Software Resources:

• home.Netscape.com
  Netscape Navigator and Communicator are by far the most popular Internet browsers. The newest versions come packed with everything you need for Internet. It has the browser, email, news reader, html editor, confrencing software, a white board and even some networking with IBM networks.
• www.Microsoft.com
  I don't really need to say much about this company except that they are the rulers of software that you must have, the software you have learned to despise but you can not live with out. Face it, if your running Windows, they own your desk top. They do have a decent browser, Internet Explorer. The other good thing from Microsoft is that they do have the new Web specific fonts.
• www.Eudora.com
  Eudora Pro has become the best email software for both platforms. You can have multiple email addresses, as many signatures as you like and tons of useful filtering tools. See our Eudora setup for L A Bridge customers.
• www.Shareware.com
  For Windows, UNIX, Novell, Amiga, Macintosh and more, Shareware.com is one of the best resources for getting software, including; ftp, telnet clients, gif animators, HTML editors, image viewers and much more.

Search Engines:

• www.Yahoo.com
  They were the first Internet search engine categorized by humans instead of robots and to this day they still do it. If your are looking for anything specific then we recommend using Yahoo!. If you don't find what you're looking for they have conveniently added all the main search engines at the bottom of the first search results page. If you can't find what you want, simply click on the Excite, infuse or Lycos link and it will automatically search them for you. No need to re-enter you search string. Now don't you want your Yahoo!

Webmasters Resources:

• www.Lynda.com
  A great site for webmasters. This site is maintained by author Lynda Weinman, an author of books on web graphics, image compression, design and web color. An excellent resource for graphic designers creating web graphics. This is where you can find out what a hybrid palate is or learn how to create non-dithering images that look great even though they are 2k in size. You can also pick up the 216 web safe color palate that will work in almost any graphics application.
• www.Will-Harris.com
  Will-Harris created the EsperFonto System (Paten Pending), the Web's only interactive typeface selection guide. EsperFonto technology has been licensed by companies such as Bitstream, Hewlett Packard, and Corel to help users choose the most appropriate fonts for their projects.
• www.SecondStory.com
  A design firm that does very impressive work. They have designed such sites as: National Geographic's; The River Wild, Dinosaur Eggs, Fantastic Forest, Kaikoura, and the National Geographic site. Extremely good design, layout, navigation, and organization along with fast download times on a modem connection. A great design example.
• www.ElectraVision.com
  This firm does very good design for their clients while keeping the sites very small. Even though their home page is rather heavy, their client sites are very impressive in their design and download time. The National Geographic Cats site is a good example.
• www.MatterForm.com
  If you are a webmaster developing on the Macintosh then you need to get HTML Grinder. This html utilities is a must if you are dealing with large sites.
• www.W3.org
  The World Wide Web Consortium. The place to keep up-to-date on all the HTML, CSS, JSS, Javascript, Java and Dynamic HTML. This is where the standards are set for the browsers and the Internet.
• cws.Internet.com
  If you work on Windows then this is the only source you will ever need for software. Strouds keep daily updates on all the software that you will ever need as webmaster. They have essentials such as; ftp, telnet, gif animators, HTML editors, email clients, browsers, image viewers, graphic applications and much much more.
• www.Adobe.com
  Web designers have always had a limited HTML design tools that actually work the way they want. Now there is a true designers web design tool, Adobe's GoLive. GoLive will let you create exactly what you want without limiting you. Designing web sites is as easy as creating pages in Adobe's Pagemaker or Quark. In fact, it's easier! If you design web sites then you need to use this program, once you have it you will never go back to anything else. Plus they have Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat. Adobe is a world class leader in web, video and desktop publishing.
• www.Macromedia.com
  Macromedia is quickly becoming a major player in Web publishing. With great products like Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
• www.Allaire.com
  The home to the best Windows HTML editor: HomeSite. If your using anything else your wasting time. HomeSite is by far the easiest, fastest and its loaded with more features in all the right places. It is a great application and I wish they would make it for the Macintosh. Download it now!
• www.Opamp.com
  As a webmaster you tend to have a need to learn new technology. Opamp Techinical Books is definitely the best source. In their database you can find books on everything from the cryptic intricacies of sendmail to design staples like Deconstructing Web Sites. They are a large source for non-Internet-related titles, but their Internet books have grown to more than half of their inventory.