The Web Browser Information Project
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Notes about Web Browsers
1.0 Notes on Browsers
2.0 Notes on Browsers for Palmtops & Handhelds Here are some notes on some of the browsers listed on the browser list. They have either been written by the author, or are from contributors to the list. Please note that every attempt has been made to make them as objective as possible. 1.0 Individual Notes on Web Browsers1XWeb browser for Windows 95/NT. Made by Scientific Traveller International. Supports PNG graphic file format: all versions; read-only; no transparency support as of version 0.12b; reportedly broken OBJECT support; may require ActiveX for all features.
1X takes about 1.4MB of hard disk space (I use it)
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[top] Activator(tm)Internet Exploer Engine based Browser. Runs under Windows 95/98/NT
We have a very successful browser which is picking up steam, Activator(tm).
http://www.contentcontrol.com It has a client server remote access manager option and built-in portal with safe internet browsing. A new version 5.0 is nearing release. It is built on the IE engine but has many more unique features. Version 5.0 will be a secure replacement desktop for Windows as well as a standalone safe internet solution.
http://www.contentcontrol.com/
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[top] Adamasneeds Draconis (TCP/IP stack) http://dc2.uni-bielefeld.de/atari/edracon.htm Commercial browser for Atari Even though Atari Corp. died a number of years ago, the operating system (called TOS/GEM) is still developed under license, and Atari clones and other hardware are still being made. It is a small market somewhat similar to the Amiga, although probably with fewer users (like the Amiga, most of them in Europe). There are two other commercial browsers for TOS/GEM: Adamas from Germany, and WenSuite from France. Adamas is currently at v1.62; WenSuite, v3.11. However, unlike CAB, these two browsers do not meet your criteria for inclusion because they are not currently available in English (Adamas will be soon). Adamas is the Browser, Draconis is the TCP/IP and Dialer
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[top] AIR MosaicOne of the many names that Spry Mosaic was sold under. An ancient Windows 3.1 program with a dialer. No longer used. Spry Mosaic: (Also known as Mosaic 95, Mosaic in a Box for Windows 95, SPRY Mosaic 4.0 and/or AIR Mosaic. This thing used to change names and web sites every couple of months and now appears to be completely dead.)
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[top] AmayaThe World Wide Web Consortium's official demonstration web browser. Amaya takes about 9.4MB of hard disk space (I use it)
Supports PNG graphic file format. (Unix/X, Windows 9x/NT) - all versions; read-only; binary transparency (colormapped images only); no support for full alpha channels; partially broken gamma support; good OBJECT support; reportedly poor dithering in 8-bit modes. (This is the W3C's testbed web client for new HTML, CSS and XML features. It has both browsing and authoring [HTML-editing] capabilities, and it can create client-side image maps on inline PNGs.)
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[top] AmayaPort of Mosaic for Amiga.
http://www.omnipresence.com/amosaic/ Supports PNG graphic file format. http://www.omnipresence.com/amosaic/2.0/Developers.html ~ Developers [AMosaic development team] (Amiga) - any version via a PNG DataType (see the miscellaneous apps page for a couple); read-only; requires MUI
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[top] aMozillaXPort of Mozzila for Amiga that will run under X. Please see Mozilla. Supports PNG graphic file format. - all versions; read-only. (NEW 19990701 link from Andreas Kleinert) Amiga 68k/PPC
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[top] AOLWeb browser used for America OnLine service. Is only used by users of America Online--it has features for the proprietary services that only AOL offers. Current Versions (August 1999):
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[top] AOLWeb browser used for America-OnLine/Compuserve service. Current Versions (August 1999):
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[top] AOLWeb browser used for America-OnLine/Netscape service. An adapted version of Netscape. http://www.aol.comCurrent Versions (August 1999):
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[top] Acorn BrowseBrowser for Acorn graphics workstations. Acorn graphics workstations run RISC OS uing the ARM processor. Only available for Acorn. Full PNG graphic format support (in addition to GIF and JPG). Acorn graphics workstations are mostly found in Britain. Current Development Status:
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[top] ANT FrescoOnly avaialable for Acorn (platform). Made by ANT in Britain.
http://www.ant.co.uk/prod/inetbroch/fresco2.html Supports PNG graphic file format. - all versions; read-only. This is the browser chosen for Oracle's Network Computer
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[top] AOLPressWeb page editor with web preview: included in this list because someone sent me an e-mail about it. combination browser editor. You are in browsing and editing mode. Free. Still my favorite for editing. windows 95/98 3.1 It used to be available for UNIX. but that's not on their page anymore They say its available for Mac but the link goes to the PC. Maybe it's just that their site is screwed up. I'm gonna write them. Philisophically it's equally a browser and editor. I personally think this is the right way to do it. From a practical point of view, people wouldn't use it to browse because it's a bit old and doesn't support java or javascript as far as I can see. But that's just because it hasn't been updated recently. It used to be by GNN and progress stopped when or shortly after AOL bought them out. Pity.
