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| Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.05 | |
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W95.2/98SE/ME/NT4SP5/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.
Version 5 includes many new features including the ability to save PDF files downloaded to your browser, improved access to Web-hosted applications and online services, improved support for the visually impaired, better display of text on LCD screens using Adobe CoolType technology, and support for Adobe Illustrator 9.0 graphics that contain transparency. This latest version also lets you download Asian font packs so you can view PDF files that contain Chinese, Japanese and Korean fonts.
URL: www.adobe.com
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| DirectFlashDown 1 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Shareware | |
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/directflashdown/ | |
DirectFlashDown is a
utility to download flash files (SWFs) from Web pages in one hit. Normally this is not possible unless you trawl through your system cache folders. When you type in a Web address, you get a flash file list. You can right click any of the files and save it to your hard drive. DirectFlashDown also lists Flash files that are in IE's temporary folders.
URL: www.direct-soft.com
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| EMS Free Surfer mk II | |
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| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/freesurfer/ | |
Pop-up ad stopper with two surfing modes, natural and strict, offering different levels of pop-up protection. Also stops animated GIFS and Flash.
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| Forte Free Agent 1.92 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/freeagent_news/ | |
The most popular newsreader on the internet. Does lots, but lacks a number of the paid-for version's features, such as filtering and email.
URL: www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php
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| HTTrack Website Copier 3.2 | |
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(W9x/NT/2000/XP) |
| Free – new version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/httrack/ | |
HTTrack is an offline browser utility that allows you to download a Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting html, images and other files from the server to your computer. Then simply open a page of the 'mirrored' site in your browser, and you can browse as if viewing online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site and resume interrupted downloads.
This update adds HTTPS support and ipv6 compatibility and includes numerous bug fixes.
URL: www.httrack.com
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| IEManager 3.1 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Shareware | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/ie_manager/ | |
Access all of Internet Explorer's properties from this one utility. IEManager consists of a system tray program and a manager tool. The system tray lets you place your favourite startup links within it. You can add, delete and modify them in situ. The Manager has several features including a popup window killer (with customisable properties such as window sizes to allow legitimate child windows) and a proxy manager that lets you quickly change proxies from a given list and with a time interval.
All the main IE properties are there too for quick access. A search function is thrown in, which allows searches of Google, Yahoo and more.
URL: www.fgroupsoft.com
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| Mozilla 1.1 | |
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| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/mozilla/ | |
Mozilla has become a very powerful browser with good standards compliance and fast, accurate rendering of Web pages.
URL: www.mozilla.org
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| Netscape 7 | |
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W98/ME/NT4/2000/XP |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/netscape/ | |
The Web developerís headache returns with new skins, more features and no compatibility with previous versions – can it make a comeback? New features include tabbed browsing and built-in download management.
URL: www.netscape.co.uk
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| Opera (with Java) 6.04 | |
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W9x/ME/2000/NT4/XP |
| Free 'adware' – updated | |
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 updated 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.
There are various minor fixes and enhancements in this updated version.
URL: www.opera.com
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| PageSucker 3.2 | |
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W9x/NT/2000/XP |
| Shareware – new version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/pagesucker/ | |
URL: www.pagesucker.com
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| Steganos Internet Privacy | |
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W98/ME/2000/XP |
| Trial version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/steganos/ | |
URL: www.mediagold.co.uk
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| WebWasher 3 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000 |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/browse/webwasher/ | |
WebWasher is a browser add-on that filters unwanted advertising banners, pop-up windows, animated images, JavaScripts, and Java Applets from Web pages.
URL: www.webwasher.com
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| Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 | |
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PPC |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/adobe_acrobat_reader/ | |
View all those Acrobat format (PDF) documents found around the Internet and elsewhere. A plug-in for Netscape Navigator is included and automatically installed. For the latest version 5 you will†need to go to the Adobe Web site to perform an online installation.
URL: www.adobe.com
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| iCab 2.8.2 | |
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PPC |
| Free – updated | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/icab/ | |
Note: this preview version expires at the beginning of 2003.
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. This update fixes various compatibility and performance issues and can enable a DNS cache to reduce the connections to the name server and save time.
URL: www.icab.de
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| iCab 2.8.2 OS X | |
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OS X |
| Free – updated | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/icab/ | |
Note: this preview version expires at the beginning of 2003.
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. This update fixes several compatibility issues with OS X 10.2 and enhances overall performance.
URL: www.icab.de
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| Netscape 7 | |
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PPC/OS 8.6+ |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/netscape/ | |
Netscape, the all-encompassing browser experience, has reached version 7 and delivers enhanced performance, greater stability and more speed. With Quick Launch, get online faster; within Navigator, convenient, timesaving new features let you quickly browse multiple Web sites in a single window (tabbed browsing), and more easily print, search the Web, and download files (with Download Manager).
You get a more powerful email client and integrated AOL Instant Messenger. Netscape 7 also includes the new integrated Radio@Netscape that lets you pick stations that suit your style and play music directly from the browser.
You are advised to backup any important files such as address books and email folders before updating to this new version.
URL: http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/
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| Netscape 7 OS X | |
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OS X |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/netscape/ | |
Netscape, the all-encompassing browser experience, has reached version 7 and delivers enhanced performance, greater stability and more speed. With Quick Launch, get online faster; within Navigator, convenient, timesaving new features let you quickly browse multiple Web sites in a single window (tabbed browsing), and more easily print, search the Web, and download files (with Download Manager).
You get a more powerful email client and integrated AOL Instant Messenger. Netscape 7 also includes the new integrated Radio@Netscape that lets you pick stations that suit your style and play music directly from the browser.
You are advised to backup any important files such as address books and email folders before updating to this new version.
URL: http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/
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| Opera 6.0b1 | |
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OS 9.1/OS X |
| 'Adware' | |
Location on CD: software/mac/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.
URL: www.opera.com
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| PageSucker 3.2 | |
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OS 9.x |
| Shareware – new version | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/pagesucker/ | |
URL: www.pagesucker.com
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| PageSucker 3.2 OS X | |
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OS X |
| Shareware – new version | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/pagesucker/ | |
URL: www.pagesucker.com
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| Pop-Up Zapper 1.65 | |
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OS X 10.1 |
| 5-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/popup_zapper/ | |
Pop-Up Zapper eliminates pop-up windows when you browse the Web. The program watches the activity of your Web browser and when it identifies a pop-up window, it closes it, faster than you could by hand. Pop-Up Zapper's counter on its Dock icon lets you see how hard it is working. You can enable it or disable it easily from the Dock menu or from the main window. The history can optionally be saved to a file.
Note: does not work with Netscape.
URL: www.batista.org/zap
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| WebWasher 2.1.1 | |
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OS 8.1+ |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/mac/browse/webwasher/ | |
WebWasher is a browser add-on that filters unwanted advertising banners, pop-up windows, animated images, JavaScripts, and Java Applets from Web pages.
URL: www.webwasher.com