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Netscape Navigator** 2.02 Beta 1a for OS/2* Warp BETA 1a, September 20th 1996 ============================ Welcome to Netscape Navigator 2.02 Beta 1a for OS/2 Warp. This README contains the latest information available. It also contains helpful hints found in our testing. The README is only one source of information provided with Netscape Navigator for OS/2 Warp. Greater detail can be found in: o Netscape Navigator Handbook o Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) o Netscape Navigator Release Notes To help you locate information in this README, you can use the Find option in the Edit menu of the OS/2 System Editor. You can print the file by dragging it to your printer object or by using the Print choice on the pop-up menu. CONTENTS 1.0 Hardware and Software Requirements 2.0 Installation Instructions 3.0 Function included in this release 4.0 Function not included in this release 5.0 Using Netscape Navigator behind a Firewall 6.0 Reporting problems 7.0 Known problems 8.0 Trademarks 1.0 Hardware and Software Requirements ====================================== Hardware Requirements: 386 or higher with 12 megs Ram (16 recommended), a VGA Display (Super VGA with 256 colors or higher recommended), and at least 6 megs of hard disk space. You also need a connection to the Internet, via a Modem, Ethernet Card, Token Ring or ISDN. Software Requirements: OS/2 Warp Connect Version 3 OS/2 Warp Version 4 running the TCP/IP software. 2.0 Installation Instructions ============================= After downloading the Netscape Navigator Beta 1a for OS/2, and unzipping the NSOS2_1a.ZIP file, simply run the INSTALL.EXE program that is located in the directory that the .ZIP file was unzipped into. The INSTALL program will prompt you for the drive and directory that you want the Netscape Navigator for OS/2 installed in. The Install program will install the program, and prompt you for the installation directory. If you are installing this program on OS/2 Warp Version 4, you will be asked whether you want to convert your default browser for your desktop URL objects to Netscape Navigator. If you respond yes, then desktop URL objects will load the Netscape Navigator browser window when opened. This will be the default for desktop URL objects. Any URL objects that you have set a specific browser for will not be affected. The default browser for desktop URL objects with OS/2 Warp Version 4 is WebExplorer. NOTE: The desktop URL objects only function correctly if you add the Netscape Navigator installation directory to the PATH statement in CONFIG.SYS and reboot. The second question you will be prompted to answer, regardless of which version of OS/2 Warp you are using, is whether you want your WebExplorer QuickList to be converted to Netscape Navigator Bookmarks. Answering yes will provide you the ability to quickly get to your favorite Web pages under Netscape Navigator. NOTE: If you were using Netscape Navigator for Windows 3.1, and have a set of bookmarks that you would like to use with the Netscape Navigator for OS/2 Warp, simply locate the BOOKMARK.HTM file located in the directory that your Netscape Navigator for Windows 3.1 is installed in, and copy that file into the directory that you have installed Netscape Navigator for OS/2 Warp. You cannot use both your Netscape for Windows bookmarks, and your bookmarks converted from WebExplorer in this release. The install program will create a folder on your desktop called "Netscape", and place three objects in it. The first object is the Installation Utility. This can be used to delete, update, and re-install the Netscape Navigator for OS/2 Warp. The second object is the Netscape Navigator for OS/2 program object that can be used to start the Netscape Navigator for OS/2 Warp, and the third is a shadow object of this READ.ME file. NOTE: If you are using any prior version of Netscape Navigator Beta for OS/2, this release must be completely deleted before installing Beta 1a. To do this, use the Installation Utility in the Netscape folder and select Delete from the Action menu. Then you should look at the directory that the Beta 1 release was installed in and delete all files and subdirectories in that directory. Finally, you should delete the Netscape folder from the Desktop. Once this is complete, you may begin the installation of the Netscape Navigator Beta 1a for OS/2 Warp. If you currently have Netscape Navigator for Windows 3.1, and you want to be able to continue to run that version of Netscape Navigator, do not install this OS/2 version in the same directory as your Windows version. 3.0 Function included in the Beta 1a release ============================================ Browsing the web - You can use this Beta 1a to browse anywhere on the Web. With the exception of the known problems listed below, you can view and use any page. If you encounter problems doing this, please let us know! HTML 3.0 - This Beta fully supports the HTML 3.0 tags. Any HTML 3.0 document can be viewed using this version of the Netscape Navigator. Frames - Frame support is fully functional in this Beta. You can view documents created with frames and navigate through the frames. JavaScript - You can use this Beta to view HTML pages that contain JavaScript. JavaScript is a programming language that allows the Netscape Navigator to take special actions when executed. News - You can use this Beta to view News articles and browse Newsgroups. Note that because the Mail function of the Netscape