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- From: yrozijn@xs4all.nl (Yvon Rozijn)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Announce: AWeb 1.0 released!
- Date: 22 Mar 1996 22:42:28 GMT
- Organization: XS4ALL, networking for the masses
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- Announce: AWeb 1.0 is released!
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-
- INTRODUCTION
- ------------
-
- AWeb is a totally new World Wide Web browser for the Amiga computer.
-
- It offers the following features:
-
- o AWeb doesn't use Magical User Interface (MUI). It uses BOOPSI classes
- instead, which results in less memory usage and increased speed. The
- BOOPSI classes are partially custom designed for AWeb, and partially
- from the ClassAct kit.
-
- o AWeb can use AmiTCP/IP, I-Net225 or AS-225 as its TCP stack. Without
- TCP stack running, you can still view local files.
-
- o AWeb uses extensive internal multitasking, which leads to total
- asynchroneous and parallel network access. Images are starting to load
- while the document is still loading. It is possible to follow a link
- while the previous document is still loading. A separate network status
- window shows all pending network and local file accesses. All network
- accesses can be interrupted immediately.
-
- o The HTML-2 standard is fully supported, including forms. For buggy
- pages not conforming to the standard, AWeb offers a compatibility mode.
-
- o AWeb supports the use of proxies for HTTP, FTP, Gopher and Telnet.
- Because some proxies can't handle forms or other special cases, the use
- of proxies can be temporarily disabled from the menu.
-
- o The HTTP and Gopher protocols are supported internally. By using
- external programs, FTP and Mailto can be used too. HTTP user
- authorization is supported.
-
- o AWeb lets you load all images, delay all image loading, or load only
- clickable maps and delay other images. For delayed images, the ALT text
- is taken into account. Transparent GIFs are supported. The 24-bit picture
- datatype (picturedtV43) is supported.
-
- o To improve network speed, host names and network addresses are cached
- so addresses are looked up only once during a session.
-
- o AWeb can open it's windows on the default public screen, on a named
- public screen or open its own screen.
-
- o In extension to its own hotlist, AWeb can read the hotlists of
- AMosaic and IBrowse.
-
- o An advanced settings requester is integrated in the program.
-
- o AWeb has an ARexx interface, and a unique and powerful shell command
- interface.
-
- o AWeb is FAST. Tests show that AWeb is much faster than IBrowse, and
- slightly faster than Mindwalker and even ALynx.
-
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- ------------
-
- AWeb needs:
- o OS 3.0 or better
- o At least 2MB of memory, preferably more
- o Either AmiTCP/IP, I-Net225 or AS-225 if you want to access the Internet
- o Appropriate picture datatypes (GIF, JPEG) to show inlined images
-
-
-
- AVAILABILITY
- ------------
-
- AWeb was uploaded today to Aminet, and should be available within a few
- days.
- Name of the archive:
-
- comm/tcp/AWeb.lha
-
- This archive contains full documentation in HTML format. This documentation
- has been converted to PostScript, and is available as a separate archive:
-
- comm/tcp/AWebdoc_ps.lha
-
-
-
- PRICE
- -----
-
- AWeb is "registerable freeware".
-
- It's freeware: you may use it for an unlimited period without paying. This
- is because I really don't want to force you to pay for a HTML-2 only
- browser.
-
- It's registerable: you can pay if you like it, and you will receive a
- personalized key file that will unlock the multiple window function.
- The registration fee is US$ 35, NLG 50, DEM 50, or GBP 25.
-
-
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ----------------
-
- More information can be found on the AWeb Home Page:
- http://www.xs4all.nl/~yrozijn/aweb/
-
- and the AWeb Frequently Asked Questions page:
- http://huizen.dds.nl/~aweb/
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