SCOUG OS/2 For You - February 1999

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+	XML	IBM XML (http://www.software.ibm.com/xml/).  Extensible Markup Language is coming, and IBM already has tutorials.
B	A	A	OS/2	The 13th Floor (http://www.tstonramp.com/~freiheit/os2.shtml).  Stop here and learn something, courtesy of Don "Freiheit" Eitner.
A	B	B	Internet	Cable Modems and OS/2 (http://www.idk-inc.com/cablemodem.htm).  For the speed mavens of TCP/IP, here's some info on sharing one modem with multiple machines (and multiple OS's).
B+	A	B-	Software	PillarSoft (http://www.fm-net.com/pillarsoft/).  WarpZip, Enhanced E Editor, ShowTime/2.
C+	D	B-	Software	InnoVal (http://www.innoval.com/).  Several OS/2 products, but perturbed Duck finds not one demo version.
B-	F	C	Finance	In Charge! (http://rampages.onramp.net/~landeck/).  Financial software.  Balance your checkbook.  Free demo.
B	C	B	OS/2	My Best OS/2 Software Collection (this site has retired; link removed March 2001 at site author's request).  Tuomas "Tumppi" Angervuori is 18, lives in Finland, uses the software he describes here, and has a good looking site.
B	C	C+	IRC	The EZirc Home Page (http://www.gryn.org/ezirc/).  Here's a free Internet Relay Chat program that's surprisingly robust.
A	F	C	Globe	WarpGlobe Project (http://www.arrakis.es/~scostas/OS2/globeeng.htm).  Cute program.  Screenshots are at the very bottom of the page.
B	C-	B-	OS/2	ERA Computer Consulting's OS/2 Specific Files, Links and Such (http://www.townsendsupply.com/era/OS2Stuff.htm).  A good start on what should become an excellent page.  Check out the Desktop Backup files.