Retained from 1995 are a number of user-friendly features for browsing, including an atlas, time line, and trivia quiz game called Mind Maze.Īn impressive new feature entitled “Yearbook Builder” introduces an online component. The contents have been expanded slightly from last year there are now 26,000 articles, 8,000 photos, 900 maps, 9-1/2 hours of audio clips, and 1-1/2 hours of video clips and animations. Microsoft's Encarta 96 Encyclopedia has been released with an interesting blend of the high storage capacity of CD-ROM and the immediacy of online information.Įncarta 96 has the same user interface as the 1995 edition, full of pull-down menus and buttons to trigger various search functions. Directory of Public Libraries in the United Kingdom.Directory of Public Libraries in the United States.
Academic Law Libraries in the United States.Independent Research Libraries Association.Society of College, National and University Libraries.Association of Southeastern Research Libraries.It uses the same timeline-based interface, but gives you far more control and is packed with filters and effects that look great and are actually useful. If you miss Movie Maker, Shotcut (opens in new tab) is a free video editor that shows what Microsoft’s app could have become, given love and time to blossom. The last version was released in 2012, but the program was still available to download until earlier this year, when Microsoft hammered the final nail into its coffin by pulling the Windows Live suite from its site. Sadly, Movie Maker suffered a slow demise as a result of neglect. Good old Windows Movie Maker was once the easiest way to throw together a quick video using clips of footage, photos, clip art and ugly text frames.Įarly versions caused my parents' PC to judder to a halt, but in later years Movie Maker was perfect for getting videos ready to upload to upload to a new and exciting site called YouTube.
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