This latest release adds a few new features such as the Kodak Photo CD technology and client side image maps. We've also addressed bugs. The biggest most annoying bugs being network connectivity under 16-bit winsocks and a bug in Mosaic OLE CCI. Our latest release also represents a compilier upgrade. We went form Microsoft's VC++ 2.2 to VC++ 4.0. A major step in the right direction. With VC++ 4.0 we're once again working to build releases for Windows NT under MIPS and the Power PC. Unfortunately our alpha platform was recalled by DEC and we don't have a machine to compile a DEC aXP version. If the DEC aXP community wants NCSA Mosaic for Windows NT, we need a DEC aXP with Windows NT to compile a release. This MIPS compile is available, the PPC compile will be released as soon as we debug the jpeg library.
NCSA Mosaic has always been and will always be a freely available World Wide Web browser. NCSA Mosaic is freely available for individual, academic, United States Government, and internal business use. NCSA Mosaic is copyright by the University of Illinios and can not be commercially distributed with out a license.
NOTE: The Kodak Photo CD Technology is only available for the Intel(95, NT, 3.1x) versions of NCSA Mosaic.
We hope you enjoy this latest release of NCSA Mosaic. Version 2.2 is just around the corner and offers many new features. ;^)
Win32s is a subsystem created by Microsoft for the Win 3.1x and WfW 3.1x 16-bit operating systems. The Win32s libraries allow Win3.1x and WfW 3.1x users to run Win32 (32-bit) applications on their 16-bit operating systems. Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) allows Mosaic to use its Client Communication Interface (CCI) to communicate with other applications.
Win32s v1.30a is available in the /Mosaic/Windows/Win31x/Win32s directory. We recommend all Windows 3.1x users upgrade to this latest version. If you are not sure which version of Win32s you have on your system, the version number can be found in the /windows/system/win32s.ini file. If your version is earlier than 1.30.166 you should upgrade.