Navigator is not available in this beta release, you will not be able to append to Newsgroups. Bookmarks - You can create bookmarks for your favorite Web pages, and save them for future use. Note, however, that the Bookmark window is not available in this beta, therefore bookmarks must be accessed from the Bookmark menu item. History - The Navigator will maintain a history of the Web pages that have been accessed. You can use this History list from the Go menu. Note, however, that the History window used for viewing very long history lists, is not available in this beta. Forward, Back, Stop - You can traverse the history of Web pages that have been visited in sequential order using the Back and Forward buttons on the toolbar. You can also interrupt the load of any page by using the Stop button or pressing the Esc key. Preferences - The Navigator preferences are fully functional with only a few exceptions noted in the following sections. These preferences, for Appearance, Mail and News, Network and Security can be used to tailor the use of your Navigator. Caching - The Navigator uses the cache to speed reloading to previous loaded pages. You can use options to specify how much disk space and memory the cache should take and to also clear the cache. Plugin API - For developers wishing to develop native OS/2 Plugins for the Netscape Navigator for OS/2 Warp, we have available a Plugin toolkit including header files, libraries and sample code for building OS/2 native plugins. To download the toolkit, go to http://www.internet.ibm.com/browsers/netscape/warp page and select OS/2 Plug-in Developers Kit. 4.0 Function not included in this beta release ============================================== Address Book Bookmark window for "More" Bookmarks Color and Font Preference setting Cut / Copy / Paste from an HTML window Find History Window International Support, including Document Encoding Mail Netscape Client API interface for DDE Printing 4.1 Java -------- The Netscape Navigator Beta 1a for OS/2 Warp Java support and JavaScript have only had limited testing to date. We are in the process of completing this testing, but we wanted to make the function available to you in this beta release to get your feedback. Java applets will only run if you are using OS/2 Warp Version 4. We have found that JAVA applets used to limit access to secure sites will not work, and therefore those web sites cannot be accessed using this beta release. 5.0 Using Netscape Navigator behind a Firewall ============================================== Netscape Navigator 2.02 for OS/2 Warp works best when directly connected to the Internet. If you are behind a firewall you must do one of the following to enable access to the World Wide Web. 5.1 Socks for OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) users ---------------------------------------- If you use OS/2 Warp 4, you can enable socks support in the TCP/IP Configuration settings notebook that you will find inside the System Setup folder. If you previously configured Socks through Nescape Navigator, and are now going to use the support in Merlin, you must clear your configuration in Netscape Navigator. Select the "Socks" section and fill in each of the three pages. Page 1... Your domain name (for example, ibm.com) Your socks nameserver (for example socks.austin.ibm.com) Page 2... Specify IP addresses that are inside your firewall (that you can access directly). For example... IP addr 9.0.0.0 Mask 255.0.0.0 Page 3... Specify name of socks server and IP addresses that you will access through the gateway. For example... socks.austin.ibm.com 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Once correctly enabled you should find two files in your MPTN/ETC directory; SOCKS.CFG and SOCKS.ENV. The contents of these files should look something like... SOCKS.CFG direct 9.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 sockd @=socks.austin.ibm.com 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 SOCKS.ENV socks_flag on socks_user socks_domain ibm.com socks_ns socks.austin.ibm.com socks_server NOTE: Once enabling socks support in OS/2 Warp 4, DO NOT use the Netscape Navigator Network Preferences option to configure any proxy or socks gateway. 5.2 Socks Gateway ----------------- If you choose not to use the built-in OS/2 support for socks, or you are running OS/2 Warp 3.0, then use the Netscape Navigator Network Preferences to configure a socks server. Select Manual Configuration from the Proxy page of the Network Preferences dialog and select View... Enter the name and port number for your socks server in the socks server field. The port number for socks is usually 1080. 5.3 Proxy Gateway ----------------- If you choose not to use the built-in OS/2 support for socks, or you must use a proxy gateway, then use the Netscape Navigator Network Preferences to configure a proxy gateway. The port number for proxy is usually 80. Note that you must fully qualify a a proxy gateway. (ie: http://proxy.anywhere.com/) Select Manual Configuration from the Proxy page of the Network Preferences dialog and select View... Enter the name and port number for your proxy gateway in the HTTP Proxy field. 6.0 Reporting problems ====================== If you find a problem while using the beta release of the Navigator for OS/2, please contact IBM beta support using one of the following methods NOTE: THE WEB SITE METHOD IS THE PREFERRED METHOD OF REPORTING PROBLEMS. WHEN PROBLEMS ARE RECEIVED USING THIS PROCESS, WE CAN AUTOMATE THE TRACKING AND RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM. LOWER PRIORITY WILL BE PLACED ON PROBLEMS RECEIVED VIA THE EMAIL METHOD. 