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Software

[HTML Editing][Server Side][Client Side][Study Generation][WEXTOR][Media][Data Analysis][File Transfer]

HTML Editing

Notepad On Windows Freeware	Text only. Edit directly the HTML. Careful saving the file or it will add a .txt extension
BBEdit Lite On MacOS Free Commercial but more powerful version costs	A code editor that will highlight syntax like HTML screens of the WYSIWYG editors below and WinEdit
Word Commercial	Can create web page, but adds a lot of Microsoft specific style information that does not do well in Netscape and other browsers, so don't even think about using it!
Dreamweaver http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/ Commercial (Free Trialware, ~$400, Educational Discount)	Commercial WYSIWYG editor. Allows editing lots HTML directly
FrontPage http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/ Commercial (Free Trialware, New User $169, in some versions of Office)	Same as Dreamwever but some functions require usage of server with Frontpage extensions.
GoLive http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/main.html Commercial (Free Trialware, ~$400)	Intuitive Web Page Editing (WYSIWYG). Also allows editing HTML code directly.
WinEdit http://www.winedit.com/ Commercial (Free Trialware, Online Download $79)	HTML and other code editing (not WYSIWYG)

Server/Server Side

Apache http://httpd.apache.org/ Freeware, pre-installed on Mac OS X	Web server software
ActivePerl http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ Freeware	A interpreter program to run Perl CGI routines for data collection or processing with web pages (Windows)
Perl http://www.perl.com./	A web page with access to Perl interpreters for different platforms

Client Side

JavaScript http: Freeware	Client side scripting language. Problem is can be turned off and may vary across platforms.
JBuilder Personal http://www.borland.com/jbuilder/personal/ Freeware (if don't use for commercial purposes)	Java programming environment.

Study Generation

SurveyWiz http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/programs/surveyWiz3.htm Freeware	Generates forms to collect survey data
Survey Assistant http://or.psychology.dal.ca/~wcs/hidden/home.html Commercial (Free for academic use)	Generates online surveys with dynamic and interactive formats. Data is stored remotely but you have access.
FactorWiz http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/programs/factorWiz.htm Freeware	Generats HTML pages to conduce within-subject factorial experiments with random order of conditions.
WEXTOR http://www.genpsylab.unizh.ch/wextor/index.html Trialware	Create experiments and Web experiments. Between-subjects, within-subjects, quasi-experimental, and mixed designs. Many issues important to Web research are built-in. User-friendly step by step process, great for teaching students. Stores your experimental design, so you can work on your experiments using any type of browser from any computer.
Macromedia Authorware http://www.macromedia.com/resources/education/store/ Commercial (academic cost ~$499)	Fairly Comprehensive Technical Support Site http://www.macromedia.com/support/authorware/ Very Good Authorware Support Listserv http://listserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/archives/aware.html Authorware is useful for delivering interactive experiments through the Internet. It is a graphic Icon based development tool and does not require previous programming knowledge. Experiments developed in Authorware can be viewed in most browsers and with both Mac and PC platforms. To view examples of psychology experiments written and delivered in Authorware please visit http://psychexps.olemiss.edu

Media Generation/Media Editing

ImageJ http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/index.html Freeware	Image editing program. Can do all your image editing needs. Don't forget the plugins or how to add shortcuts.
QuickTime Pro http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ Commercial ($30)	Edit movies and can read and save in multiple formats.

Data Analysis

LogAnalyzer http://genpsylab-logcrunsh.unizh.ch/ Trialware, educational price list: For number of analyses (Logins): 5 analyses 15 Euro 20 analyses 50 Euro 100 analyses 200 Euro 1000 analyses 1500 Euro or For time period: 1 week 50 Euro 4 weeks 150 Euro 3 months 400 Euro 1 year 1500 Euro	Analyze any type of log file. Also does dropout analysis.

File Transfer

Transmit

Obtain from http://www.panic.com/transmit/

For use on Mac OS X, free trial, then $24.95

Transfer files to/from FTP servers

WS_FTP_LE

Obtain from http://www.download.com/
Commercial (but free for academic use)

Transfer files to/from FTP servers, e.g., the data files from psych.fullerton.edu generated with a SurveyWiz study.