Miriam Geller

For more than a decade, Director has set the standard for multimedia development. In fact, Director was the first multimedia authoring tool to combine animation with a scripting language so that developers could create interactive presentations, games, or computer-based training courses. It was also the first product that allowed authors to create multimedia content that could be deployed to both Mac and Windows (prior to this cross-platform innovation, developers literally had to double their work to reach both users). With numerous innovations, Director has made an incredible impact in the multimedia industry. By the mid-1990s more than 70% of all multimedia CD-ROM titles were produced with Director. In 1996, Director fundamentally changed the way users experienced the Internet with the introduction of Shockwave Player, which brought multimedia to the Web. Direc... (more)