Software Focus

Despite not having Jack Dee, Protek is pushing a set of widgets. The XRT/gear helps Motif developers build better GUIs by using three utilities and six widgets. It includes Tab Manager, Toolbar, Enhanced Toggle, Label and Pushbutton widgets. One licence costs #1,495.

Contact: 01628 75959.

Level 5 Quest Server, available from Information Builders company Level Five Research, enables Web sites to provide a means of publishing searchable databases. It offers nearness search and preference ranking capabilities. Demo copies can be downloaded from www.15r.com

Contact: 0181 982 4700.

Users can jazz up with Fanfaren Software publishing company Softkey has released Fanfare Presentations which offers video, music, animation and text to help users jazz up their company briefings.

The product features slide shows, a multimedia library of video clips and photos as well as zoom, turn, split and scroll special effects.

Softkey believes it can be used for online product catalogues, self-paced training courses and trade show exhibits among other things.

The product is available now and is being sold through retail as well as dealers. It is compatible with both Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 and is priced under #39.

Contact: 0181 789 2000.