Acadia Infuse to ship with NetObjects Fusion 2.0.

BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1997--

First visual editor for JavaScript to be bundled with

NetObjects' award-winning Web site authoring software

Acadia Software, developers of Acadia Infuse, the industry's first JavaScript editing tool, and NetObjects Inc. developers of NetObjects Fusion, the revolutionary Web site authoring software, today announced a strategic partnership and joint marketing agreement under which Acadia Infuse will ship with every copy of NetObjects Fusion 2.0.

Acadia Infuse enables Web developers to rapidly create JavaScript scripts within a visual, drag-and-drop environment. Acadia Infuse is designed for both Web developers and HTML page designers who are using JavaScript to enhance Web pages. NetObjects Fusion 2.0 is the newest version of NetObjects' revolutionary Web site building software that builds on a unique site-oriented, visual approach to designing Web sites and adds more then 100 features and improvements to the award-winning 1.0 offering.

"The inclusion of the Acadia Infuse JavaScript editor with NetObjects Fusion 2.0 further raises the bar in providing site builders easy, visual access to advanced functionality," said Dave Kleinberg, NetObjects' executive vice president of products. "Using Acadia Infuse, NetObjects Fusion users can easily add client-side and server-side JavaScripts to enhance their sites with animations, interactive effects and live database publishing."

Acadia Infuse will be bundled with the NetObjects Fusion 2.0 at no additional charge to NetObjects customers. Since the introduction of NetObjects Fusion 1.0 in September 1996, over 100,000 site builders have downloaded it to build thousands of media-rich Web sites. NetObjects 2.0 is available today for an expected street price of under $500 in North America via Ingram Micro, a network of resellers and VARs and directly from NetObjects.

"With its 2.0 release, NetObjects Fusion is continuing to set the pace among the Web site authoring software products," said Bruce Beck, president of Acadia Software. "At the same time, JavaScript is revolutionizing the way Web-based applications are being developed. The popularity of both NetObjects Fusion and JavaScript among Web developers is exploding. We believe this powerful combination will be a compelling one for Web developers who want the latest, best-of-breed tools."

Visual Development Environment for JavaScript

Acadia Infuse is designed for Web developers and HTML page designers. It can be used as a standalone editor for creating HTML pages with embedded JavaScript or as a companion tool to NetObjects Fusion 2.0, or HTML editors. Because Acadia Infuse integrates JavaScript into its environment, it enables developers to learn the JavaScript language quickly. By doing so, it gives developers immediate access JavaScript and Netscape LiveWire object models, reserved words, custom objects and other language particulars.

Among its key benefits, Acadia Infuse provides Web developers of all skill levels working in JavaScript with:

-- A powerful editor with JavaScript and HTML color syntax

highlighting;

-- An integrated script navigator to quickly navigate source

files;

-- Visual trees to browse JavaScript objects and language

elements;

-- A context-sensitive JavaScript language reference built into

the editing environment;

-- An easier way to reuse JavaScript scripts, with the ability

to drop in commonly-used JavaScript and LiveWire code into a

source file;

-- Support for HTML with its visual HTML Tag tree and toolbar;

-- The ability to preview scripts in Netscape Navigator and/or

Microsoft Internet Explorer at the touch of a button; and,

-- The ability to compile LiveWire applications from within

Acadia Infuse and quickly access the LiveWire Site Manager.

Acadia Infuse is available for evaluation, without charge, over the Web at http://www.acadians.com/Infuse . The product is available for purchase and downloading via the Web at $129.95, and supports Microsoft Windows 95 and NT platforms.

About NetObjects

NetObjects Inc. is a privately-held company that is funded by Perseus LLC, AT&T Ventures, Norwest Venture Capital, Venrock Associates and private investors. NetObjects develops Web site building products that are based on the first visual, site-oriented approach to building Web sites, unlike first generation, text-based, page-oriented tools. NetObjects Fusion is the first smart Web site building application that integrates automated site building, professional quality design and data publishing, thereby lowering the cost, time and tedium of building high-quality Web sites. NetObjects Fusion is actively promoted by NetObjects' partners Apple Computer, AT&T, IBM, Javasoft, Microsoft, Netscape and UUNET Technologies. Information about NetObjects and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.netobjects.com or by calling 1-888-449-6400.

About Acadia Software

Founded in 1995, Acadia Software is a leading developer of Web software products and solutions. Acadia Software is a Netscape ONE platform licensee, supporting JavaScript development as a part of its support for Netscape ONE. Acadia Software is located at 1300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boxborough, MA 01719. The company can be reached at 508-264-4881; the fax number is 508-635-9211. The company's Web site is at www.acadians.com . -0-

Acadia Infuse is a trademark of Acadia Software. NetObjects Fusion is a trademark of NetObjects Inc. Netscape, Netscape Communications, Netscape LiveWire, Netscape Navigator and Netscape Navigator Gold are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corp. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are owned by their respective holders.

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NetObjects Inc.

Kamini Ramani

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