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1.0 Notes on Browsers
0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

2.0 Notes on Browsers for Palmtops & Handhelds
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 Browsers

1X

Web 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.

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

• [Source: Peter Evans (Jan, 2000)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

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
http://www.rleeheath.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.

• [Source: Roger Heath ~ http://www.rleeheath.com (November 27, 1999]

http://www.contentcontrol.com/

main contact information
You may write us directly at the following addresses:
R. Lee Heath
2555 Victor Avenue, Suite 602, Glenview, Illinois 60025-4866 USA
email: support@contentcontrol.com
tel: 847-729-7522 fax: 847-729-9719

[Source: http://www.contentcontrol.com/ (November 27, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Adamas

needs 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

http://www.draconis-pro.de/

• [Source: Neil Roughley (August 21, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

AIR Mosaic

One 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.)

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Please see Spry Mosaic

Current Development Status:

Development History

Amaya

The World Wide Web Consortium's official demonstration web browser.

http://www.w3.org/Amaya

• [Source: Peter Evans (Jan, 2000)]

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.)

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Amaya

Port of Mosaic for Amiga.

http://www.omnipresence.com/amosaic/
http://www.omnipresence.com

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

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

aMozillaX

Port 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

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

AOL

Web 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.

http://www.aol.com

Current Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1: 4.0
• Windows 95: 4.0
• Windows 98: 4.0
• Windows NT 3.51:
• Windows NT 4.0:
• Mac: 4.0
• Linux:
• Other:

Older Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1: 3.0
• Windows 95: 3.0
• Windows 98: 3.0
• Windows NT 3.51:
• Windows NT 4.0:
• Mac: 3.0
• Linux:
• Other:

• [Source: Chuck Upsdell ~ Browser News, August 4, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

AOL

Web browser used for America-OnLine/Compuserve service.

http://www.aol.com

Current Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1: CS
• Windows 95: 2000
• Windows 98: 2000
• Windows NT 3.51: 4.0
• Windows NT 4.0: 4.0
• Mac: PPC" 68K
• Linux:
• Other:

Older Versions:

• Windows 3.1:
• Windows 95: 4.0
• Windows 98: 4.0
• Windows NT 3.51:
• Windows NT 4.0:
• Mac:
• Linux:
• Other:

• [Source: Chuck Upsdell ~ Browser News, August 4, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

AOL

Web browser used for America-OnLine/Netscape service. An adapted version of Netscape.

Current Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1: 4.08
• Windows 95: 4.61
• Windows 98: 4.61
• Windows NT 3.51: 4.61
• Windows NT 4.0: 4.61
• Mac: 4.61
• Linux: 4.61
• Other: 4.61

Older Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1: 1.22 2.02 3.04
• Windows 95: 1.22 2.02 3.04 4.08
• Windows 98: 1.22 2.02 3.04 4.08
• Windows NT 3.51: 1.22 2.02 3.04 4.08
• Windows NT 4.0: 1.22 2.02 3.04 4.08
• Mac: 2.02 3.04 4.08
• Linux: 1.12 2.02 3.04 4.08
• Other: 1.12 2.023.04 4.08

• [Source: Chuck Upsdell ~ Browser News, August 4, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Acorn Browse

Browser 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.

http://www.acorn.org

Current Development Status:

Development History

ANT Fresco

Only avaialable for Acorn (platform). Made by ANT in Britain.

http://www.ant.co.uk/prod/inetbroch/fresco2.html
http://www.ant.co.uk/

http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchives.pl?960320.oraclepicksbrowser.htm

Supports PNG graphic file format. - all versions; read-only.

This is the browser chosen for Oracle's Network Computer

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

AOLPress

Web 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.

