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- We are happy to announce the release of NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows
- Version 2.0alpha3. NCSA Mosaic is a network navigational tool that will
- allow you to easily access networked information with the click of a button.
- Mosaic is capable of accessing data via protocols such as Gopher, World
- Wide Web, FTP and NNTP (Usenet News) natively, and other data services
- such as Archie, WAIS, and Veronica through gateways. NCSA Mosaic was
- designed to provide its user transparent and seamless access to these
- information sources and services. There are now two versions of Mosaic.
- The most common version is wmos20a3.zip, it was created for Windows 3.1,
- Windows for Workgroups, and Windows NT(80X86). The other version, decmosa3.zip,
- was compiled for DEC alpha's running Windows NT.
-
- NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows is a WinSock client program. It requires
- network (TCP/IP) access through the WinSock DLL interface. If you are using
- Windows NT, this is built in. If you are using Windows 3.1, you need to
- obtain a WinSock and install it on your system. If you are running a
- commercial TCP/IP stack, such as FTP Software, Novell, PCNFS, etc., you
- will need to obtain that vendors winsock.dll. If you need a winsock.dll and
- you would like to obtain a shareware product called the "Trumpet Software
- International Winsock", you can find the latest version at ftp site,
- ftp.utas.edu.au. The file winsock.zip is in the pc/trumpet/winsock directory.
-
- Version 2.0alpha3 is also a 32-bit application and it requires the win32s
- software. Win32s allows you to run 32-bit Windows applications, which do
- not use Windows NT-specific features, under Windows 3.1 and Windows for
- Workgroups. Win32s was developed by Microsoft and it is freely distributed
- to licensed users of Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups. If you
- already use other 32-bit Windows applications then you should already have
- this software installed in your /windows/system/win32s directory. If Mosaic
- is your first 32-bit application then you will need to obtain the win32s.zip
- file from our ftp server. You can get to this file via Mosaic by clicking on
- the "Obtaining a new version of Mosaic for MS Windows" link on our home page
- and following the link to win32s. You can also find it in the /PC/Mosaic
- directory of our anonymous ftp server.
-
- Version 2.0alpha3 of Mosaic is available via anonymous FTP on NCSA's FTP
- server, "ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu"(141.142.20.50). Mosaic, wmos20a3.zip is in the
- /PC/Mosaic directory.
-
- Here's what's new:
-
- Mosaic is now a 32-bit application
- printing (still has problems with bold, long documents, and images)
- Viewing/Saving of document source
- Access authentication
- GPF on forms reloading fixed
- Case insensitive find implemented
- GPF with Find Dialog fixed
- Vertical scrollbars no longer disappear in large files
- horizontal scrollbars now appear for documents wider than the screen
- Improved internal audio support - allows playing of .au files on 8-bit cards
- Bug with deeply nested tags fixed
- "-i <inifile>" command-line option for INI file location
- <OPTION> tags won't crash Mosaic anymore
- fixed bug with downloading files via FTP
- FTP slightly improved - now able to connect to ftp.microsoft.com, e.g.
- <em> and <strong> tags now supported
- <dir> and <menu> tags are now more properly supported
- Grey out back & forward when no current doc
- When search window disappears, focus switches to main window.
- "Add Current to Hotlist" when current hl is QUICKLIST now works (unlimited size)
- "Add Current to Hotlist" works for URL's without titles (gopher servers)
- Open URL Dialog now fits on a 640 x 480 screen
- entity (&) termination
- Focus switches to Search window when it appears
- better filename mungeing ( Unix files will now be converted to reflect the last
- extension. ie. here.it.is.txt will become here.txt)
-
- Your comments on NCSA Mosaic are important; user feedback is an
- integral part of the Software Development Group's (SDG's) planning
- activities. Bug reports are particularly valuable because SDG's tests
- cannot duplicate all user environments and equipment configurations.
- Bug reports should include enough information to enable SDG developers
- to reproduce the problem. Please specify any information given by Mosaic,
- and give us a URL so we can try to reproduce the problem. However, before
- you send any bug reports, comments, or suggestions, please check our on line
- information to ensure your information has not already been reported. This
- will be very helpful to us because we are swamped with email. You can find
- on line information about known bugs, enhancement requests, FAQ's, viewers,
- etc. from our home page.
-
- http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/WinMosaic/HomePage.html
-
- If the answer to your question is not included in the above sources of
- information, then please email us at mosaic-w@ncsa.uiuc.edu and we will reply
- as quickly as we can. Please remember we are supporting NCSA Mosaic and we
- can not provide information about the location of specific resources on the net.
-
- Thank you for your interest and support.
-
- - Chris Wilson
- - Jon Mittelhauser
- - Terry McLaren
- From news@bigblue.oit.unc.edu Fri Apr 8 07:58:02 1994
- Received: from bigblue.oit.unc.edu by SunSITE.Unc.EDU (5.65c+IDA/FvK-1.07) with SMTP
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- for winsock@sunsite.unc.edu (winsock@sunsite.unc.edu)
- To: winsock@sunsite.unc.edu
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 07:58:02 GMT
- From: jones@cbdb1.nimh.nih.gov
- Message-Id: <1994Apr8.051156.16148@alw.nih.gov>
- Organization: National Institutes of Health
- Sender: ses
- References: <jobrien.373.00084851@mcs.umes.umd.edu>
- Subject: Re: Mosaic and lots of GPFs--anyone else?
-
-
- In article <jobrien.373.00084851@mcs.umes.umd.edu>, <jobrien@mcs.umes.umd.edu>
- writes:
- > In article <2nvb66$5fn@clarknet.clark.net> sarahg@netcom.com (the future
- Sarah Kye Stapleton-Gray) writes:
- > >
- > >The latest Mosaic--I realize it's in alpha form--always crashes on me. Does
- > >anyone
- > >else have this problem? Just checking that it's the program, not
- > >my system. It seems to crash not write away, but after a few
- > >GIF requests.
- >
- > Which version? Early versions were known to have a memory leak....
- >
- > - Jim O.
- >
- >
- > Jim O'Brien, CNE University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- > jobrien@mcs.umes.umd.edu Network Manager
-
- I have the latest (wmos20a2.zip 2/28/94), and YUP no doubt about sooner
- or later it reboots you machine (at least all three of mine do -
- Newt, TCP/IP-32, and Trumpet) whether you like it or not. Guess NCSA
- wanted to remind us all to take a break occasionally and throw a monitor
- across the room in frustration.
-
- Doug - still counting to ten...
- jones@cbdb1.nimh.nih.gov
-
-