COM 205 Multimedia Applications

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COM 205Multimedia Applications

• St. Josephs College
• Fall 2004

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Chapter 13

• Tools For the World Wide Web

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Web Servers

• 1. The server is actually software.
• a) Various servers are available that run on
  various platforms.
• b) The most common server packages include
• (1) Apache
• (2) Microsoft Internet Information Services
  (IIS)
• (3) iPlanet

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Web Servers

• 2. The server plays a pivotal role in content
  delivery.
• 3. The speed and capacity of the server has a
  major effect on performance.
• a) This is especially true when the server is
  delivering streaming content.
• b) Speed and capacity is affected by the server
  hardware.
• c) Plan carefully for capacity.

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Web Page Makers and Site Builders

• A. Learn HMTL
• 1. Although site building tools seem to remove
  the need to learn HTML, some knowledge is still
  important.
• 2. An HTML document can be created or edited
  using only a text editor.
• B. Site building tools
• 1. Various tools help you create Web pages in a
  WYSIWYG editing environment.
• 2. The markup created by editors is often
  complicated and bloated.
• 3. Inspite of this, these tools can be
  timesavers.

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Web Page Makers and Site Builders

• 4. Common site building tools include
• a) Adobe GoLive
• b) Macromedia Dreamweaver
• c) Microsoft FrontPage
• d) Myrmidon
• e) Netscape Composer
• C. HTML translators
• 1. Many programs such as word processors
  incorporate HTML translators.
• 2. The markup created by translators is often
  bloated and proprietary.

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Web Browsers

• 1. The most common Web browsers are
• a) Internet Explorer
• (1) The AOL browser uses Internet Explorer as
  its enabling technology.
• b) Netscape Navigator
• (1) Paradoxically, AOL Time Warner now owns
  Netscape.
• (2) Netscape recently released version 6, but its
  market share still pales to Internet Explorers.
• 2. Some alternate browsers, are
• a) Opera
• b) Emacs
• c) iCab

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Web Browsers

• 3. Web browsers have increasingly grown to
  support plug-in technologies such as FLASH and
  Java.
• 4. Web browsers often vary from the HTML
  standards.
• a) Support for features such as cascading style
  sheets (CSS) is inconsistent
• The majority of visitors to your web site will be
  using Internet Explorer or Netscape with
  plug-ins. You should be sure that your content
  looks good in both of them.

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Web Browsers and Plug-Ins

• Plug-ins and delivery vehicles
• 1. Plug-ins add capabilities to the Web browser.
• a) Plug-ins are also sometimes called helper
  applications.
• 2. If your content requires a plug-in, dont
  forget that users must have the plug-in
  installed.
• a) Provide a link to help the user obtain the
  plug-in.
• b) Decide whether requiring a plug-in is
  worthwhile.
• 3. Types of plug-ins include
• a) Text ( such as Adobe Acrobat Reader)
• b) Images ( such as Macromedia Shockwave which
  allows the display of vector graphics.

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Web Browsers and Plug-Ins

• Plug-Ins
• c) Sound
• Plug-ins such as RealPlayer, QuickTime, and
  Windows Media Player can play music.
• d) Animation, video, and presentation
• 1. RealPlayer, QuickTime, and Windows Media
  Player also play animations and video.
• (2) Flash and Shockwave are used for animation
  and presentation.
• (3) Microsoft PowerPoint can be used for online
  presentations

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Vaughns Bandwidth Rule

• Bandwidth Satisfaction
• File size
• Satisfaction with the Internet is a function of
  connection speed and the size of the data
  elements accessed

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Beyond HTML

• 1. Programming technologies can be used for
  online content delivery, such as
• a) Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programming
• b) PERL
• d) Java
• e) JavaScript
• f) PHP

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Beyond HTML

• 2. You can interact online with conferencing
  tools such as
• a) BeingThere
• b) CU-SeeMe from White Pine
• c) LiveMedia from Netscape
• d) Netmeeting from Microsoft
• 3. 3-D worlds
• (1) Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)
• (2) Macromedia Director/Shockwave Player
• (3) Apple QuickTime
• (4) Java