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NCSA Mosaic 2.0.0 Beta 5
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The Beta 5 version of NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh 2.0 was
released Tuesday April 6, 1995, internal to NCSA.
This is a BETA 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!!!
For best results, please make a copy of your preferences file (Mosaic
Preferences) before using the new beta versions. This is only
necessary only to update preferences prior to Beta 1.
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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 mosaic-mac@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.
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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)
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)
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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
in the /Mosaic/Mac/Helpers/ directory.
Important Note
Some people are having problems starting up MacMosaic. If MacMosaic
crashes before the splash screen is displayed, it is possible that there
is a problem with your system. We now know that when the Apple Shared
Library Manager(ASLM) is deinstalled improperly, when any application asks
the MacOS if ASLM is present, the system will crash. One major caveat
is that we have no idea how to properly deinstall ASLM. The installer
has no remove option. There are two ways to correct this. You can reinstall
your system, or you can reinstall the ASLM.
It is possible that this problem may exist with other MacOS
extensionsthat require an installer. If MacMosaic won't start
up on your machine, we recommend that you reinstall the system.
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Current Known Problems
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The cache files used by the 68K are different from those
used by the PowerMacs. Therefore, running a PowerMac
version on a machine with 68K cache files will cause
strangeness.
"View Source" will not work with documents extracted
from cache
The URL text entry box may not select text properly.
This problem only exists on PowerMacs.
Copy and Paste may still have some problems.
When a document is downloading, clicking on a link should
cancel the current load and start a new one.
Only one history popup menu is available for all windows.
The align attributes for HTML paragraph tag is not yet
supported.
The center tag will be supported in the next version.
When saving files to disk, the default name is sometimes
messed up.
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Release Notes For Beta 5
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GIF image offset display problem is fixed.
Align attributes for HEAD tags is support.
Anchors that are not terminated properly are handled
gracefully.
Visited link aging now works properly. If you visit a
link once, the display color migrates toward the
color of unvisited links.
ALL temp files now get deleted, as well as hanging
cache files.
In certain instances, forms entry fields would not be
displayed.
Some problems with multiple submissions of one form
have been fixed.
The history pop up is now redrawn properly.
A problem with multiple windows that would cause
strangeness was fixed.
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Release Notes For Beta 4
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The ALIGN attribute is now supported for heads, and
will be supported for Paragraphs in the next release.
Forms response encoding problems have been fixed.
More backgound color problems have been fixed.
Abort provides better response than befor. A hanging bug
with aborting loads has also been fixed.
Ridiculously long alt strings will now work properly,
within reason.
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Release Notes For Beta 3
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Mail developers had a major bug in it that could cause a crash
when you tryed to send the mail.
The problem with entities (& escaped HTML) in the 68k version is
fixed.
A problem with table pagination that would cause crashes has been
fixed.
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Release Notes For Beta 2
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If you have used NCSA Mosaic for the Mac 2.0.0 BETA 1, and you started
with a new preferences file at that point, you don't need to trash your
preferences again.
Mosaic would crash sometimes if you moved off a page while it was
still paginating, and then returned to it.
Extracting tables from cache now works.
Loading XBMs under certain circumstances previously could
cause problems. It's fixed.
Some probems with backgound colors have been fixed.
It was previously possible to submit a form several times before the
first submission was processed. This would cause a crash.
Another problem with interrupting downloads has been fixed.
A problem with HTML entitys has been fixed.
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Release Notes For Beta 1
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SAVE THE EXISTING PREFERENCES FILE BEFORE RUNNING THIS VERSION OF NCSA
MOSAIC. THERE IS AN EXISTING BUG THAT WILL CORRUPT THE PREFERENCES FILE
IF THIS IS NOT DONE. REMOVE THE EXISTING COPY OF THE MOSAIC PREFERENCES
FROM THE PREFERENCES FOLDER AND LAUNCH NCSA MOSAIC TO HAVE IT CREATE A
NEW COPY
Mailto: support
NCSA Mosaic now supports the mailto: tag. A mail server for the
user must be set in the "Preferences", under "Gates" before this
feature is accessible.
Local disk cache
A local disk caching feature has been implemented. NCSA Mosaic will
now retain copies of recently accessed documents to decrease the
amount of time spent accessing the network. There is also a "Cache"
section in the "Preferences...". Caching preferences should be set
soon after starting this version of NCSA Mosaic. If this is not
done, NCSA Mosaic will default to the System Folder as its cache
directory resulting in a large number of cache files being saved
to the System Folder.
Inline images
Inline JPEG support
Adornments
Inline images now have a option of being adorned (a border
around the images)
Alt tags
Inline images that are not Auto-Loaded will display the alt
tag for the image next to the placeholder if one exists.
The above two features can be disabled through the "Styles..."
dialog box in the "Images" section.
Menu items have changed
"Mail to Developers..." moved under the balloon help menu
"Home" under "Navigate" has a new command key (command - \)
"Hotlist" under "Navigate" has a new command key (command - h)
"Use HTTP 0.9" has been removed from the "Options" menu
Fixed
Many performance enhancements
"Add This Document" from the "Options" menu no longer causes crashes
"Mail Developers..." should be working for the most part. There are
still a few known problems (see known problems)
Numerous pagination problems have been fixed.
Tables bugs have been fixed.
Printing problems have been fixed.
Many bugs which caused crashes in the previous versions are fixed
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FULL FEATURE LIST for 2.0.0
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Forms
Tables
Inline JPEGs
Local caching
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
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
Reload button