Based on exclusive interviews with over 150 people, among them Microsoft's Bill Gates and the inner circle of Apple's top executives, this book reveals new information in an ongoing saga. photo insert.

    In this comprehensive and readable book--already a classic statement of the aesthetics of digital media, acclaimed by practitioners and theorists alike--Janet Murray shows how the computer is reshaping the stories we live by. Murray discusses the unique properties and pleasures of digital environments and connects them with the traditional satisfactions of narrative. She analyzes the dramatic satisfaction of participatory stories and considers what would be necessary to move interactive fiction from the formats of childish games and confusing labyrinths into a mature and compelling art form. Through a blend of imagination and techno-wizardry, Murray provides both readers and writers with a guide to the storytelling of the future.

    Worldrenowned author Lynda Weinman makes this book the cornerstone of any well-read designer's library.-- Total revision of the best-selling book on preparing graphics for the Web-- Includes updated coverage on file formats, file sizes, file translation, resolution, and more