SCOUG OS/2 For You - December 1998

On the web, content is king. Far more important than glitzy graphics, content makes people come back again and again.

Let's see how this month's chosen web sites measure up:

Ratings			Info
Content	Links	Glitz	Type	Site (url) and Comments
A	B-	C	Internet	Communicator for OS/2 Bug-Tracker (http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Communicator.html). Steve Wendt's list of Netscape Communicator bugs, workarounds and undocumented features.
B	F	C+	Java	Simplicity For Java (http://www.datarepresentations.com/). The perfect gift.  This amazing product actually works, and it works very well.  Site has no screenshots.
B+	A	B-	OS/2	OS/2 Warp 4 engage! (http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0444vnd/os2.htm). Some neat little utilities and a free icon collection.
B+	C-	C+	Video	QuickMotion for OS/2 (http://www.quickmotion.com/). QuickMotion runs QuickTime and AVI movies plus QuickTime Virtual Reality movies.  Includes a Netscape plugin.  Download the demo, try it.
A-	B+	B	Rexx	Quercus Systems (http://www.quercus-sys.com/). Cross-platform Rexx interpreters and extension libraries.  Includes freeware and shareware.
C+	F	B-	Forum	Tek-Tips (http://www.tek-tips.com/). Sign up, pick the forums you want to monitor or post to, and check in occasionally as you would with a newsgroup.  Nicely designed site just opened; traffic should pick up as "the word gets out".
B	B-	B-	Control	The Warped Code Cellar (http://home.att.net/~ASchw/). Armin's software will control your house lights and security system and coffee pot and stuff like that.  And check out his free REXX-callable DLL for port I/O.
B	B	A	Java	Java Boutique (http://javaboutique.internet.com/). If you're not yet sure what Java applets can do for your web pages, this is a must-see.
A+	D	B-	Processors	Intel Secrets, What Intel Doesn't Want You To Know (http://www.x86.org/). Quackin' good site.
B-	F	C-	OS/2	OS/2 Warp WebColumn (http://trfn.clpgh.org/orgs/os2pgh/rob1/os2wwc.htm). An under-construction tutorial, including the OS/2 START command.