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[top] ArachneGreat DOS based graphical browser.
http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000Q41&b= - Version 1.42
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[top] ArcWebOnly avaialable for Acorn (platform). Made by Stewart Brodie
http://www.dsse.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~snb94r/arcweb/l Supports PNG graphic file format. - version 1.70 and later; read-only
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[top] ArenaThe World Wide Web Consortium's old official demonstration web browser. Now obsolete but development still slowly continues, as it was taken over by Yggdrasil.
http://www.yggdrasil.com/Products/Arena/ I'm not sure what your criterion for "obsolete" is, but Mosaic has been dead for years, and Arena is pretty much dead. I guess they're still usable in some sense, but I don't know of anyone who actually *does* use them. Arena development was taken over by Yggdrasil after beta-3c.
(Unix/X) Supports PNG graphic file format: - version 0.98b and later; read-only; full gamma and alpha support; full 16/48-bit PNG image support; progressive display of pages but not of individual images. (As of beta-3b, W3C development stopped in favor of Amaya, above; an Internet-based development team hosted at Yggdrasil's site took over. But that effort appears to have died, too, as of March 1998; a final, minimally changed version 0.3.62 was released in November 1998. PNG support is [partly?] broken in version 0.3.07 and later, but beta-3b is still available.)
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[top] AriadnaWindows 95/NT. Made by AMSD.
http://www.ariadna.ru/Eng/ Supports PNG graphic file format. - version 1.2 and later; read-only. (NT/Alpha and Russian versions also available.)
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[top] The AVANTI BrowserDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. Developed by the AVANTI Project, this browser provides for some of the diverse needs of elderly and disabled people and covers a range of disability-specific requirements. Lexical and syntactic adaptations of user interface, scanning for switch devices, speech output. No demonstration available. http://www.avanti-acts.org/html/detail/userint.htm
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[top] AWebAvailable for Amiga Supports PNG graphic file format. - any version via a PNG DataType (see the miscellaneous apps page for a couple), but better and faster support via the AWebPNG plug-in (progressive display, gamma correction, transparency and 24-bit support; 40k; included with AWeb 3.2 and later); read-only; does not require MUI. Note that the AWebPNG plug-in was the third most popular Amiga download during March 1998--outstanding! (Click here if link breaks.) also http://www.amitrix.com/aweb.html ~ plug-in info provided by Mathew R. Ignash, mignash@rust.net
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[top] AWeb-IIAvailable for Amiga Current Development Status:
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[top] BobcatA reduced version of Lynx for DOS, 8086 and up Also see Lynx http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/bobcat.htm
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[top] BraillesurfDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. A braille and speech browser under development by the Braillenet project (French language) Speech output, braille support. Demonstration available. http://www.braillenet.jussieu.fr/surf.htm
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[top] BrookesTalkDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. This browser under development by Oxford Brookes University focuses on facilitating intelligent web-searching. Speech output, screen-magnification; Demonstration available. http://www.brookes.ac.uk/speech/
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[top] BrownIEThere was a Windows (I think Win31) freeware browser called BrownIE.
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http://www.acorn.com/browser/ Supports PNG graphic file format: all versions; read-only; full alpha support in version 1.25 and later (including RGBA backgrounds, blended with BGCOLOR); full gamma support; progressive display of interlaced images
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[top] CAB (Crystal Atari Browser)Even though Atari Corp. died a number of years ago, the operating system (called TOS/GEM) is still developed under license, and Atari clones and other hardware are still being made. It is a small market somewhat similar to the Amiga, although probably with fewer users (like the Amiga, most of them in Europe). Commercial Browser The most popular browser for TOS/GEM is CAB (Crystal Atari Browser). The Mac version is called iCab (which of course is included in your list). CAB is currently at v2.7, with support for HTML 3.2 and frames; its approximate size is 500K. (Notice the correct spelling for CAB and iCab.)
http://homepages.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de/%7Eaclauss/Atari_CAB.html CAB 1.5 is freeware, anything above 1.5 is commercial. See also iCAB
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[top] Chameleon WebSurferVersions for Mac (68K): ![]() Current Development Status:
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[top] ConversaWebVery useful for people with diabilities Voice-activated browser allowing spoken selection of links using "saycons". Windows 95, NT, 98 http://www.speechtechnology.com/otherspeech/conversaweb_n.htmlCurrent Development Status:
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[top] CharlotteRuns under VM mode on IBM mainframes such as the S/390 series. Charlotte is a text-only web browser for VM/CMS. More information is available at: The download (in VM archive format) is at: The license agreement (for proper placement in your table structure) is
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[top] ConversaWebVery useful for people with diabilities Voice-activated browser allowing spoken selection of links using "saycons". Windows 95, NT, 98 http://www.speechtechnology.com/otherspeech/conversaweb_n.htmlCurrent Development Status:
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[top] CSi CompuServe softwareWinCIM / `CSi CompuServe software' [CompuServe] PNG graphic file support: (Windows 3.x) - version 2.0.1 and later; read-only; progressive display of interlaced images (replicating method)
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[top] CyberdogCyberdog for Macintosh Modular software allows you to custom configure the interface however you like it http://www.cyberdog.orgThis is Apple's discontinued "OpenDoc" browser. It is now maintained by a bunch of volunteers. Versions for Mac: CyberDog 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1 PPC, 2.0 68k/PPC. This is Apple's discontinued "OpenDoc" browser. http://cyberdog.apple.com/download/dodownload.html - Apple has since shut down this server.