6.1 Web Site ------------ You can select "How to give feedback" from the Navigator's Help menu and complete the on-line form or if you cannot run the Netscape Navigator to submit the problem, you can use WebExplorer or an alternate web browser and go to http://service.software.ibm.com/reg/netscp/probrpt-r to complete the problem report form. 6.2 Email --------- Email your problem description to netbeta@vnet.ibm.com 7.0 Known problems ================== We are aware of the following problems in this Beta 1a release of Netscape Navigator for OS/2 Warp and are working to resolve them. If you find other problems please report them using the method described in section 6.0 above. 7.1 General ----------- - On systems running at VGA resolution (640x480x16), there are some problems drawing text. Although this is a tepmorary restriction, we recommend running at a higher resolution. - When the Navigator is looking for a host on the Internet, it does not allow you to perform other tasks. You must wait until either the hostname is found or the search times out. - Attempting to drag the Navigator toolbar causes an exception. - When the Navigator is finished loading a page or image, the Stop button should be disabled. It remains enabled all the time. - You cannot launch Telnet or TN3270 applications from within the browser window. - Some graphics that have many similar colors in them will occasionally be drawn with some of the colors incorrect. - You may see strange characters displayed in listboxes if you are attempting to display a page that uses international characters. - The Stop toolbar button in the news window is not functional. - When resizing frames, you may see text cut-off, misaligned, or Java applets in the wrong location after the resize. - Because the Bookmarks window is not available in this beta, when you have added a certain number of bookmarks, you will not be able to access additional bookmarks as they are not visible at the bottom of the Bookmarks menu. - If you wish to delete some of your bookmarks, you can edit the BOOKMARK.HTM file in your Netscape Navigator directory. You should delete the line(s) describing the bookmark you wish to delete. - Occasionally the top of the page is initially displayed off the top of the browser window area. - Sometimes links (text is colored blue or red) are not underlined. - If you try to save a file using Save As from the File menu, you cannot overwrite an existing file. Also, you only save a file into the Netscape working directory. - The <BLINK> tag is not working. The text does not blink. - If you experience exceptions, or traps and can no longer run Netscape Navigator, you may have to delete the NETSCAPE.INI from the directory you installed to. - There are stability problems if you set PM_DYNAMIC_DRAG to ON (for Warp Connect Version 3 users), or turn on Full Window Drag in the Warp Version 4 System Object. 7.2 Installation ---------------- - If you use the Install Utility to delete the Netscape Navigator, not all files and directories will be deleted from the system. You can manually delete the files and directories from the Workplace shell or a command prompt. - Occasionally, after you have de-installed Netscape Navigator, the Netscape folder on the Workplace shell desktop will not be deleted, nor will all of the objects it contains. These objects cannot be used, and they should be deleted manually after a reboot. 7.3 Preferences --------------- - The general preferences for toolbars that allow you to configure the appearance of the toolbar, are not functioning for the browser window. - The Helper Apps preference page does not display the correct icon for the Helper application. - The Applications preference page allows you to specify a temporary directory. If you change this entry, you must close and re-open the Navigator for it to take affect. - The preferences on the Image page in the General Preferences setting are not functioning. - You should turn off the "Submitting a Form Insecurely" in the Security Preferences. Not doing this will cause multiple warnings to appear, rendering the browser window unusable. - The proxy addresses, for manual proxies, in the Network Preferences are limited to 32 characters. You can work around this problem by using the numeric ip address of the host. - If you are running Warp Connect version 3.0, and you have not installed the bonus Pack, you will get an error if you attempt to use any of the default Helper Applications. The Helper Applications are installed with the OS/2 Warp Bonus Pack. 7.4 Java -------- - Accessing pages that contain Java applets from behind a firewall can only be done using Socks for OS/2 Warp or a Proxy Gateway. (See sections 5.1 and 5.3) - Some Java applets do not respond to keystrokes. - Animated images displayed using Java on secure web pages may not be visible. 8.0 Trademarks =============== The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in this READ.ME file, are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries: o IBM o OS/2 The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk (**) in this READ.ME file, are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation: o Netscape o Netscape Navigator THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IBM AND NETSCAPE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS. (C) Copyright Netscape Communications Corporation 1995-1996. All rights reserved.