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Products ranked on a scale of 1 (worst) to 5 (best).

Product Publisher Price In brief Issue reviewed Box score
COMMUNICATIONS
Asynchronous
Crosstalk inter.comm Suite 3.0
Attachmate Corp. 206-644-4010 $179 32-bit functionality, and the Internet, come to a venerable Windows communications package. September 96 4.5
Remote Control
LapLink for Windows 95
Traveling Software 800-343-8080, 206-483-8088 $149 (street) Simpler use, but has plenty of advanced features. April 96 4.0
Remote Control
Norton PC Anywhere32
Symantec Corp. 800-441-7234, 541-334-6054 $149 (street) Uses Windows 95's dialer, and Wizards walk you through connections. February 96 4.0
Suite
FocalPoint 5.0
Global Village Communications
408-523-1000
$99 (street) Provides voice, data, Internet, fax, paging and speakerphone tools; especially good for the traveler. July 96 4.0
Terminal Emulation
Extra Personal Client 6.1
Attachmate
206-644-4010
$425 (street) Accessing a host has never been easier. July 96 4.0
Internet
Browser
Netscape Navigator Gold 2.0
Netscape Communications Corp. 415-254-1900, fax 415-528-4140 $79 Adds editing tools to a great Web browser. June 96 4.5
Web Authoring, Entry-Level
QuickSite
DeltaPoint
408-648-4000, fax 408-648-4020
$99.95 No experience necessary to build a site. May 96 4.0
HTML/Web Authoring, Professional
HoTMetal Pro 3.0 Pro 2.0
SoftQuad
416-239-4801
$129 WYSIWYG editing, drag-and-drop functionality and an outstanding interface make this authoring app a hot ticket.. September 96 4.0
HTML/Web Authoring, Professional
Web Publisher 1.1
SkiSoft Publishing Corp. 800-662-3622, 617-863-1876 $495 Especially for publishing existing paper documents on the Web. June 96 4.0
Web Site Management
WebAnalyzer 1.0
InContext Systems 800-263-0127, 416-922-0087 $149 The mapper finds broken links. June 96 4.5

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