ixla Explorer V3.0 Awarded Best of Comdex-Desktop Utility

ixla Explorer V3.0 was awarded Best Desktop Utility by Eric Lundquist, editor-in-chief of PC WEEK during the annual PC WEEK/Best of COMDEX ceremony at COMDEX/Spring and WINDOWS WORLD '99 to recognize the most innovative, influential and noteworthy IT products introduced this spring.

"ixla Explorer allows users to easily create thumbnail catalogs of their digital images and convert those images to different formats on the fly," explained Lundquist during his presentation. "Simplification of digital camera management as well as a built-in Web page creator make ixla Explorer a must-have utility for desktop users."

ixla Explorer 3.0 helps users capture, share and view multimedia files and images from digital cameras, scanners and the Internet. At a street price of about , the upgraded software features a Web-enabled function that automatically grabs pictures from Internet Web sites, retrieves images from online services and creates e-mail postcards and Web pages. ixla Explorer 3.0 generates a browser-like interface with thumbnail images of multimedia files. A new viewing option creates a mini filmstrip browser from which users can drag-and-drop pictures into their favorite image editor or other application.

Note from Steve: This is the second news item for ixla's Explorer v3.0 in the last 2 months and they still only have v1.2 available for download from their web site. What's going on ixla, is v3.0 real or vaporware ???

4/26/99 Response from ixla:
I was taking my daily look at your Web site, and I noticed your comment regarding the availability of ixla Explorer. We have now released ixla Explorer 3.0 to retail - it is hitting the stores this week. We expect to have a Web version on www.ixla.com by the end of the week. It will be a downloadable "try-before-you-buy" version.

Shane Workman
Product Strategist
IXLA Limited