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Lighthouse Design's OmniWeb(TM) is a full-featured, standards compliantWorld Wide Web browser for NEXTSTEP(R) and the OpenStep(TM) platform.Fast and easy-to-use, OmniWeb makes the World Wide Web accessible toneophytes and power users alike. With support for industry-standard HTML(HyperText Markup Language), and Adobe's emerging PDF (Portable DocumentFormat), OmniWeb is designed for surfing today's Internet, andtomorrow's.OmniWeb includes fully integrated forms support, allowing users to fillout and interact with the thousands of company request forms andtransaction front-ends available on the Web. Support for multipleconcurrent browsers allows users to read and search numerous Web sitessimultaneously. In addition, rich text and graphics can be easily copiedfrom Web pages and pasted into other applications.Hierarchically arranged bookmark windows allow you to collect andorganize any number of URLs (Universal Resource Locators). Bookmarkfiles can be distributed to your user base allowing managers of corporateinformation systems to disseminate and standardize their referencematerials for internal consumption. As reference documents change,managers can simply send out new bookmark files to update referencepoints - saving time, paper, and eliminating redundancies.With OmniWeb, navigating the World Wide Web and keeping track of theinformation you find has never been easier!INDUSTRY-STANDARD FORMATS- Supports industry-standard HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
- Supports Adobe's PDF (Portable Document Format)
- Fully integrated forms support
- Support for emerging extensions, including those from Netscape(TM)
Communications- Full support for proxy servers and firewalls
- Fully integrated gopher and FTP access, simplifying the retrieval of
archival data and software to point and clickTEXT & GRAPHICS HANDLING- Instantaneous text rendering displays pages as they are downloaded
- Easy-to-use button ribbon provides convenient access to key navigation
features- Animated progress bar monitors downloads, and indicates incoming image
and page size- Bundled OmniImage renders all standard World Wide Web image file
formats (as well as several dozen others), and permits users to save anyincluded graphic in a NEXTSTEP readable TIFF format- Rich text and graphics can be copied and pasted into other applications
- Images can be turned off or selectively loaded to speed downloads
HIERARCHICAL BOOKMARKS- Bookmard windows serve as address books, and provide a place to store,
organize, describe, and access libraries of URLs- Users can create multiple bookmark windows, each organized by a
different subject or area of interest- Bookmarks can be hierarchically grouped together, and groups can be
collapsed or expanded for easy viewing- Bookmark files can contain links to other bookmark windows, enabling
companies to set up standard sets of reference documentation, andallowing users to share each other's favorite URLs- A browser's currently displayed URL can be added to your bookmark
window with the click of a button- Bookmark symbols can be dragged and dropped on a browser or another
bookmark window, or double-clicked to automatically download and displaythe URLTRACKING BROWSING HISTORY- Three different history panels track where you've been and how you
arrived at your current location- Recently Viewed Pages panel lists all URLs visited during the current
session, with the most recent page at the top of the list- Linear History panel provides a chronological listing of all sites
visited during a single session- Route History panel displays the quickest and most direct route to get
to the current page from your start page, rather than a complete historyof where you have gone during a sessionOTHER- Support for multiple concurrent browsers allows more than one search to
be run simultaneously- User-controlled preferences allow link, background, and text color to
be individually specified- Source .html can be extracted and viewed for any Web page
- Exports configurable NEXTSTEP services to all applications, allowing
them to look up words on any indexed Web page; samples are included forsearching in NeXTanswers and AT&T's 1-800 directory- Web page downloads can be interrupted or aborted
PRODUCT AVAILABILTY- Available now for NEXTSTEP (all architectures)
- Available for the OpenStep platform in conjunction with its release
- Technical support and training are available
- Site licensing available
FOR MORE INFORMATION- Call 1-800-366-2279 or +1-415-570-7736
- Send electronic mail to omniweb@lighthouse.com
- Visit us on the World Wide Web at http://www.lighthouse.com
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Lighthouse Design, Ltd.
2929 Campus Dr
San Mateo, CA 94403
USA
Phone: (415) 570-7736
(800) 366-2279
Fax: (415) 570-7787