Mainstay
591-A Constitution Ave.
Camarillo, CA 93012
www.mstay.com

For more information contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lance Merker Mainstay
(805) 484-9400
lance@mstay.com

Mainstay Releases JustProgress™
Web-Based Gantt Chart Applets

Camarillo, CA, May 24, 1999--Mainstay today released JustProgress, a set of web-based Gantt chart applets used to plan, track, and display project status. JustProgress offers an application-like look and feel, right in a web page. A project schedule is no longer limited to a static GIF image display. Planning and tracking are done via an associated JustProgressEdit applet in which a project manager lists and plans various tasks in a dialog box interface. Later, when the project is underway, the manager uses the same interface to indicate "progress completed" and "revised plans" for various project tasks.

Anyone interested in viewing project status need only call up the web page with the JustProgress applet to see the latest updated information. In cases where the project calendar exceeds the available width or height of the page, a scrolling interface facilitates viewing.

"Up to now, Gantt charts have been painstakingly rendered to GIF images for use on the web," says Tom Nalevanko, president of Mainstay. "This two-step process means the data on the web is rarely up to date. Using JustProgress, project managers now have a one-step process. By doing their planning and tracking in a web page, their Gantt charts need never be out of sync with reality."

JustProgress provides a full-featured scrolling timeline which displays year, month, day and date. A background GIF and background and foreground colors can be used to personalize the calendar. Task title width is variable and a task can be linked to a URL to display a lower-level schedule or associated task information. Taskbars offer standard geometric start and end shapes, and fill colors are selectable.

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