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Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1
W98SE/ME/NT4SP5/2000/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/acrobat/

View all those PDF documents found around the Internet and elsewhere. Acrobat Reader is a standalone program and browser plug-in that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. PDF files are useful for distributing documents that will always look the same, regardless of the platform and operating system they are viewed on. This installation includes the ability to search PDF files.

This update adds various new capabilities, including the ability to open file attachments from directly within Acrobat Reader and to send emails that attach the open Adobe PDF file without switching to your email application.

URL: www.adobe.com

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Cookie Pal 1.7c
W9x/Me/NT4/2000/XP
30-day trial
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/cookie_pal/

Cookie Pal is an award winning cookie management system that works with most popular browsers. Once installed, it sits in your system tray and automatically and transparently accepts or rejects cookies from all or specified Web sites. One click pops up a tabbed dialogue which accesses a number of controls.

Wildcards allow cookies to be accepted or rejected from a group of servers on the same domain and the program also keeps a detailed list of cookies accepted and rejected for the current session. As well as working with all popular browsers Cookie Pal also supports Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Media Player and other applications.

URL: www.kburra.com

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Opera (with Java) 7.11
W9x/ME/2000/NT4/XP
Free 'adware' – new version
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/opera/

Note: this version displays banner-ads, which will be removed if you purchase a licence.

Try out this latest version of the Web's lean, mean browser. Opera's speed, flexibility and small program size make it a great 'alternative' choice of Web browser for all levels of users. It has excellent support for Internet standards. This 'Java' version includes the Sun Java plug-in.

This latest update includes fixes to various areas, as well as improvements to the M2 e-mail client.

URL: www.opera.com

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Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1
OS 9.1+/OS X
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/adobe_acrobat_reader/

View all those Portable Document Format (PDF) files found around the Internet and elsewhere. Includes the ability to search PDF files.

URL: www.adobe.com

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iCab 2.9.1 OS X
OS X
Free û updated
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/icab/

Here's an alternative to the best known browsers. iCab has a built-in download manager, a search tool that you can configure to use the search engine of your choice, and lots of other features including support for Web archives and text-to-speech. Development continues on this application and this latest update includes fixes, additions and improvements.

URL: www.icab.de

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iCab 2.9.1
PPC
Free û updated
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/icab/

Here's an alternative to the best known browsers. iCab has a built-in download manager, a search tool that you can configure to use the search engine of your choice, and lots of other features including support for Web archives and text-to-speech. Development continues on this application and this latest update includes fixes, additions and improvements.

URL: www.icab.de

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Netscape 7.02 OS X
OS X
Free – latest version
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/netscape7/

The old favourite continues to compete with MS Internet Explorer. Recently added features include the option to suppress pop-up ads and the ability automatically to open several of your favourite pages as tabs when starting Netscape. There are also new advanced AOL email features.

This update includes enhanced security and improved stability.

URL: http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/