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- NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh 2.0.0 ALPHA17
-
- The Alpha 17 version of NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh 2.0 was
- released Friday, November 11, 1994.
-
- This is an ALPHA release, therefore there are many new features or
- bugs that you will need to be aware of to make your use of the new
- release a pleasant experience. You may encounter problems that
- will cause your machine to crash. You may not find certain aspects
- of the program aesthetically pleasing, and the program will trash
- your current preferences.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- IMPORTANT!!!
- For best results, please make a copy of your preferences file (Mosaic
- Preferences) before using the new alpha versions.
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
- We will continue to keep the comprehensive Known Bugs page as up-
- to-date as possible . To help us do this, please email us with any
- problems you find that are not related to those listed on the known
- bugs page. Use the Mail Developers feature from the File menu, or
- email to mac-mosaic@ncsa.uiuc.edu. Note: Please check that the
- email address is correct before sending mail via the Mail Developers
- option. Thanks!. Otherwise we will be unable to respond to you if the
- email address is incorrect.
-
- *****************************************************
- HOW TO GET NCSA MOSAIC
- *****************************************************
- NCSA Mosaic is available via anonymous ftp. Please enter
- 'anonymous' as the name and your complete email address as the
- password.
-
- site: ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
- location: /Mosaic/Mac
-
- The NCSA ftp server is being overloaded with requests for the Mosaic
- software. Because of this, you may get an error message. Please wait
- a while and try again when the server may not be as busy. As an
- alternative, you may wish to try one of the following unofficial
- mirror sites.
-
- USA:
- site: sunsite.unc.edu
- location: /pub/packages/infosystems/WWW (all versions)
- Canada:
- site: journal.biology.carleton.ca
- location: /pub/mirrors/ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mosaic (all versions)
- Australia:
- site: miriworld.its.unimelb.edu.au
- location: /pub/clients/ (all versions)
- Europe:
- site: ftp.luth.se
- location: /pub/infosystems/www/ncsa (all versions)
-
- site: ftp.sunet.se
- location: /pub/mac/Mosaic (mac version)
- /pub/pc/windows/www/Mosaic/ (pc version)
- /pub/www/Mosaic (X version)
-
- DECOMPRESSING THE ARCHIVE
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- To UnStuff & UnBinHex NCSA Mosaic we recommend that you use
- StuffIt Expander. The expander is available at ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
- and other ftp sites. To unbinhex StuffIt Expander you will also
- need binhex.macbinary (which can be found in /Mac/Utilities at
- ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu).
-
- *****************************************************
- 2.0.0 ALPHA 17 Release Features
- *****************************************************
- Bug Fixes
- =========
-
- No longer crashes on loading when 32-bit addressing is on
- Badly formed HTMLs will not cause a crash
- Delete key now works when typing in the Custom Menu URL field
- Choosing Custom Menus from the menu bar brings already opened custom menu window to the front
- Fixed several Custom Menu interface bugs
- Forms bugs - we're continuing to fix these as we come across unique forms documents
- Selection of ftp/gopher items is now accurate
- Helper items work even when Use Mac Temp Folder is turned on
- Canceling the load to disk option no longer requires two cancels in the dialog box.
- Text files are properly displayed
- Copy is now functioning
- Transparent Gifs are displayed properly
- INPUT NAME=isindex works
- View source -will now work even if the text viewer application is already open
- Helper Apps will load properly when on a volume other than the startup volume
- Many pagination and text layout problems were fixed
-
-
-
- New Features
- =============
- Great speed improvements in document downloading and parsing downloaded html
- Tables support
- Captions on tables is not implemented
- Open URL Shortcut: Type URL into the URL field and hit return
-
-
-
- Known Bugs
- ===========
- Save As...HTML is still broken.--use View Source instead
- Printing bugs still exist (grayscale option
- causes printout to be 1/2 gray)
- Still not handling out-of-memory properly
- Speech recognition has been turned off.
- On a write protected file server, cannot complete QUIT "because you
- don't have the necessary access privileges"
- second access to a telnet session hangs the machine
- spacing may be off on list items - remove prefs file to correct
-
- FULL FEATURE LIST for 2.0.0
- ================================================================
- Forms
- Tables
- Strikethru, Superscript, and Subscript support
- Improved Error Reporting
- Improved Pagination
- User Configurable Color Background (default color is now gray)
- New Hotlist Interface (access from the Navigate menu)
- Custom Menus
- Quick Keys (more command key sequences added)
- Firewall Proxy support (including SOCKS support and standard
- gateway support)
- URL entries (users can now make URL entries in the URL field at the
- top of the screen when Show URLs is on. Hitting return activates the
- link.)
- ODOC event support, and Applescript Open URL support with the
- option to load to disk
- Reload button
-
-
- FILE MENU
- -----------
- Open URL: Mosaic now remembers last URL entered into the Open
- URL window
- View Source
-
- Options Menu
- ------------
- Use This URL for Home: Allows you to select the current document to
- be used as the new home page. This is automatically saved in the
- preferences file.
- Use Header Mode: This feature allows you to get additional
- information about a link without causing you to connect to that link.
- The information, which includes: file type, modification date, file size,
- and server information, appears in a separate window.
- There are two ways to access it: 1) Through the Options Menu, turn
- Use Header Mode on, then click on a link to get the information. 2)
- When Use Header Mode is off, command-click on a link to access the
- same information.
-
- Preferences
- -------------
- The preferences window has been completely rewritten to make it
- easier to modify.
- The preferences dialog has been divided into a series of functional
- categories. These include: Miscellaneous, Links, Directories, Gates.
- (more to be added later)
- Background Color: now user modifiable
- Global History List: Mosaic now maintains a history of links between
- sessions. The user can determine the number of entries that may be
- included in the Global History, or they may choose to remove files
- from the Global History that are older than 'n' days.
- Link Colors: Visited link colors fade to the unvisited link colors as
- they mature. This may be turned on or off as desired.
- Set Hotlist Directory: Set this to a folder that contains your hotlists
- and all hotlists will be readily available in the new hotlist window.
- No need to load each one individually!
- FIREWALL: You can set Mosaic to use CERN Proxy Service or SOCKS
- service!
-
- Styles:
- -------
- The styles window has been completely rewritten to make it
- easier to use.
-
- Custom Menus:
- -------------
- Any hotlist or url can be added to a user defined menu.
-
- Hotlists
- --------
- X & MS Windows hotlists can be imported (from Hotlist dialog)
- Mac hotlists can be exported.
- The export format is HTML therefore the exported hotlists can
- be opened as local HTML files or imported by the X & MS
- Windows versions.
-
- Special Features
- --------------
- Speech Recognition: This has been implemented and will be available
- as soon as Apple releases their Speech Recognition extension. This
- feature has not been turned on in this alpha release.
-
-
- WISH LIST for the final 2.0 release
- --------------------------------------------
- Save window size and location between sessions
- Confirm box to verify that the user really wants to close the current
- Mosaic window
- Remember last entered item in the Find window
- Remember the location of Custom Menu dialog
- Remember the location of the Hotlist dialog.
-
-
-