Thank you for your note about adding Cyberdog to your list of browsers. I would point out a few things about your list however. Firstly, Cyberdog does not have a capital "D" in the middle of its name. A point made strongly by the developers when I talked to them several years ago. Secondly, Cyberdog should probably be listed as "N96+!" because Apple stopped development of it in Dec(?) of 1996, it does have extra features (you already had the "+" sign, of course), and because it requires OpenDoc to run. So, users need to know about that special requirement. Also, the link you have for downloading is defunct. It points to Apple's own server, which has been closed. You should replace it with "http://cyberdog.org/dogbones/" or "ftp://ftp.cyberdog.org/cybie/download/" so people can find the archives. I can even tell you that the download size is approximately 2.6 MB (that is only approx., but it's close) for either version--68K or PPC.
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[top] DaniBrowser
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[top] DreamweaverWeb page editor with web preview: included in this list because someone sent me an e-mail about it. Made by MacroMedia. Available for Windows, Macintosh. [top] Dry IceDry Ice [Free Amiga Organization] (Amiga 68k) Supports PNG - all versions; read-only; coming November 1999. http://www.freeamiga.org/dryice.html
DryIce never made it. Aborted before birth.
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[top] EIADDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. A browser from Sarsfield Solutions which provides enhancements specifically for people with special needs and learning difficulties. Touch-screen, simplified language interface. No demonstration available. http://gippsnet.com.au/eiad/browser.htm
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[top] EmacSpeakDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. The speech-enabled environment for EMACS, runs under UNIX or LINUX, includes full web browsing capabilities through W3. Speech output, simple keyboard interface. Free download available.
http://cs.cornell.edu/home/raman/emacspeak/
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[top] Enhanced MosaicSee also SpyGlass Mosaic .
I'm not sure what your criterion for "obsolete" is, but Mosaic has been dead for years, and Arena is pretty much dead. I guess they're still usable in some sense, but I don't know of anyone who actually *does* use them.
Enhanced Mosaic v2.1 from Spyglass is shipped with OpenVMS. Distributed as a binary free of charge.
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[top] grailVersions for Mac: Grail [Corporation for National Research Initiatives] PNG graphic file support: (Unix/X) - version 0.3b3 and later via the Python Imaging Library (PIL); read-only. (0.3b2 supports PNG via a simple patch from Andre Derrick Balsa. Mac and Windows ports coming after the corresponding Tk ports are done.)
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[top] HomePageReaderDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. The new speech-based browser from IBM, using Netscape as its engine. Speech output, simple keyboard interface based on number-pad. Demonstration available. http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns/hpr.html
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[top] HotDogWeb page editor with web preview: included in this list because someone sent me an e-mail about it. Made by Sausage Software http://www.sausagesoftware.com Current Development Status:
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[top] HotJavaDeveloped by Sun Microsystems to showcase Java applets, but it is a fully functional web browser. Current Versions (August 1999):
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[top] IBrowseAvailable for Amiga PNG graphic file support: (Amiga) - version 1.2 and later natively, or any previous version via a PNG DataType (see the miscellaneous apps page for a couple); read-only; requires MUI 3.8 or later; full alpha support? progressive display
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[top] IBrowserAvailable for Amiga Current Development Status:
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[top] iCabSee also CAB for Atari. Versions for Mac: iCab 1.0p1, 1.0p2, 1.0p3, 1.0p4, 1.0p5 An exciting new browser from Germany. From the team that produced the CAB browser for Atari. This browser looks very promising and takes very little RAM. This may become the dominant browser for the Macintosh platform!
http://www.icab.de/
And iCab is approximately a 1 MB download (actually only about 800 or 900 KB depending on version, but "less than 1 MB" is close enough).
iCab [Alexander Clauss / iCab] PNG graphic file support: (Mac 68k/PPC) - all versions? read-only; reportedly full alpha support; no gamma support; no progressive display
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[top] Innerworld BBS SoftwareRE: Other Programs that can Browse the Web Innerworld BBS Software hase a internal webbrowser...
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[top] Internet ExplorerBrowser made by Microsoft. IE 4.01 and up supports OCX browsers that can use IE as the engine to drive them. Current version is 5.0 in August 1999.
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Versions available for Mac: PNG graphic file format support: (Windows 9x/NT, Solaris/X, HP-UX/X) - version 4.0b1 and later; read-only; broken alpha support in 4.0b2 through 5.0 (simple transparency only, with bad threshold for full transparency, and only for palette images; non-palette images are rendered fully opaque against a gray background); full gamma support in 4.0b2 and later; progressive display of interlaced images in 4.0 and later (replicating method); broken OBJECT support (only if "Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins" security preference enabled; adds unnecessary scrollbars; renders all OBJECTs in nested set, not just outermost). Note that Microsoft claims MSIE 4.0 ``does not include the functionality to view .png files,'' which presumably refers to its inability to display a stand-alone PNG (i.e., one that is simply referenced via a link or opened from disk--it can view one that is inlined on an HTML page via an IMG tag just fine); this is fixed in 5.0. Note also that the Macintosh version (including 4.5) and the Windows 3.x version have no PNG support at all.
