From csus.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!milano!milano.mcc.com!hardin Fri Dec 9 15:19:41 1994 Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.users,comp.infosystems.www.misc,comp.infosystems.www.providers Path: csus.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!milano!milano.mcc.com!hardin From: hardin@dino.mcc.com (John Hardin) Subject: ANNOUNCE: MacWeb 1.00A3! Message-ID: Followup-To: comp.infosystems.www.users Sender: news@mcc.com Reply-To: macweb@einet.net Organization: MCC ISD, Austin, Texas Distribution: comp Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 23:16:25 GMT Lines: 158 Xref: csus.edu comp.infosystems.www.users:10397 comp.infosystems.www.misc:11952 comp.infosystems.www.providers:10790 Announcing the Release of EINet MacWeb Version 1.00Alpha3 RELEASE INFO MCC's EINet group is pleased to announce MacWeb Version 1.00Alpha3. MacWeb is a full-featured World-Wide-Web, hypertext browser. It is available as freeware from the URL: ftp://ftp.einet.net/einet/mac/macweb/macweb.latest.sea.hqx Note: MacWeb is now *PowerMac native*; so, this archive now contains *both* 68K and PPC executables. MacWeb is also available via anonymous FTP from the machine ftp.einet.net. Change (cd) to the directory /einet/mac/macweb and get the following file: macweb.latest.sea.hqx MacWeb requires that your Macintosh be configured with System 7 and MacTCP 2.0.2 (MacTCP 2.0.4 recommended). PROBLEMS AND COMMENTS To report problems, suggest enhancements, or send general comments about MacWeb, please send email to macweb@einet.net. DESCRIPTION MacWeb is a World Wide Web client which uses hypertext, or hypermedia where references within a document are links which lead users to other documents, lists, resources or actions. The World Wide Web supports the display of text, graphics, sound, and video. It is also a tool through which Internet users can access information using from various other Internet front ends, navigators, information, services, and resources. RELEASE CONTENTS This is a major release with new functionality. MacWeb is now *PowerMac native* (thanks to a move to CodeWarrior) and is now utilizing the latest CERN Library (version 2.17). The new Library yields many improvements including CERN Authentication and better FTP displays. What follows are some of the new features in the 1.00ALPHA3 release of MacWeb. For a detailed list of things that have changed since the last release see the MacWeb Developer Notes at the URL http://galaxy.einet.net/EINet/MacWeb/DeveloperNotes.html. INNOVATIVE NEW FEATURES *UNIQUE* TO MACWEB URL "Bookmarks" MacWeb extends the Hotlist paradigm into the file system with "bookmarks". Bookmark files contain URLs (one per file). Bookmark files may be stored anywhere, aliased, grouped in Folders, etc. Simply double-click on them to have MacWeb open the contained URL! Bookmark files are created via File->SaveURL (or via the LinkOps Menu). MacWeb bookmarks are similar in concept to those used by Fetch and Anarchie. In fact, MacWeb can open Fetch and Anarchie bookmark files! Expanded LinkOps Menu In addition to its existing LinkOps menu entries, MacWeb has added "Save URL..." and "Add URL to Hotlist...". Multiple Prefs Files MacWeb now supports multiple Prefs files. This is perfect for shared lab machines or for situations where you use different Prefs settings. For example, you may have different settings at work at home, for presentations, etc. GURL Support MacWeb now supports the emerging standard Get URL ("GURL") Apple Event suite engineered by several of the Macintosh Internet application authors. This allows you to configure MacWeb to pass URLs on a per-protocol basis to GURL-savvy applications. By default, MacWeb is configured to pass (via GURL) designated "ftp:" URLs to Anarchie (v1.40 or greater), designated "news:" URLs to NewsWatcher (2.0b19 or greater), and all "mailto:" URLs to NewsWatcher (ultimately Eudora). ([command]-clicking on a link will "designate" that the corresponding URL is to be handled externally.) MacWeb contains "Protocol Helper" configuration information ('MIME' Resource, id = 512) which is similar to the regular Helper MIME info except the MIME types are protocol names. For example, instead of "image/gif" there are names like "news", "mailto", etc. If the Helper launch bit is set, then MacWeb handles matching URLs externally by passing them to specified Helpers via GURL. If the Helper launch bit is not set, then these URLs are handled internally by MacWeb. [command]-clicking on links will cause the corresponding URLs to be handled externally by the specified "Protocol Helper". An updated, GURL-savvy version of our MacWAIS application will hit the streets soon. OTHER NEW FEATURES Authentication MacWeb now performs CERN "simple"/"basic" authentication. Selective *Internal* Image Display In addition to inline images, MacWeb can now internally display GIF and X-Bitmap (xbm) files that the previous version of MacWeb displayed externally with Helper applications! MacWeb can be configured to display an image internally or externally based on whether the "Don't Launch" Helper option is selected. If selected, then images of that MIME type are displayed *internally* by MacWeb. Otherwise, they're displayed externally by the Helper application (the default). Inline images are always displayed internally unless explicitly overridden as described below. To force a particular image (including inlines) to be displayed externally, [command]-click on the image link. To momentarily toggle the current "Don't Launch" state, [option]-[command]-click on an image link. Partial Image Updates MacWeb now displays images as they're retrieved! NoProxy Support MacWeb now allows you to specify hosts (even using wildcards) that should be directly connected and override any Proxy specifications. NoProxy info is stored in 'STR#' resource, id = 804 (one specification per string). For example, to override Proxy specifications for all machines in the domain "foo.com", simply use "*.foo.com" (with no double quotes.) Improved FTP Module MacWeb's FTP display now includes server status messages and file sizes. Entries are now navigable by clicking on their icons. Improved ISINDEX Handling MacWeb has augmented its handling of ISINDEX documents to include a single "text" INPUT FORM enclosed by HRs and labelled with "This is a searchable index. Enter search keywords:". Improved Text Generation MacWeb's File->SaveAs->Text generator has been enhanced. COPYRIGHT AND LEGAL RESTRICTIONS Copyright 1994 Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC). All Rights Reserved. EINet is a trademark of MCC. All other product or service marks contained in this software are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. MCC grants to Licensee a license to use, copy, and distribute the MacWeb Software for academic, research, and personal-user purposes only, without a fee, provided that (i) the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of the Software and related documentation, and (ii) the MCC and EINet name may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the Software without the specific, prior written permission of MCC, and (iii) that no charge is associated with copies of the software distributed by Licensee to third parties. Commercial use of this software is forbidden without the express written permission of MCC and payment of a negotiated license fee. -- John W. Hardin phone: (512)338-3535 MCC email: hardin@mcc.com 3500 W. 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