, or NCSA.).
Hope this helps.
Kelly
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