<s>
ScriptX	B-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
multimedia-oriented	O
development	O
environment	O
created	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
Kaleida	O
Labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
packages	O
such	O
as	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
,	O
ScriptX	B-Application
is	O
not	O
an	O
authoring	B-Application
tool	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
multimedia	O
titles	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
does	O
come	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
authoring	B-Application
tool	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
,	O
object-oriented	O
,	O
multiplatform	O
development	O
environment	O
that	O
includes	O
a	O
dynamic	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
a	O
class	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptX	B-Application
is	O
as	O
applicable	O
for	O
implementing	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
applications	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
for	O
authoring	O
multimedia	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptX	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
in	O
an	O
integrated	O
fashion	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
smaller	O
,	O
more	O
consistent	O
,	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
learn	O
than	O
equivalent	O
traditional	O
systems	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
(	O
say	O
,	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
environment	O
and	O
class	O
library	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptX	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
complete	O
platform	O
for	O
interactive	O
multimedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
has	O
three	O
major	O
components	O
:	O
the	O
Kaleida	O
Media	O
Player	O
,	O
the	O
ScriptX	B-Application
Language	O
Kit	O
,	O
and	O
application	O
development	O
and	O
authoring	B-Application
tools	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kaleida	O
Media	O
Player	O
is	O
the	O
heart	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
allowing	O
developers	O
to	O
target	O
a	O
single	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
Kaleida	O
Media	O
Player	O
instead	O
of	O
targeting	O
specific	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
like	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ScriptX	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
across	O
multiple	O
hardware	O
platforms	O
and	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kaleida	O
Media	O
Player	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
back	O
ScriptX	B-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
appropriate	O
KMP	O
for	O
Windows	O
or	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
must	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
ScriptX	B-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
1993	O
,	O
DARPA	O
and	O
NSF	O
awarded	O
a	O
research	O
grant	O
to	O
a	O
consortium	O
(	O
the	O
"	O
East/West	O
Group	O
"	O
)	O
composed	O
of	O
American	O
universities	O
,	O
publishing	O
companies	O
,	O
and	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
(	O
so-named	O
because	O
its	O
members	O
were	O
drawn	O
from	O
both	O
the	O
East	O
and	O
West	O
Coasts	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
new	O
multimedia	O
CD-ROM-based	O
authoring	O
environment	O
for	O
computer-based	O
instructional	O
material	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
ScriptX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
soon	O
encountered	O
technical	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
ScriptX	B-Application
technology	O
,	O
which	O
exceeded	O
the	O
system	O
requirements	O
of	O
many	O
low-end	O
machines	O
which	O
were	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
consume	O
the	O
authored	O
content	O
;	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
increasingly	O
becoming	O
clear	O
that	O
the	O
future	O
was	O
the	O
Internet	O
not	O
CD-ROMs	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
had	O
emerged	O
as	O
a	O
commercially-available	O
environment	O
for	O
producing	O
cross-platform	O
applications	O
which	O
met	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
requirements	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
technical	O
issues	O
the	O
ScriptX-based	O
solution	O
had	O
encountered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
in	O
December	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
research	O
project	O
was	O
relaunched	O
using	O
Java	B-Language
as	O
a	O
platform	O
and	O
further	O
development	O
using	O
ScriptX	B-Application
was	O
abandoned	O
.	O
</s>