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[top] Internet Plus ProfessionalWin 95, 98, NT http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000PK7&b= - Version 1.0
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[top] IntraDOSText mode HTML Browser for DOS-Based Intranet for DOS. offline browser. http://www.mindspring.com/~cmcork3/id14.htm
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[top] IProbeFor Amiga http://www.diku.dk/students/duff/IProbe.html [http://www.diku.dk/students/duff/ - Allan "Duff" Odgaard] PNG graphic file format support: (Amiga) - all versions; read-only; coming. (See also his HTMLview MUI class, whose demo program may include PNG-viewing capability.)
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[top] kfmweb/file browser that comes with KDE 1.x (K Desktop Environment) Will read PNG graphic files.
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[top] KnotsGraphical HTML browser for DOS for DOS. offline browser. ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/html/knots2_0.zip
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[top] konquerorweb/file browser that comes with KDE 1.x (K Desktop Environment) I belive it will be shipped with KDE 2.x
web/file browser that comes with KDE 1.x (K Desktop Environment) Will read PNG graphic files.
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[top] LynxUNIX text-only console Web Browser (one of the originals) Binaries are available for DOS (DJGPP) and Win32 ports, as well as VMS. Pages for source code versions: 2.82 2.82 2.82
http://lynx.browser.org
http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/release
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For non-commercial Atari browsers, there is also a fairly up-to-date Lynx port, and the client NEWSie has a built-in text-based browser. http://www.crl.com/%7Esubir/lynx/platforms.html#atari
MiNT (netBSD clone for the Atari) ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/atari/mint/network/
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[top] MacLynxObsolete but still available. An adaptation of Lynx for 68k Mac. Please also see Lynx
http://www.lirmm.fr/%7gutkneco/maclynx/download.html Versions for Mac: MacLynx1.0a3, 1.0b1 based on Lynx 2.7.1. This browser is fast, but text only. Written by: Oliver Gutknecht Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]MacLynx is able to optionally read either full page texts or any selected link individually (if Apple's Text-To-Speech software is also installed), and is navigable via the keyboard just like the original Lynx--disability support, is my point. Also, because MacLynx is actually based on the Lynx code-base, would it not be appropriate to list Lynx as running on Macs? Obviously, you may wish to leave it as a separate entry as well, since it is quite a variation. But, if you do, you should probably also list DOSlynx and some of the other variations on the Lynx code-base.
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[top] Marco PoloDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. A plug-in for Netscape Navigator from Sonicon with speech and auditory icons. Speech output, audio icons, simple keyboard interface. Demonstration available. http://www.webpresence.com/sonicon/marcopolo/
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[top] WebsurfACEWindows 95 and NT only. Uses the OCX capability of the >IE 4 to build a new shell over IE. Needs IE 4 or greater. Maintained by Steve Kemp(www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~skx/win/MDIExplorer.html) www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~skx/win/MDIExplorer.html
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[top] Minuet (Minnesota INternet Users Essential Tool)Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool, Text / graphical multi-function client for DOS
http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/minuet/
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[top] mmmPythonTk web browser http://pauillac.inria.fr/~rouaix/mmm/about.html
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[top] mMosiacDerived from XMosaic 2.7b4, supports tables and other tags. Adds some multithreading. Intent is to re-enable Multicast use. http://www-sig.enst.fr/~dauphin/mMosaic/platform.html
I'm not sure what your criterion for "obsolete" is, but Mosaic has been dead for years, and Arena is pretty much dead. I guess they're still usable in some sense, but I don't know of anyone who actually *does* use them.
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mMosaic [Dauphin Gilles / NCSA X Mosaic Team] PNG graphic file support: (Unix/X) - all versions; read-only; uses libpng and zlib; PNG dithering is poor (libpng problem); no progressive display; no alpha support; no simple transparency support; no gamma support; fails on 13 valid PNGs on PngSuite page. (This is an enhanced version of NCSA X Mosaic 2.7b4, extended by Gilles to support tables; Java applets [via the free Java virtual machine Kaffe]; and the free Motif clone, Lesstif.)
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[top] MosiacThe original web browser developed by the NCSA Versions for Mac:
http://wwwdoctest.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html I'm not sure what your criterion for "obsolete" is, but Mosaic has been dead for years, and Arena is pretty much dead. I guess they're still usable in some sense, but I don't know of anyone who actually *does* use them.
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[top] Mosaic 95One of the many names that Spry Mosaic was sold under. An ancient Windows 3.1 program with a dialer. No longer used. Spry Mosaic: (Also known as Mosaic 95, Mosaic in a Box for Windows 95, SPRY Mosaic 4.0 and/or AIR Mosaic. This thing used to change names and web sites every couple of months and now appears to be completely dead.)
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[top] Mosaic in a Box for Windows 95One of the many names that Spry Mosaic was sold under. An ancient Windows 3.1 program with a dialer. No longer used. Spry Mosaic: (Also known as Mosaic 95, Mosaic in a Box for Windows 95, SPRY Mosaic 4.0 and/or AIR Mosaic. This thing used to change names and web sites every couple of months and now appears to be completely dead.)
