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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Welcome to NCSA Mosaic v2.0.0 Beta 3</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H3>Welcome to
<A HREF="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/">NCSA </A>
<A HREF="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html">
Mosaic</A>
<A HREF="http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/trademark.html">
™</A>
for the <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft Windows ™</A>
Operating Systems
</H3>
NCSA Mosaic is an Internet navigation and data retrevial tool that will
allow you to access networked information with the click of a mouse button.
Mosaic is capable of accessing data from the World Wide Web servers (HTTP),
Gopher servers, FTP servers and News servers (NNTP). Mosaic can access
other data services through gateway servers. These services provide you
search capabilities in database environments such as PH, Archie, WAIS,
and Veronica. NCSA Mosaic was designed to provide its user transparent
access to these information sources and services. NCSA Mosaic software
is copyrighted by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (UI),
and ownership remains with the UI. The UI grants you a license to use the
Software for academic, research and internal business purposes only,
without a fee.
<P>
<B>Mosaic is a 32-bit application.</B> This means Mosaic is compatable
with Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows NT and Windows 95.
The Windows NT operating system is available for the following processors:
<P>
<DL>
<DD><B>iX86</B> - Intel's iX86 Processors and compatibles
<DD><B>aXP</B> - Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) aXP processor
<DD><B>MIPS</B> - Mips Technology processors
<DD><B>PPC</B> - The Motorola PowerPC
</DL>
<HR>
<H1>Version 2.0.0 Beta 3 - Release Notes</H1>
<HR>
<DL>
<DT><H3>Table of contents</H3>
<DD><A HREF="#mosaic.ini">MOSAIC.INI Update Information</A>
<P>
<DD><A HREF="#Win32s">Win32s Update Information</A>
<P>
<DD><A HREF="#Feature">Features, Enhancements and Bug Fixes</A>
<P>
<DD><A HREF="#Describe">Feature Descriptions</A>
</DL>
<HR>
<H2><A NAME="mosaic.ini">MOSAIC.INI Update Information</A></H2>
Mosaic users no longer need to edit the mosaic.ini file with an ASCII editor.
"ALL" user configurable options are available from the <B>Options,
Preferences... menus.</B>
<P>
<DL>
<DD><B><I>"Do Not edit the mosaic.ini file with an ASCII editor."</I></B>
</DL>
<HR>
<H2><A NAME="Win32s">Win32s Update Information</A></H2>
<DL>
<DT><H4> Windows NT users and Win95 beta-testers</H4>
<DD>Windows NT and Win95 users don't need Win32s. The operating systems
are 32-bit operating systems with OLE support built-in.
<P>
<DT><H4>Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups Users</H4>
<DD><B>You MUST install WIN32S BEFORE you install Mosaic.</B>
Win3.1(3.11) and Windows for Workgroups 3.1(WfW3.11) are 16-bit operating systems
and you'll need to use Microsoft's Win32s software. This software will allow you
to run 32-bit applications in Windows 3.1 or WfW 3.11. Since Mosaic is also an OLE
compatible application, and <B>Mosaic users must</B> use Win32s with the
OLE.
<P>
<DD>The latest version of Win32s, <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic/Windows/w32s125.exe">v1.25</a>,
was released by Microsoft to address the National Language Support problem and the compobj.dll
problems some Windows users were experiencing with Win32s v1.20.
We recommend you upgrade to this latest version if you
prefer to use a language other than English(American) in your Windows environment, OR if
you experiencing problems with the compobj.dll library while using Microsoft Office,
Excel or Word. <B><I> In general, if you are NOT experiencing problems with Win32s
v1.20, upgrading to Win32s v1.25 is not required at this time.
</I></B>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="Feature"><H3>Features, Enhancements, and Bug fixes</H3></A>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="#Audio">Options, Preferences, Audio </A> Menu
<LI><A HREF="#Services">Options, Preferences, Services</A> Menu Additions
<DL><DD>Telnet configuration section
<DD>Append a sig file to a Newsgroup post or a Mail message.
