This Month: Exploring the Net with MIE 3.01 – Apple Still Loves the Cinema – A Couple Random Thoughts
June is here. Summer is upon us again. If you’re like me, when you’re not outdoors enjoying the beautiful weather and hanging out with your friends, you’re probably found sitting behind your Mac, going to movies, and what not. That’s how I plan to spend my summer vacation and so this column makes mention of both.!
Shadows of the Empire
I didn’t like Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.1. I couldn’t really put me finger on why, I just didn’t. Netscape 2.02 was my browser of choice.!
Then Netscape 3.01 came out. I tried it, liked it, and since my computer didn’t complain TOO loudly about it, I kept it. I was looking forward to trying out Explorer 3.0, but it never came out for 680×0 Macs. Then there was this whole CFM-68K extension fiasco from Apple. (I believe Code Fragment Manager for 680×0 Macs is the meaning of the acronym.) If you used a 68K Mac, you couldn’t use that extension, and risked possible data loss if you did. CFM-68K is an extension that allows CISC-based processors to use shared libraries like their PowerPC friends, and you need it if you want to run certain applications on an older Mac, such as Internet Explorer and Cyberdog.!
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Welcome to the first annual “Macintosh Babble Special Mac Stuff Awards”, the awards that are given out to certain Mac creations that stick out in special ways… and some that don’t. Anyway, you get the picture. Now, if you will be seated, I would like to start…
How do you win an award? Well, it’s almost impossible to get a “Macintosh Babble Special Mac Stuff” award. The process is excruciating and time-consuming. First, you have to pass our in-depth checklist of “Mac-like Coolness”, which few survive. Here’s an exclusive glance at our recently declassified and very intricate checklist for choosing who gets an award:
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What does the number 2,700 mean to you? To Apple, it is the number of employees it recently laid off. Not only are 2,700 steadfast Apple workers going to lose their jobs, but technologies like OpenDoc, CyberDog, and Open Transport are going to be cut back or annihilated. That, my friend, is a large piece of the Apple pie.
So, what does it all mean? If you listen to a sizable percentage of the press, it means that Apple’s ultimate demise is closer than we thought. To the optimistic Mac user, however, it is simple “restructuring.”
Many Mac users are concerned about Apple’s future. Every month, I have a different survey posted on my Web site (http://members.aol.com/radarmen99). Last month, one of the questions involved Apple’s future. Thirty-five percent of the visitors that took the survey said they were apprehensive about the future of Apple. Gee. . . and that was last month.
I recently sat down for an electronic interview with Macworld’s “Desktop Critic” columnist, David Pogue. We discuss, among other things, the future of Apple. . .
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The headline story of Infoworld ‘s June 24 issue was on the alliance Apple and Microsoft have entered into to develop multimedia standards. One result will be the integration of Apple’s QuickTime into Windows 95. (It does send chills up the spine, doesn’t it?) Infoworld columnist Michael Vizard explained the phenomenon this way: “…the biggest single dynamic now driving industry alliances is simple, outright fear. And to be quite frank, this is an incredibly good thing.” For Mac lovers, it may be a great thing. In these pioneer days of the Web, Apple has gotten some of its most important technologies adopted by cyberspace’s biggest player.
Cyberdog v1.0
Estimated price: Free (So far!)
Company: Apple Computers Inc.
By Adam Karneboge-Icon Master
If you have ever been looking for an all-in-one internet tool suite, Cyberdog is what you have been looking for. CyberDog integrates the various aspects of the Internet (web browsing, ftp, email, etc.) into a very easy-to-use Finder interface. Cyberdog is a Power Mac only application that adapts Apples new OpenDoc™ Technology. With Cyberdog, Apple has made the task of using the Internet a whole lot eaiser.
By implementing Cyberdog as a collection of specialized software components, represented with OpenDoc containers, Apple has created an all-in-one Internet application users can customize or even use pieces of in future OpenDoc-compliant software.
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Media reaction to the recent Apple software developers conference was decidedly … mixed. Mixed, but easy to find; most of the major computer publications covered new Apple CEO Gilbert Amelio’s speech to the developers explaining it as the outline for his vision of the company’s future and Apple’s goals for the Internet. Some magazines said Amelio’s plans to reorganize the company are a positive sign that the company has properly placed its bet on Internet development. Others reported that there was more for consumers to be pleased with then businesses.
Web Week seemed very happy with Cyberdog in its May 20 review of the new program. Covering briefly the blizzard of features offered by the browser tool, the magazine stated, “If nothing else, the new product proves that Apple still is a fun-loving bunch.” They also recount with some amusement the story of how the code name for the product was so popular with Mac users that it became the actual product name, despite the obvious negative puns it will inspire if the product fails.
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