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[top] MozillaAn open source inititive by Netscape Communcation for open source for Netscape Navigator. Port under development for Amiga called AMozilla 5 Expected to be done in 1999. Please see AMozillaX See also MOZZAM Also, there is a Mozilla development going on for BeOS called "bezilla": http://reality.sgi.com/rhess_engr/beos/bezilla/
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[top] MOZZAMFor Amiga PNG graphic file support for: (Amiga) - all versions; read-only; coming. See also Mozilla
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[top] Multi-lingualMosaicI'm not sure what your criterion for "obsolete" is, but Mosaic has been dead for years, and Arena is pretty much dead. I guess they're still usable in some sense, but I don't know of anyone who actually *does* use them.
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[top] MultiWebDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. Disability-specific browser developed at Deakin University. Speech output, screen magnification, scanning for switch devices. Free download available. http://mis.deakin.edu.au/multiweb/MWIntro.htm/
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[top] NCSA MacMosaicNCSA Mosaic for MacIntosh See also Mosaic. NCSA MacMosaic [NCSA MacMosaic Team] PNG graphic file support: (Macintosh) - version 3.0A1 and later; read-only; gamma support in version 3.0B3 and later; optional progressive display of interlaced images (either sparse or replicating method, or none at all); alpha support slightly buggy
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[top] NCSA Mosaicalso see Mosaic I'm not sure what your criterion for "obsolete" is, but Mosaic has been dead for years, and Arena is pretty much dead. I guess they're still usable in some sense, but I don't know of anyone who actually *does* use them.
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[top] NeoPlanetBrowser.
http://www.netgem.com/english/ Current Versions (August 1999):
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[top] NetKitPNG graphic file support: (NeXTStep/OpenStep) - all versions; read-only. (This product has been discontinued. Netkit was actually an object-oriented toolkit for creating custom browsers; it looked pretty cool.)
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[top] Netscape CommunicatorSuite of:
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[top] Netscape Navigator 4.61 - Standalone Web BrowserOne of the original browsers. Available in a wide variety of platforms and languages. Unix versions include SINIX. Download pages: 4.61 4.61 4.08
No native support for PNG graphic file format until verion 4.04 but it is limited. Plugins are available. See Greg Roelof's WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support
I did find web browser for sco-unix platform. If you are using unixware, go to www.sco.com/Unixware and check out optional features. Netscape browser is being offered as freeware. [Source: Ramanathan, usenet://comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc August 2, 1999]
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[top] Netscape Navigator 2 & 3 - Standalone Web BrowserOne of the original browsers. Available in a wide variety of platforms and languages. Unix versions include SINIX. Built in mail client. Obsolete in 1996 No native support for PNG graphic file format, but plugins are available. See Greg Roelof's WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support
Netscape Navigator Gold v3.03 is available for OpenVMS, cf. (IIRC, the IPS - Internet Product Suite - is shipped with the OS) Delivered as a binary free of charge. http://www.openvms.digital.com/openvms/products/ips/
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[top] NetBoxA standalone peice of consumer electronics to turn a TV set into a web browser. Used in Europe.
http://www.netgem.com/english/
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[top] NetCaptorWindows 95 and NT only. Uses the OCX capability of the >IE 4 to build a new shell over IE. Needs IE 4 or greater. Current version in July, 1999: 5.04 NetCaptor turns the browser world upside down. Unlike other browsers which only view one site at a time or crowd multiple windows together, NetCaptor opens sites on separate browser tabs.
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[top] NETCOMpleteNetCruiser defined as a "Free Browser". That may be misleading, since, although free, it will only work with the Internet Service Providers that formally belonged to Netcom On-line Communication Services before 1999 (that would be Netcom On-Line, Netcom Canada, and Netcom Internet UK). Since it has a built in dialer, it will not be accessible to other ISPs. Same goes with NETCOMplete, by the same company.
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[top] NetCruiserNetCruiser defined as a "Free Browser". That may be misleading, since, although free, it will only work with the Internet Service Providers that formally belonged to Netcom On-line Communication Services before 1999 (that would be Netcom On-Line, Netcom Canada, and Netcom Internet UK). Since it has a built in dialer, it will not be accessible to other ISPs. Same goes with NETCOMplete, by the same company.
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[top] NetPositiveThere is a web browser for BeOS called Net Positive that comes bundled with the OS.
http://www-classic.be.com/beware/Network.html#Cat_Web%20Browser
PNG graphic file support: (BeOS) - version 2.1 and later (uses new PNG Translator in BeOS 4.5); read-only; full alpha support? full gamma support?
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[top] NetQuestAnother one of these programs that uses IE 5.0 as its browser engine. As requested here are a few of the answers you wanted,
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[top] NetsurferPNG graphic file support: (NeXTStep/OpenStep) - version 1.1 and later; read-only. (This product has been discontinued.)