• [Source: Leonard R. Kasday, Temple University (August 3 & 4, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Arachne

Great DOS based graphical browser.

http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000Q41&b= - Version 1.42
http://arachne.browser.org/
http://xch.arachne.cz/

• [Source: ZDNet Software Library, www.zdnet.com/swlib, August 1, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

ArcWeb

Only avaialable for Acorn (platform). Made by Stewart Brodie

http://www.dsse.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~snb94r/arcweb/l
http://www.dsse.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~snb94r/

Supports PNG graphic file format. - version 1.70 and later; read-only

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Arena

The 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/
http://www.yggdrasil.com

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.

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group (August 5, 1999]

(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.)

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Ariadna

Windows 95/NT. Made by AMSD.

http://www.ariadna.ru/Eng/
http://www.amsd.com/eng/
http://www.ariadna.ru/Rus/proceed.htm ~ NT and Alpha version

Supports PNG graphic file format. - version 1.2 and later; read-only. (NT/Alpha and Russian versions also available.)

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

The AVANTI Browser

Developed 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.

• [Source: World Wide Web Consortium: Web Accessibility Inititive: Alternative Web Browsing page, August 2, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

AWeb

Available 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

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

AWeb-II

Available for Amiga

Current Development Status:

Development History

Bobcat

A reduced version of Lynx for DOS, 8086 and up

Also see Lynx

http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/bobcat.htm

• [Source: Dave Ratti (August 6, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Braillesurf

Developed specifically for people with disabilities.

A braille and speech browser under development by the Braillenet project (French language) Speech output, braille support. Demonstration available.

• [Source: World Wide Web Consortium: Web Accessibility Inititive: Alternative Web Browsing page, August 2, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

BrookesTalk

Developed 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.

• [Source: World Wide Web Consortium: Web Accessibility Inititive: Alternative Web Browsing page, August 2, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

BrownIE

• [Source: Peter Evans (Jan, 2000)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

proabably totally obsolete now

Browse

Only available for Acorn (platform).

http://www.acorn.com/browser/
http://www.acorn.com

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

• [Source: World Wide Web Consortium: Web Accessibility Inititive: Alternative Web Browsing page, August 2, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

CAB (Crystal Atari Browser)

http://www.tu

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
http://www.cix.co.uk/~inactive/inactive/software/cab.htm

CAB 1.5 is freeware, anything above 1.5 is commercial.

See also iCAB

• [Source: Neil Roughley (August 21, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Chameleon WebSurfer

Versions for Mac (68K):
Chameleon WebSurfer 3.6.1

This product has apparently been discontinued.

http://www.netmanage.com/

Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

ConversaWeb

Very useful for people with diabilities

Voice-activated browser allowing spoken selection of links using "saycons".

Windows 95, NT, 98

Current Development Status:

Development History

Charlotte

Runs 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:
http://vmdev.gpl.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?CHARLOTT

The download (in VM archive format) is at:
http://vmdev.gpl.ibm.com/download/packages/charlott.vmarc

The license agreement (for proper placement in your table structure) is at:
http://vmdev.gpl.ibm.com/download/license.html

• [Source: Robert Philhower, IBM T.J. Watson Research Laboratory, Yorktown, NY (August 24, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

ConversaWeb

Very useful for people with diabilities

Voice-activated browser allowing spoken selection of links using "saycons".

Windows 95, NT, 98

Current Development Status:

Development History

CSi CompuServe software

WinCIM / `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)

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Cyberdog

Cyberdog for Macintosh

Modular software allows you to custom configure the interface however you like it

This is Apple's discontinued "OpenDoc" browser. It is now maintained by a bunch of volunteers.

http://www.cyberdog.org

68k/PPC. This is Apple's discontinued "OpenDoc" browser.

http://cyberdog.apple.com/download/dodownload.html - Apple has since shut down this server.

• [Source: Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

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.

• [Source: John A. Baker, Cyberdog Webmaster (August 7, 1999)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

DaniBrowser

DaniBrowser/1.0 (Macintosh; I; PPC) - I can find no references to this beast, except in log files

Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Dreamweaver

Web 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.

http://www.macromedia.com

Dry Ice

Dry Ice [Free Amiga Organization] (Amiga 68k)

Supports PNG - all versions; read-only; coming November 1999.

http://www.freeamiga.org/dryice.html

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

• [Source: Peter Evans (Jan, 2000)]

Current Development Status:

Development History

DryIce never made it. Aborted before birth.

