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- From: mafutha@cris.com (Terry Fry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Announce: AWeb 1.0 released!
- Date: 23 Mar 1996 14:26:24 GMT
- Organization: Concentric Internet Services
- Message-ID: <3630.6656T562T404@cris.com>
- References: <4ivack$5pa@news.xs4all.nl>
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- >Announce: AWeb 1.0 is released!
- >===============================
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- >INTRODUCTION
- >------------
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- >AWeb is a totally new World Wide Web browser for the Amiga computer.
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- >It offers the following features:
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- > 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.
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- > 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.
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- > 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.
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- > o The HTML-2 standard is fully supported, including forms. For buggy
- > pages not conforming to the standard, AWeb offers a compatibility mode.
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- > 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.
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- > o AWeb is FAST. Tests show that AWeb is much faster than IBrowse, and
- > slightly faster than Mindwalker and even ALynx.
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- >REQUIREMENTS
- >------------
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- >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
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- >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
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-
- >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.
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- >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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