New software cuts Prodigy costs in half; NavStar makes Prodigy less expensive and easier to use.LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1996--Dvorak Development, an upstart cyberspace Coined by William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," it is a futuristic computer network that people use by plugging their minds into it! The term now refers to the Internet or to the online or digital world in general. See Internet and virtual reality. Contrast with meatspace. software company based in Colorado, recently announced the launch of NavStar, a Windows-based offline navigator See offline reader. for the Prodigy An online information service that provides access to the Internet, e-mail and a variety of databases. Launched in 1988, Prodigy was the first consumer-oriented online service in the U.S. Information Service. By working offline, NavStar drastically cuts online time and makes Prodigy even easier to use. Imagine the Prodigy Information Service as a skyscraper skyscraper, modern building of great height, constructed on a steel skeleton. The form originated in the United States. Development of the Form Many mechanical and structural developments in the last quarter of the 19th cent. ...using Prodigy's antiquated first-generation access software, a user has to search the skyscraper floor by floor and room by room to find out what's available. This takes a lot of time, and causes a lot of frustration. NavStar, a second-generation navigator, already possesses a blueprint of the Prodigy skyscraper and is smart enough to know where to find the information a user wants. "NavStar is a powerful new way to use Prodigy," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mike Ceranski, chief executive officer of Dvorak. "With NavStar, what used to take users half an hour can be accomplished in just a few minutes. People get the info they want in a lot less time...and that means big savings. "For those Prodigy users contemplating dropping Prodigy for less expensive direct Internet access See how to access the Internet. , we give two very compelling reasons to stay put -- cost and ease of use." NavStar supports over 100 Bulletin Boards, E-mail, News, Financial and Weather services on Prodigy. With features like a built-in spell checker A separate program or word processing function that tests for correctly spelled words. It can test the spelling of a marked block, an entire document or group of documents. Advanced systems check for spelling as the user types and can correct common typos and misspellings on the fly. , message fonting, autoquoting and graphical weather reporting, NavStar gives a whole new look and feel to Prodigy. "Users have complained for years that Prodigy was stuck in the '80s. With NavStar, Dvorak Development has brought Prodigy into the next millennium," said Barb Bowman, a long-time Prodigy regular. "This is the type of product that can help turn Prodigy around." Prodigy users can learn about NavStar by jumping to NAVSTAR on Prodigy, or visiting Dvorak's web site: http://www.dvorak.com. Founded in 1993, Dvorak Development & Publishing is a world leader in second-generation offline navigation products, with products for CompuServe, Prodigy and Internet Newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history. As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active. . Dvorak is also at the forefront of research and development for third-generation navigation tools, or "intelligent agents." -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: In Dvorak Development's web site address, listed above, there is a double slash between "http:" and "www.dvorak.com". This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Dvorak Development, Louisville Bret Clement or Meredith O'Neil, 303/661-0345 |
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