| | E-Learning Solutions (Content & Assessment Authoring) Linux Simulator v1.0 Features and Benefits (At a Glance ...) | Highlights of Linux Simulator v1.0 include: | Page 1 of 2 | - Continuous Desktop Capturing - Linux Simulator uses a continuous “pixel-based” desktop capturing technique. Rather than taking a snapshot of each screen within the software application, Linux Simulator captures pixel changes from screen to screen during the live recording (similar to a video camcorder). This enables Linux Simulator to record and completely capture all live Linux desktop activity and live interactions with Linux-based software applications (including screen changes, mouse movements, mouse clicks, keyboard entries, dialog box interactivity, etc.). Linux Simulator’s unique capturing capability enables developers to create interactive software simulations easily (i.e., with reduced time and effort).
- Interactive & Non-Interactive - Linux Simulator automatically creates simulations that are interactive (where the end user directly interacts with the simulation by clicking the mouse and pressing keys) or non-interactive (where the simulation plays back as a “movie” that the end user simply watches without participating).
- Non-Recorded Content Screens - In addition to automatically capturing desktop activity (to create interactive software simulations), developers may also manually append/insert non-recorded content screens into a Linux Simulator file. This capability is ideal for creating presentations, tutorials, and more. Developers have the flexibility to create Linux Simulator files containing only captured desktop screens, files containing only inserted/appended content screens, and files containing a combination of captured screens and content screens.
- 80-97% File Compression – Using powerful proprietary compression algorithms, Linux Simulator generates efficiently small files. This allows for richly authored simulations without the worry of greatly increased file size.
- 100% Programming-Free Drag-and-Drop Editing - Linux Simulator makes it easy to record and edit interactive simulations. There is absolutely no programming or scripts involved. Developers may modify and/or enhance the simulation using Linux Simulator’s edit suite, which includes drag-and-drop object palettes (including edit objects and draw objects) and a variety of properties and options available for each object/element.
- User-Friendly WYSIWYG Environment - In Linux Simulator, developers truly have a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment. The layout of each screen is completely under the control of the developer. At runtime, each screen will appear exactly the way the developer designed it and laid it out.
- Tremendous Flexibility During the Authoring Stage - Linux Simulator developers may perform a variety of edit actions to easily customize a simulation, including the following:
- Changing the order of recorded screens/frames.
- Appending/Inserting content frames at any point in the simulation.
- Temporarily or permanently deleting certain frames.
- Cutting/Copying and Pasting frames (to reuse frames multiple times).
- Converting an interactive simulation to a non-interactive simulation, or converting a non-interactive simulation to an interactive simulation.
- Making certain parts of a simulation non-interactive and other parts interactive.
- Disabling captured mouse clicks, mouse movements, and keystrokes
- And more...
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