 Your Webtop toolkit - updated to 25/4/00 Whether you like to call them browsers, universal clients, or Webtops, Web browsers are the paradigm that has popularised the Web and the Internet, and they're now containers for everything from music videos to 3D worlds. Here we feature the latest beta and final release versions of the major browsers for each of the major platforms. |
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| Microsoft Internet Explorer (32-bit) 5.01 | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | This is the latest version of Microsoft's full-featured Web browser. It incorporates and supports all the latest technologies available on the Web, including Java, Dynamic HTML, XML and Active Channels. IE5 features a new Radio Toolbar which allows you listen to music and news broadcasts from around the world, and a new AutoComplete feature which automatically fills out Web forms when you type partial URLs into the address box. Other features include: a customisable toolbar, support for multiple users, enhanced searching and offline browsing, better cross-platform support, and the ability to install and run IE 4.x and IE 5.0 on the same machine. You can also select a default email client, HTML editor, calendar program and newsgroup reader. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | Close
down all programs including virus scanners. The installation file
above for IE5 must be run directly from this CD. Do not
download the above file to your hard drive. Click on the
appropriate link above and choose Open or Run from current location to
begin installation. Alternatively, Win 95/98 users can run the file ie.exe
from the \browsers\win95\msoft\ie5 directory. Win 3.1
users can run the file cdsetup.exe from the
\browsers\win31\ie5 directory Note: If you are running a beta version of IE5, then you should uninstall it before installing this final release. |
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 Links online: |
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm | ||||
| Netscape Communicator 4.72 | |||||
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Download the version for your operating system
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| Description: | This program combines
Netscape Navigator with a suite of Internet tools for high-performance
Internet mail, Web page creation and instant messaging. |
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| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
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| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Netscape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.netscape.com/browsers/index.html | ||||
| Netscape Navigator 4.08 | |||||
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| Description: | This is a fast, well-designed Web browser. It has an enhanced visual appearance and a highly customisable user interface. This browser features support for CSS and dynamic JavaScript style sheets; support for dynamic HTML layering and absolute positioning; a full-screen 'canvas' mode that allows Web designers to hide Netscape menus, toolbars and borders; a customisable personal toolbar; a fast Just-In-Time Java compiler; a quick access bookmark file; and keyboard navigation. | ||||
| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
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| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Netscape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.netscape.com/browsers/index.html | ||||
| Mozilla Milestone 15 release | |||||
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your operating system here:
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| Description: | Mozilla is an open source Web
browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. 'Mozilla' was the original codename for the product that came to be known as Netscape Navigator, and later, Netscape Communicator. Now, the name Mozilla is used as the generic term which refers to Web browsers derived from the source code of Netscape Navigator. In other words, Mozilla is a family of Web browsers -- not a specific browser (in biological terms, Mozilla is a genus, and Netscape Communicator is a species). And mozilla.org, or The Mozilla Organization, is the group of people who coordinate this project. |
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| Licence: | Freeware | ||||
| Requirements: | Mac Stuffit Expander 4.5 | ||||
| Install instructions: | Important
note: we recommend you back up your system before installing this
program. Download the file to your local drive, unzip it, then close all programs and run the EXE file. |
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| Links
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http://www.mozilla.org/ | ||||
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