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NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh 2.0.0 ALPHA2
The Alpha 2 version of NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh 2.0 was
released Wednesday, June 22, 1994.
This is an ALPHA release, therefore there are many new features or
bugs that you will need to be aware of to make your use of the new
release a pleasant experience. You may encounter problems that
will cause your machine to crash. You may not find certain aspects
of the program aesthetically pleasing, and the program will trash
your current preferences.
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IMPORTANT!!!
Please make a copy of your 1.0.3 preferences file (Mosaic
Preferences) before using the alpha version.
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We will continue to keep the comprehensive Known Bugs page as up-
to-date as possible . To help us do this, please email us with any
problems you find that are not related to those listed on the known
bugs page. Use the Mail Developers feature from the File menu, or
email to mac-mosaic@ncsa.uiuc.edu. Note: Please check that the
email address is correct before sending mail via the Mail Developers
option. Thanks!. Otherwise we will be unable to respond to you if the
email address is incorrect.
HOW TO GET NCSA MOSAIC
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NCSA Mosaic is available via anonymous ftp. Please enter
'anonymous' as
the name and your complete email address as the password.
site: ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
location: /Mosaic/Mac
The NCSA ftp server is being overloaded with requests for the Mosaic
software. Because of this, you may get an error message. Please wait
a while and try again when the server may not be as busy. As an
alternative, you may wish to try one of the following unofficial
mirror sites.
USA:
site: sunsite.unc.edu
location: /pub/packages/infosystems/WWW (all versions)
Canada:
site: journal.biology.carleton.ca
location: /pub/mirrors/ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic (all versions)
Australia:
site: miriworld.its.unimelb.edu.au
location: /pub/clients/ (all versions)
Europe:
site: ftp.luth.se
location: /pub/infosystems/www/ncsa (all versions)
site: ftp.sunet.se
location: /pub/mac/Mosaic (mac version)
/pub/pc/windows/www/Mosaic/ (pc version)
/pub/www/Mosaic (X version)
DECOMPRESSING THE ARCHIVE
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To UnStuff & UnBinHex NCSA Mosaic we recommend that you use
StuffIt Expander. The expander is available at ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu and
other ftp sites. To unbinhex StuffIt Expander you will also need
binhex.macbinary (which can be found in /Mac/Utilities at
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu).
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2.0.0 ALPHA 2 Release Features
Bug Fixes
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Pagination is much cleaner
FORMS - fixed
Download speed is improved. With Auto Load Images turned on, the
images are downloaded before anything is displayed. This should be
fixed in a future release.
Jumping to named anchors works
Email addresses no longer get scrambled in the preferences file
Style of first line of normal text no longer changes upon resize
Fixed bug related to Mosaic not allowing subsequent links after an
initial one failed
Links now work on local documents
Text selection has been fixed
Fixed problem with Quit option being grayed out often
Pop up menus have been fixed, however, clicking on the right hand
side of a pop up menu will not activate it.
Speech recognition has been turned off until Apple releases 1.2.1 of
the speech recognition extension.
Authentication is working
Adding to a hotlist before opening the hotlist dialog does not cause a
crash
NEW FEATURES
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If you hold down option while Mosaic is starting up, it will bring up a
standard open file dialog box for a document to open from the local
disk
instead of the default home page.
For a complete list of new features implemented for the 2.0.0
release, see 2.0.0 Alpha1 release information below.
KNOWN BUGS
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Save As...HTML is still broken
text files are not displayed properly
Printing bugs still exist (only one page will print, grayscale option
causes printout to be 1/2 gray)
Still not handling out-of-memory properly
Styles dialog is still too big for smaller screens.
Speech recognition has been turned off until Apple releases 1.2.1 of
the speech recognition extension.
Search box is still gone
IsMap is still not mapping correctly
Canceling has been temporarily disabled.
Copy is not working still
Text selection not always correct
Transparent icons are not supported yet.
Custom menus are not implemented yet; working on it.
Passwords are still visible
Import & export of hotlists is not implemented
Captions on tables is not implemented
Extracting from cache is slow
On a write protected file server, cannot complete QUIT "because you
don't have the necessary access privileges".
BLOCKQUOTE initially shows up as size 30 point type.
Inlined images occationally don't appear or are blank squares.
FEATURE LIST for 2.0.0 Alpha1
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Forms
Tables
Strikethru, Superscript, and Subscript support
Improved Error Reporting
Improved Pagination
User Configurable Color Background (default color is now gray)
New Hotlist Interface (access from the Navigate menu)
Custom Menus (not fully implemented)
Quick Keys (more command key sequences added)
Firewall Proxy support (including SOCKS support and standard
gateway support)
URL entries (users can now make URL entries in the URL field at the
top of the screen when Show URLs is on. Hitting return activates the
link.)
ODOC event support, and Applescript Open URL support with the
option to load to disk
FILE MENU
Open URL: Mosaic now remembers last URL entered into the Open
URL window
Options Menu
Use This URL for Home: Allows you to select the current document to
be used as the new home page. This is automatically saved in the
preferences file.
Use Header Mode: This feature allows you to get additional
information about a link without causing you to connect to that link.
The information, which includes: file type, modification date, file size,
and server information, appears in a separate window.
There are two ways to access it: 1) Through the Options Menu, turn
Use Header Mode on, then click on a link to get the information. 2)
When Use Header Mode is off, command-click on a link to access the
same information.
Preferences
The preferences window has been completely rewritten to make it
easier to modify.
The preferences dialog has been divided into a series of functional
categories. These include: Miscellaneous, Links, Directories, Gates.
(more to be added later)
Background Color: now user modifiable
Global History List: Mosaic now maintains a history of links between
sessions. The user can determine the number of entries that may be
included in the Global History, or they may choose to remove files
from the Global History that are older than 'n' days.
Link Colors: Visited link colors fade to the unvisited link colors as
they mature. This may be turned on or off as desired.
Set Hotlist Directory: Set this to a folder that contains your hotlists
and all hotlists will be readily available in the new hotlist window.
No need to load each one individually!
FIREWALL: You can set Mosaic to use CERN Proxy Service or SOCKS
service!
Styles: The styles window has been completely rewritten to make it
easier to use.
Special Features
Speech Recognition: This has been implemented and will be available
as soon as Apple releases their Speech Recognition extension. This
feature has not been turned on in this alpha release.
WISH LIST for the final 2.0 release
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Save window size and location between sessions
Confirm box to verify that the user really wants to close the current
Mosaic window
Remember last entered item in the Find window
Reload button