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[top] NetTamerOh, one for MS-DOS, that I didn't notice in your list, is part of a complete connectivity package, clear down to an 8088... NetTamer shareware - also a verson for one of the palmtops. Seems to do MORE than Netscape, from a single diskette. FTP, Dialer, PPP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, NNTP, Telnet. QUOTE: Net-Tamer 1.08xt will run on any DOS-PC, from the slowest XT to the fastest Pentium.
http://www.nettamer.net/tamer.html
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[top] NEWSieEven though Atari Corp. died a number of years ago, the operating system (called TOS/GEM) is still developed under license, and Atari clones and other hardware are still being made. It is a small market somewhat similar to the Amiga, although probably with fewer users (like the Amiga, most of them in Europe). Web Browser for Atari. For non-commercial Atari browsers, there is also a fairly up-to-date Lynx port, and the client NEWSie has a built-in text-based browser. http://www.primenet.com/%7Erojewski/newsie.html
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[top] OmniWebPNG graphic file support: (NeXTStep/OpenStep) - version 2.0 and later; read-only; full gamma support; progressive display of interlaced images (sparse method); no alpha support
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[top] One Stop BrowserMicroviet OneStop Browser v1.0 Get a multilanguage Web browser. Win 95, 98 & NT. http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000YFO&b=
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[top] OperaThe Opera Browser is not free, it costs $35.00 US. (30 day trial for the full version, after that $35 for a registration key) It is not free but it is shareware. It's download size is 1.3 MB, installed about 5MB
http://www.opera.com - Opera Software Current Versions (August 1999):
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http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000A05&b= Opera (16-bit) v3.60.0.287
PNG graphic file support: (Windows 3.x, Windows 9x/NT) - version 3.51 and later; binary transparency (some of the time, and apparently only for palette-based images); progressive display; full gamma support; read-only; commercial. (Version 3.50 also supports PNG via old-style plug-ins, such as PNG Live 1.0, that support neither transparency nor progressive display; see Netscape Navigator above).
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[top] OWN (Open World Navigator)Open World Navigator - Graphical HTML browser, may be possible to use as an on-line browser with the aid of GETHTTP.EXE for DOS. offline browser.
http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/other/own.zip
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[top] PreVuePreVue
Should work on Mac and 32-bit Windoze, if the parsing were updated to work, say, with www.tvguide.com (which subsumed prevue.com). They're using virtually the same database engine to create the pages as they inherited from Prevue.
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[top] NetTamerDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. The first and longest established low-vision browser from the Productivity Works. Speech output, synchronised speech and screen magnification, simple keyboard interface. Demonstration available.
http://www.prodworks.com/pr_ecomm.html
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[top] pwTelephoneA telephone-based browser using the telephone keypad as an interface to navigate suitably configured pages. http://www.prodworks.com/pr_ecomm.html
[top] Sensus Internet BrowserDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. A low-vision internet browser from Sensus in Denmark. Speech output, braille support, special screen fonts. No demonstration available. http://www.sensus.dk/sib10uk.htm
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[top] Simply Web 98Developed specifically for people with disabilities. A talking interface using the Internet Explorer engine. Speech output, simple keyboard interface. Free download available. http://www.econointl.com/sw/
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[top] SpeecHTMLA subscription service from Vocalis, allowing a participating site to provide telephone access using voice commands. Current Development Status:
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[top] SpiderWomanSpiderWoman is at this point, a code-base because it's more-or-less stuck at HTML2.0 With the death of NeXT (followed by its consumption by Apple) the future of this browser is still in question. It is written entirely in Objective-C (as _quite_ distinct from C++) with a dynamic interface (built on the forward-looking software-IC's manipulated by the NeXT Interface Builder). Now, if we can get the software industry to FINALLY embrace some of the mid-1990's things that were (despite being very GNUish at the time) largely ignored because they didn't run on Windows, we might see things like this resurrected and updated. Platforms (BSD4.3-based) NeXTstep for:
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[top] SPIN (Saturnus Personal Internet Navigator)a graphical Browser/Editor for MS-DOS
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[top] SpyGlass MosaicVersions for Mac: Spyglass Mosaic [Spyglass] PNG graphic file support: (Windows 3.x, NT, Macintosh, Unix/X) - version 2.2; read-only. (This product appears to have died as a consumer product but been resurrected as a variety of embedded and server products. Also see SpyGlassPrism .
Spyglass Mosaic [Spyglass] PNG graphic file support: (Windows 3.x, NT, Macintosh, Unix/X) - version 2.2; read-only. (This product appears to have died as a consumer product but been resurrected as a variety of embedded and server products. See Spyglass Prism below.)
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[top] SpyGlassPrismPNG graphic file support: (Solaris, Windows NT) - all versions? read/write? commercial. (See also this December 1996 press release.)
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[top] Spry Mosaic(Also known as Mosaic 95, Mosaic in a Box for Windows 95, SPRY Mosaic 4.0 and/or AIR Mosaic. This thing used to change names and web sites every couple of months and now appears to be completely dead.) SPRYNET Mosaic [SPRY / CompuServe] PNG graphic file support: (Windows 3.x) - all versions; read-only; full gamma support.
