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The company needs a desktop video conferencing sw to be used in a token-ring environment with a 64k line where video quality and performance are the most critical issues. The aim is to satisfy the conferencing needs of people working in remote LAN's. Enhancements like video resizing,video-audio compression are preferred.…

Thanks for the reassurring bit of info. My new Pentium will be here Feb. 22, and I can't wait to install Macromedia and see if it is as good as its reviews. I hope that lingo is easier than its reviews! Tommy Fulton

I would recommend Director 4.0. This is an incredible program and it seems to be really catching on. When I see free lance jobs they usually ask for Authorware or Director experience (both Macromedia products). I have Toolbook as well. This is not as sophisticated as Director, as far as…

I don't what the pricing is for the packages, but I think to folowing is true: Toolbook is a more powerful product, but generally harder to use. Director is much easier to use, but dosen't have the same power. Now I could be wrong on this, but I don't think…

Tommy, I can only speak for Director for windows, never used toolbook. I can't imagine anything you can't do with this product! It's featured packed, relatively easy to use and a whole lot of fun to use. Get It! John

I have begun to enter the DTV world and like a lot of people, I have very limited funds. Therfore, it is very important for me to buy the right products the first time! The last week I have been reading everything I could find on Multimedia Authoring Software and…

Thanks for the info on Scala! I'll keep my eyes open. -Steve

The PC version of Scala will not be available for many months. When it does show up it will be inferior in many ways to the existing MM300 product on the Amiga because hardware/software of limitations of Intel based machines. For instance, in the past, when IBM has been doing…