</DL>
<LI><A HREF="#mmailto">Multiple mailto: supported</A>
<LI><A HREF="#mget">Multiple get supported for ftp transfers</A>
<LI><A HREF="#enhancement">Hotlist Manager Enhancement</A>
<LI><A HREF="#loadto">"Load to disk" enhancement</A>
</UL>
<H3>Bug Fixes</H3>
<UL>
<LI>Memory and System Resource Improvements
<LI>Horizontal scroll bar not appearing
<LI>Winsock initialization problem fixed
<LI>news: post crashes
<LI>Removing focus from print preview caused a crash
<LI>copy/paste inserts blank lines where it finds <P> tags.
</UL>
<A NAME="Describe"><H3>Feature Descriptions</A></H3>
<A NAME="Audio"><HR></A>
Mosaic has "NEW" audio capabilities. You can associate up to twenty-five Mosaic
functions to any of the .wav audio files on your system.
<TABLE BORDER>
<CAPTION><H4>Options, Preferences..., Audio</H4></CAPTION>
<TR ALIGN=CENTER><TH>Preference Options</TH><TH>Descrition</TH></TR>
<TR><TH COLSPAN=2>You'll receive an audio tone when you associate
a .wav sound file with one of the following functions.</TH></TR>
<TR><TD>Abort </TD><TD>Left mouse click on the Mosaic logo or hit the
Esc key </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>About Box </TD><TD>Help, About Windows Mosaic... or the Question
Mark in the Tool Bar </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Add to Hotlist </TD><TD>The Add to Hotlist icon in the toolbar or
Open the Hotlist Manager (Navigate, Hotlist Manager) and select Edit,
Add Curent at Selection Point </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Load Document </TD><TD>Select the green check next to the URL command
line or Enter. </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Navigate Back </TD><TD>Select the left arrow icon from the toolbar or
Navigate, Back. </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Cancel URL Bar</TD><TD>Select the red X next to the URL command line.
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Copy </TD><TD>Select a range of text in a document and the Copy icon
from the toolbar or Ctrl+C </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Done Loading </TD><TD>Audio notification when Mosaic has received and
loaded the document into the document view window.
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Find </TD><TD>Select the Find icon from the toolbar or Edit, Find
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Navigate Forward </TD><TD>Select the right arrow icon from the toolbar or
Navigate, Forward </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>History </TD><TD>Select Navigate, History </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Home </TD><TD>Select the House icon from the toolbar or Navigate, Home
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Image Loaded </TD><TD>Audio notification when Mosaic loads an image
into the document view window. </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Mail </TD><TD>Select the Mail icon from the toolbar, or use File, Send
Email... or enter mailto: in the URL command line.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>News </TD><TD>Select the News icon from the toolbar, or use File,
Newsgroups... or enter news: into the URL command line. </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Open </TD><TD>Select the Open URL icon from the toolbar, or by selecting
File, Open URL... (Ctrl+O) or File, Open Local File... (Ctrl+L) </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Paste </TD><TD>Select the Paste icon from the toolbar or Edit, Paste
(Ctrl+V). </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Preferences </TD><TD>When you select Options, Preferences... </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Presentation Mode </TD><TD>Select Options, Presentation Mode (Alt+P)
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Print </TD><TD>Select the Print icon from the toolbar or select
Edit, Print... </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Print Preview </TD><TD>Select the print preview icon from the
toolbar or Edit, Print Preview... </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Reload </TD><TD>Select the reload icon from the toolbar, Navigate,
Reload, or R </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Save </TD><TD>Select the save icon from the toolbar or File, Save As...
</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Shutdown </TD><TD>Double click on the upper left system menu or
File, Exit </TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Startup </TD><TD>Mosaic will greet you when you open the application.
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<A NAME="Services"><HR></A>
<TABLE BORDER>
<CAPTION><H4>Options, Preferences..., Services</H4></CAPTION>
<TR ALIGN=CENTER><TH>Preference