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[top] StarOfficeComplete Office Suite that happens to have a built-in web browser http://www.sun.com/stardivision Current Development Status:
Development Historypre-Jan-2000 - Developed from sratch by a German Company - StarDivision - for Windows, Linux, Sparc, HP-UX, OS/2. Was made as a complete office package as a Microsoft Office killer-app. It has a small web browser built in. Jan, 2000 - Star Division is bought out by Sun as part of its new DOT COM Business Model. Sun is distributing it for free and decides to make it open source. Releases version 5.1 and 5.2 for Solaris-Sparc, Solaris-x86, Linux-x86 and OS/2-x86. Plans to release a web/java version soon. Available for free download. [top] SurfIt!Earlier versions of Plume were called SurfIt! http://tcltk.anu.edu.au/papers/Tcl-Workshop-96/ball.html
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[top] TabSurfJust came across what looks like a terrific FREE browser - lets you browse up to 30 sites at once, can be set to automatically update specific sites every few minutes, supposed to speed up browsing "by up to 400%". Called TABSURF. Check out the details at www.tabsurf.com. Sally L. Braid, Nobody's Business
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[top] Tel-WebTel-Web is a unique, new service that allows you to connect to the web using just your touch-tone telephone! Once connected, you can do many of the things that you might do if you were using your computer: check e-mail, weather, news, stock quotes, etc. -- even access web sites that you specify! (some limitations apply as noted below). Tel-Web works with any touch-tone telephone, including cellular phones. Unlike other remote Internet access products and services, there are no other requirements such as PDAs, specially-equipped cell phones, modems, sound cards, etc. Now to access the web, you don't even need to own a computer! All you need is a touch-tone phone, a PIN (personal identification number) and your "in".
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[top] TermitePNG graphic file support: (Acorn) - any version with David McCormack's Progress helper app, listed on the miscellaneous apps page; read-only
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[top] TkWebVersions for Mac: The URL for Tiber is dead. I think Tiber is dead too.
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[top] TurnpikePNG graphic file support: (Windows 3.x, Windows 9x/NT) - version 4.00 and later; read-only. (This is actually a complete dial-up Internet package with a bundled TCP/IP stack, all of the usual utilities and a browser.)
You list Turnpike as being a WWW browser - it isn't really, it is just a mail and news client which happens to be able to understand a little HTML. The reason it does this is for compatibility with Netscape and Microsoft mail programs; it doesn't actually allow you to browse the web nor to create HTML messages yourself. So as you don't list Outlook it probably isn't worth listing Turnpike either. Turnpike is usually supplied with Internet Explorer IIRC. As you can see from my headers, I'm using Turnpike at the moment. I'm not quite sure how the PNG people picked up the wrong end of the stick on this one.
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[top] UdiWWWPNG graphic file support: (Windows 3.x, Windows 9x/NT) - all versions since 29 September 95; read-only (also see Stroud's review)
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[top] UltrabrowserThere's something called Ultrabrowser at http://www.ultrabrowser.com/ ; I don't know if it's a real browser or just a pretty interface for MSIE or similar.
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[top] ViewHTMLQuickie HTML viewer and converter. for DOS. offline browser. http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kevsol/sware.html#viewhtml
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[top] VIP Info NetDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. A low-vision browser from JBliss Inc. Screen magnification, speech output. Demonstration available. http://www.jbliss.com/
[top] Vosaicaudio+video-Mosaic http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Archive/AOarchive/Vosaic.html
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[top] VoyagerBrowser for Amiga PNG graphic support: (Amiga) - any version prior to 2.7 with a PNG DataType (see the miscellaneous apps page for a couple); read-only; requires MUI. (Also known as MindWalker in the Amiga Technologies Surfer Pack. Version 2.7 introduces native PNG support and is known as VoyagerNG; see below.)
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[top] VoyagerNGBrowser for Amiga PNG graphic file support: (Amiga) - version 2.7 and later; read-only; progressive display; gamma correction enabled in version 2.96.39 and later; requires MUI; uses libpng and zlib
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[top] w3mw3m is a pager/text-based WWW browser. It is a similar application to Lynx, but it has several features Lynx doesn't have.
w3m was originally available in Japanese, but there is now an English version available as well.
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[top] WannaBeVersions for Mac:
http://pluto.njcc.com/%7dtp/wb2/wannabe.html Hi, The new URL for WannaBe is:
Thanks,
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[top] WebBoyGraphical browser & E-Mail client for PPP / LAN - IBM Japan for DOS http://www.swdev.japan.ibm.co.jp/r4040/webboy.html
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[top] WebsiteDeveloped specifically for people with disabilities. A speech-based browser from Compusult, designed for vision and reading-impaired people. Speech output, screen magnification, simple keyboard interface. Still in beta. Still under development http://www.hear-it.com/webcite.html
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[top] WebitePNG graphic file support: (Acorn) - any version with David McCormack's Progress helper app, listed on the miscellaneous apps page; read-only
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[top] Web-O-Matic Digital BrowserWin 95, 98, NT http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000TID&b= - Version 3.0
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[top] Web On CallVoice-driven browser allowing telephone access to enabled sites. http://www.weboncall.com/product/woc/backgrnd.htm
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[top] Web ProwlerBrowser for win95 http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000I82&b= - Version 1.0
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[top] WebSpyderGraphical browser with JavaScript for 386+ systems Caldera's licensed 32-bit derivative of xChaos' Arachne for DOS See also Arachne.
