Summary of new features and changes:

• New for Beta 5 - Internet Explorer 4.0 Final Release support!  All known problems related to Crescendo functioning inside of Internet Explorer 4.0 (Final Release) have been corrected in this Crescendo Beta release.
• New for Beta 4 - Internet Explorer 4.0 support - We have been working closely with Microsoft to provide improved support for Internet Explorer 4.0 - Beta 4 should be completely compatible with Internet Explorer version 4.0 (Preview Release 2).  Several problems related to Crescendo functioning inside of Internet Explorer 4.0 have been corrected in this Beta release.
• New for Beta 4 - Improved StreamSite key detection (If your site isn't a StreamSite yet, get a StreamSite key now!)
• New for Beta 4 - The HTML <BASE> tag is now fully supported on both Netscape and Internet Explorer.
• New for Beta 4 - The auto-detach behavior for a simple link directed into a frame has been improved.
• New for Beta 3 - Crescendo version 3.0 Beta 3 fully supports Netscape Communicator!  (This corrects a problem where "Loading Java" would appear and Communicator would hang while loading pages containing MIDI files.)
• New for Beta 3 - Detachable continuous jukebox - If your site is a Crescendo StreamSite, just add Song1, Song2, etc. to your <embed> and <object> tags to add a playlist to your site!
• New for Beta 3 - The control panel colors have been improved for 16 and 256 color systems.  Also, color palette conflicts between Crescendo and other applications seen while Crescendo is detached have been corrected.
• New for Beta 3 - More bugs have been fixed.  (Thanks for your feedback!)
• New for Beta 3 - An UnInstall utility has been added.  (If you decide to UnInstall Crescendo, just select Add/Remove programs from the Windows 95 or NT 4.0 control panel.)
• New for Beta 3 - Improved support for Internet Explorer 4.0.
• New for Beta 2 - Crescendo version 3.0 is now available for the 32-bit version of Internet Explorer!
• New for Beta 2 - The Crescendo floating window now contains a menubar.
• New for Beta 2 - An option has been added to the Crescendo floating window called "Always On Top", which will keeps your Crescendo window from being hidden. (No more wondering where the Crescendo window went!)
• New for Beta 2 - An option to allow or disable auto-detaching has been added to Crescendo.
• New for Beta 2 - "Hooks" were added to allow a software wavetable synthesizer to plug into Crescendo - look for a new software synthesizer from LiveUpdate soon!  (Get ready for higher quality sound!)
• New for Beta 2 - Several bugs were fixed, including problems related to tempo changes (thanks to your feedback and bug reports!)
• Crescendo now includes a "Detach" function, which opens a new window for Crescendo and allows the music to continue even after you leave a page containing embedded music. This allows follow-around sound on all web sites!
• Crescendo now automatically detaches and floats in a separate window whenever a non-embedded MIDI file is loaded. Prior to Crescendo version 3.0, the Crescendo player would appear in the center of a blank page in this case. (No more looking at blank white pages!)
• A "Stop All" menu function has been added, which will stop all running instances of Crescendo.
• LiveConnect JavaScript functions have been added (Netscape version 3.0 or greater only.) Now you can build an interactive music web site using Crescendo!
• Hooks have been included for future add-in modules (including live MIDI performance - stay tuned!)

New features in version 2.1

• This new version adds the "music/crescendo" MIME type which eliminates the need for server MIME type configuration.

• With Crescendo PLUS running in streaming mode, the Netscape menus get corrupted when reloading a page containing a MIDI file.
• With Crescendo PLUS running in streaming mode, Netscape crashes while moving from a page containing an embedded MIDI file.

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This Beta version will *not* expire, so please keep checking back for the future Beta versions and the released version of Crescendo!

Goto any of these links to download and install the Beta version of Crescendo:

Version 3.0 Beta for Windows 95 and Windows NT (Intel)
Version 2.1 Beta for MacOS

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