• [Source: Peter Evans (Jan, 2000)]

eWorldBrowser

Versions for Mac:
eWorld Browser 1.02

This is the browser that Intercon made for Apple's now defunct eWorld online service. It worked only in conjunction with the eWorld client software.

Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

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Development History

EIAD

Developed 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.

• [Source: World Wide Web Consortium: Web Accessibility Inititive: Alternative Web Browsing page, August 2, 1999]

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Development History

EmacSpeak

Developed 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/
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/w3/download.html

• [Source: World Wide Web Consortium: Web Accessibility Inititive: Alternative Web Browsing page, August 2, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

Enhanced Mosaic

See also SpyGlass Mosaic

Enhanced_Mosaic/2.01 Mac_PowerPC PSI/1 - who made this one?

[Source: Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

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.

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group (August 5, 1999]

Enhanced Mosaic v2.1 from Spyglass is shipped with OpenVMS.

Distributed as a binary free of charge.

• [Source: Martin Vorlaender (August 21, 1999]

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Development History

grail

Versions for Mac:
grail 0.3b3, 0.3

grail is a Python-based browser which required tcl/tk for the GUI. It requires Tcl from Sun Microsystems and Python, a development system. Infomation about these products can be found on the grail pages.

Made by CRNI

http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/ ~ CRNI
http://darrel.knutson.com/mac/www/img/grail-ani.gif
http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/grail/info/macintosh.html

Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

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.)

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

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HomePageReader

Developed 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.

• [Source: World Wide Web Consortium: Web Accessibility Inititive: Alternative Web Browsing page, August 2, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

HotDog

Web 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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HotJava

Developed by Sun Microsystems to showcase Java applets, but it is a fully functional web browser.

http://www.sun.com

Current Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1:
• Windows 95: 3.0
• Windows 98: 3.0
• Windows NT 3.51: 3.0
• Windows NT 4.0: 3.0
• Mac: 3.0
• Linux: 3.0
• Other: 3.0

Older Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1:
• Windows 95:
• Windows 98:
• Windows NT 3.51:
• Windows NT 4.0:
• Mac:
• Linux:
• Other:

• [Source: Chuck Upsdell ~ Browser News, August 4, 1999]

Current Development Status:

Development History

IBrowse

Available for Amiga

iBrowse [HiSOFT Systems]

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

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

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IBrowser

Available for Amiga

Current Development Status:

Development History

iCab

See also CAB for Atari.

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/
http://www.icab.de/download.html

• [Source: Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

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).

• [Source: John A. Baker, Cyberdog Webmaster (August 7, 1999)]

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

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

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Innerworld BBS Software

RE: Other Programs that can Browse the Web

Innerworld BBS Software hase a internal webbrowser...
http://www.carbonstreet.com

• [Source: Allan A. Schumann, Deep Space BBS, best in Star Trek and more, Rietstrasse 9, 9630 Rüti, Swizerland (August 7, 1999)]

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Internet Explorer

Browser 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.

http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com/ie

Current Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1: 5.00
• Windows 95: 5.00
• Windows 98: 5.00
• Windows NT 3.51: 5.00
• Windows NT 4.0: 5.00
• Mac: 4.5
• Linux:
• Other: 5.00

Older Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1: 2.0? 3.03 4.01
• Windows 95: 1.0? 2.0? 3.02 4.01
• Windows 98: 4.01
• Windows NT 3.51: 3.03 4.01
• Windows NT 4.0: 3.02 4.01
• Mac: 3.01
• Linux:
• Other: 4.01

• [Source: Chuck Upsdell ~ Browser News, August 4, 1999]

Versions available for Mac:
Internet Explorer 2.0.1, 3.0, 3.0a, 3.0.1, 4.0p1, 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0.1, 4.5

Although not a port of the Windows product, this program shows Microsoft development of the original Mosaic code.

Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

Internet Explorer [Microsoft]

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.

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

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Internet Plus Professional

Win 95, 98, NT

http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000PK7&b= - Version 1.0

• [Source: ZDNet Software Library, www.zdnet.com/swlib, August 1, 1999]

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IntraDOS

Text mode HTML Browser for DOS-Based Intranet

for DOS. offline browser.

http://www.mindspring.com/~cmcork3/id14.htm

• [Source: Dave Ratti (August 6, 1999)]

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IProbe

For 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.)

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

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kfm

web/file browser that comes with KDE 1.x (K Desktop Environment)

Will read PNG graphic files.

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

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Knots

Graphical HTML browser for DOS

for DOS. offline browser.

ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/html/knots2_0.zip

• [Source: Dave Ratti (August 6, 1999)]

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konqueror

web/file browser that comes with KDE 1.x (K Desktop Environment)

I belive it will be shipped with KDE 2.x

• [Source: Helge Kreutzmann , Hannover University, Germany (March 10, 2000)]

web/file browser that comes with KDE 1.x (K Desktop Environment)

Will read PNG graphic files.

• [Source: Greg Roelofs, PNG Group ~ WWW and Online Browsers with PNG Support (August 2, 1999)]

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Lynx

UNIX 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
ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx-2.8.2

Current Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1:
• Windows 95: 2.8.2
• Windows 98: 2.8.2
• Windows NT 3.51: 2.8.2
• Windows NT 4.0: 2.8.2
• Mac:
• Linux: 2.8.2
• Other: 2.8.2

Older Versions (August 1999):

• Windows 3.1:
• Windows 95:
• Windows 98:
• Windows NT 3.51:
• Windows NT 4.0:
• Mac:
• Linux:
• Other:

• [Source: Chuck Upsdell ~ Browser News, August 4, 1999]

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

• [Source: Neil Roughley (August 21, 1999)]

MiNT (netBSD clone for the Atari)
Lynx (text based, for MiNT)

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/atari/mint/network/

• [Source: Ken Macdonald (August 21, 1999)]

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MacLynx

Obsolete but still available. An adaptation of Lynx for 68k Mac.

Please also see Lynx

http://www.lirmm.fr/%7gutkneco/maclynx/download.html
http://www.lirmm.fr/%7gutkneco/

based on Lynx 2.7.1. This browser is fast, but text only.

Written by: Oliver Gutknecht

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.

• [Source: John A. Baker, Cyberdog Webmaster (August 7, 1999)]

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MacWeb

Versions for Mac:
MacWeb 1.1.2, 2.0

This product has been discontinued and is no longer available. A few sites have the 68k version available.

Was made by Tradewave.

http://www.tradewave.com/

Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

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MacWWW

Versions for Mac:
MacWWW 1.0, 1.0.3

aka Samba, very primitive, but what can you expect from the first Mac Web browser?

Was coded by CERN

[Very obsolete!]

http://www.cern.ch/
ftp://mirror.apple.com/mirrors/mac.archive.umich.edu/util/comm/macwww1.03.cpt.hqx
ftp://ftp.tisl.ukans.edu/pub/projects/UNITE/Mac/MacWWW/MacWWW_1.00.hqx

Darrel E. Knutson ~ Macintosh Browsers, August 2, 1999]

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Marco Polo

Developed 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.

• [Source: World Wide Web Consortium: Web Accessibility Inititive: Alternative Web Browsing page, August 2, 1999]

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WebsurfACE

Windows 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

• [Source: Ravi Kumar, Oracle Software, Banglore, India, July 31, 1999]

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Minuet (Minnesota INternet Users Essential Tool)

Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool, Text / graphical multi-function client for DOS

http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/minuet/
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/minuet-faq

• [Source: Dave Ratti (August 6, 1999; Decem