Contact: Mary Leddy or Dana Lieske Lois Paul & Partners 617/862-4514 InternetWorks Product Fact Sheet Description InternetWorks is a complete, Windows-based viewer/browser for the Internet, designed for both casual and power users. For casual users, InternetWorks provides a single, easy-to-use interface to all common Internet services and protocols. For power users, including corporations and VARs, InternetWorks provides complete programmability and inter-application integration. InternetWorks includes many features unavailable with other Internet viewer/browser products, such as complete multithreading, full OLE2 support, a single interface for all services, true Windows orientation, and the ability to customize Internet access. In addition, InternetWorks contains everything needed to begin using the Internet. InternetWorks Features InternetWorks includes the following features: Complete multithreading capabilities -- Every feature of InternetWorks is available to the user, no matter how many simultaneous downloads are running, making the product the only completely multithreaded Internet viewer/browser on the market. Full OLE2 support -- No other Internet viewer/browser offers full OLE2 support. This automation includes linking, embedding and drag-and-drop manipulation and provides programmability for inter-application integration. For example, a "live" Internet document can be embedded in a Microsoft Word document. When the user clicks on a hypertext link in the embedded document, the information is automatically downloaded from the Internet. Multiple windowpanes -- InternetWorks allows the user to split the screen into as many panes as needed, displaying a different Internet document in each. Benefits include simultaneous view of searches and lines of inquiry. Single, common graphical user interface -- All Internet protocols and services are available from a single, easy-to-use interface. In many competitive products, separate tools are provided for different services such as Email and news-readers, each with a different graphical user interface and requiring that each tool be accessed separately. Windows orientation -- InternetWorks was created "from the ground up" to run on Windows, and provides users with the same look and feel as their Windows desktop applications. Many other Internet viewer/browsers are either directly UNIX-based or comprised of ported UNIX code. As a result, those products do not conform to standard Windows interface conventions or provide seamless access to such technologies as OLE2. Customizability -- InternetWorks provides a range of options to customize the interface, including support for custom home pages, "clickable" bitmapped graphics, and custom page layouts with single- and two-column printing. Electronic Internet Yellow Pages (IYP) -- InternetWorks includes an electronic directory of thousands of Internet sites, together with descriptions and comments about the sites. This is particularly useful for new users who do not know their way around the Internet. Support for all common protocols and formats -- InternetWorks supports a broad range of protocols and formats, including: protocols HTTP, Gopher, FTP, NNTP and SMTP; and formats such as JPEG, GIF, BMP, XBM, WAV and AU. Faster download times -- InternetWorks reduces download time by transferring text first, followed by images. Text from the document can be read while the images are transferring. After the text has been transferred, users have the option of severing the connection so the images are not transferred into a document. Visual Basic and C/C++ programming -- InternetWorks is extensible. Users can create Internet applications on top of InternetWorks using Visual Basic and C/C++ programming. Toll-free number for installation support -- Additional support is available via toll calls. Corporate support plans are also available. InternetWorks Lite Features InternetWorks Lite, the freeware version of InternetWorks, can be obtained via the Internet InternetWorks Lite includes the same navigational abilities as the full version, however, it offers limited multithreading (only two simultaneous downloads) and does not offer full OLE2 support, Email (except for "mail to"), or the Internet Yellow Pages. InternetWorks Lite will be available for free in mid-November online via FTP (download from ftp://ftp.booklink.com/lite) or directly from BookLink. System Requirements InternetWorks runs under Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and Windows NT. Recommended (minimum) system configuration: 486 (386) IBM PC or compatible 8MB (4MB) RAM 5MB of free disk space 14,400 (2,400) baud modem Color or monochrome VGA monitor # # # All trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. All prices and terms are for the U.S. only.