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[top] WebsurfACEWindows 95 and NT only. Uses the OCX capability of the >IE 4 to build a new shell over IE. Needs IE 4 or greater. http://www.toolpool.com/surface/default.htm
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[top] WebTkHTML WYSIWYS editor and browser from Scriptics in pure Tcl/Tk http://www.scriptics.com:8123/webtk/
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[top] WebTVWebTV is also a firmware stand-alone product. http://developer.webtv.net/design/tools/viewer/license.html
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[top] ViewWebView [South Pacific Information Services] PNG graphic support: (Windows 3.x, Windows 9x/NT) - version 2.6 and later; read-only
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[top] Wen.SuiteCommercial browser for Atari Even though Atari Corp. died a number of years ago, the operating system (called TOS/GEM) is still developed under license, and Atari clones and other hardware are still being made. It is a small market somewhat similar to the Amiga, although probably with fewer users (like the Amiga, most of them in Europe). There are two other commercial browsers for TOS/GEM: Adamas from Germany, and WenSuite from France. Adamas is currently at v1.62; WenSuite, v3.11. However, unlike CAB, these two browsers do not meet your criteria for inclusion because they are not currently available in English (Adamas will be soon).
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[top] wgetThe product is called GNU Wget and is maintained and created by GNU (http://www.gnu.org) -=- Its sources are available from ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/wget/ and its most current version is 1.5.3. WGET will work on almost any *NIX varriant. It is extremely useful for retrieval of mirrors for FTP/Web sites as it will recursively retrieve entire sites via the HTTP or FTP protocol, as well as being useful for an extensive number of applications. As a snippet from GNU's homepage "GNU Wget is a freely available network utility to retrieve files from the World Wide Web using HTTP and FTP, the two most widely used Internet protocols. It works non-interactively, thus enabling work in the background, after having logged off. The recursive retrieval of HTML pages, as well as FTP sites, is supported: you can use Wget to make mirrors of archives and home pages, or traverse the web like a WWW robot (Wget understands /robots.txt)." Heh- Sorry! Love the program and really don't wanna see it defaced with RedRat being given credit to an excellent application distributed with almost all *NIX variants.
wget homepage http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html
I just have the man page. I got it with the RedHat 6.0 in the package wget-1.5.3-4 It is not a browser in the sense due to the fact that it is entirely command-line driven and does not do any pretty formatting of pages.
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[top] WinCIMWinCIM / `CSi CompuServe software' [CompuServe] PNG graphic file support: (Windows 3.x) - version 2.0.1 and later; read-only; progressive display of interlaced images (replicating method)
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[top] xEmacsXEmacs [Lucid, Sun, UIUC, etc.] PNG graphic file support: (Unix/X) - version 19.14 and later; read-only; uses libpng and zlib. (This is lumped in with the browsers due to W3 mode.)
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[top] XMaydayOffline UNIX web browser PNG graphic file format support: (Unix/X) - all versions; read-only. (This is an HTML browser for local files only; it is primarily intended to be used for viewing documentation in HTML format, including that accompanying Axene's other products on the miscellaneous apps page.)
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[top] xMosaicNCSA Mosaic that runs under X (Unix) See also Mosaic. NCSA X Mosaic [NCSA X Mosaic Team] PNG graphics file upport: (Unix/X) - version 2.7b1 and later; read-only; PNG dithering is poor (libpng problem); no progressive display; no alpha support; no simple transparency support; no gamma support
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[top] 2.0 Notes on Browser Software for Palm-tops/hand-helds[top] LunaSuitefor the Apple Newton platform and NewtonOS 2.x: Commercial software with demo available. Has a web browser as part of a suite of Internet applications. Supports, frames, tables, GIF & JPEG, proxies etc. Still in active development. http://www.lunatech.com/products/lunasuite/
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[top] Nethopperfor the Apple Newton platform and NewtonOS 2.x: Free browser. Version 3.2 works only on NewtonOS 2.1 devices. Version 2.0 works on NewtonOS 2.0 devices. Supports tables, no frames, GIF, proxies.
Was discontinued as of 1998. http://www.spyglass.com/solutions/technologies/discontinued/nethopper/index.html
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[top] NewtsCapefor the Apple Newton platform and NewtonOS 2.x: Newt's Cape 1.5 and 2.0: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/newton/newtscape.htm Free public betas, otherwise it's shareware. Supports frames and tables, supports GIF and JPEG pictures, only binaries are available. Still in active development.
I noticed you've got Newt's Cape listed for the Newton -- thanks. since you've got a "?" for size, I can give that to you: ~300K (including usual JPEG plugin). there are also some non-standard (non web browser?) features like scripting, using the Newton's builtin scripting language (NewtonScript) Steve weyer@kagi.com http://members.bellatlantic.net/~sweyer/index.htm
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[top] ProxieWebHere's a browser for your Palmtop category--ProxiWeb, which runs on the 3Com Palm Pilot devices. It employs a proxy server that brings in web pages quickly, even with the standard (slow) Palm modem. It displays graphics and has some form support.
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[top] WWW/LXWWW/LX - An Internet Solution designed for the HP 100/200/700LX Series http://www.dasoft.com/WWW/wv2.html
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