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- NCSA Mosaic 2.0.0 Beta 5
- *****************************************************
-
- The Beta 5 version of NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh 2.0 was
- released Tuesday April 6, 1995, internal to NCSA.
-
- This is a BETA 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 beta versions. This is only
- necessary only to update preferences prior to Beta 1.
- -------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 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 mosaic-mac@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)
- 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)
-
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- DECOMPRESSING THE ARCHIVE
- *****************************************************
-
- To UnStuff & UnBinHex NCSA Mosaic we recommend that you use
- StuffIt Expander. The expander is available at ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
- in the /Mosaic/Mac/Helpers/ directory.
-
- Important Note
-
- Some people are having problems starting up MacMosaic. If MacMosaic
- crashes before the splash screen is displayed, it is possible that there
- is a problem with your system. We now know that when the Apple Shared
- Library Manager(ASLM) is deinstalled improperly, when any application asks
- the MacOS if ASLM is present, the system will crash. One major caveat
- is that we have no idea how to properly deinstall ASLM. The installer
- has no remove option. There are two ways to correct this. You can reinstall
- your system, or you can reinstall the ASLM.
-
- It is possible that this problem may exist with other MacOS
- extensionsthat require an installer. If MacMosaic won't start
- up on your machine, we recommend that you reinstall the system.
-
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- Current Known Problems
- *****************************************************
-
- The cache files used by the 68K are different from those
- used by the PowerMacs. Therefore, running a PowerMac
- version on a machine with 68K cache files will cause
- strangeness.
- "View Source" will not work with documents extracted
- from cache
- The URL text entry box may not select text properly.
- This problem only exists on PowerMacs.
- Copy and Paste may still have some problems.
- When a document is downloading, clicking on a link should
- cancel the current load and start a new one.
- Only one history popup menu is available for all windows.
- The align attributes for HTML paragraph tag is not yet
- supported.
- The center tag will be supported in the next version.
- When saving files to disk, the default name is sometimes
- messed up.
-
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- Release Notes For Beta 5
- *****************************************************
-
- GIF image offset display problem is fixed.
- Align attributes for HEAD tags is support.
- Anchors that are not terminated properly are handled
- gracefully.
- Visited link aging now works properly. If you visit a
- link once, the display color migrates toward the
- color of unvisited links.
- ALL temp files now get deleted, as well as hanging
- cache files.
- In certain instances, forms entry fields would not be
- displayed.
- Some problems with multiple submissions of one form
- have been fixed.
- The history pop up is now redrawn properly.
- A problem with multiple windows that would cause
- strangeness was fixed.
-
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- Release Notes For Beta 4
- *****************************************************
-
- The ALIGN attribute is now supported for heads, and
- will be supported for Paragraphs in the next release.
- Forms response encoding problems have been fixed.
- More backgound color problems have been fixed.
- Abort provides better response than befor. A hanging bug
- with aborting loads has also been fixed.
- Ridiculously long alt strings will now work properly,
- within reason.
-
- *****************************************************
- Release Notes For Beta 3
- *****************************************************
-
- Mail developers had a major bug in it that could cause a crash
- when you tryed to send the mail.
- The problem with entities (& escaped HTML) in the 68k version is
- fixed.
- A problem with table pagination that would cause crashes has been
- fixed.
-
- *****************************************************
- Release Notes For Beta 2
- *****************************************************
-
- If you have used NCSA Mosaic for the Mac 2.0.0 BETA 1, and you started
- with a new preferences file at that point, you don't need to trash your
- preferences again.
-
- Mosaic would crash sometimes if you moved off a page while it was
- still paginating, and then returned to it.
- Extracting tables from cache now works.
- Loading XBMs under certain circumstances previously could
- cause problems. It's fixed.
- Some probems with backgound colors have been fixed.
- It was previously possible to submit a form several times before the
- first submission was processed. This would cause a crash.
- Another problem with interrupting downloads has been fixed.
- A problem with HTML entitys has been fixed.
-
- *****************************************************
- Release Notes For Beta 1
- *****************************************************
-
- SAVE THE EXISTING PREFERENCES FILE BEFORE RUNNING THIS VERSION OF NCSA
- MOSAIC. THERE IS AN EXISTING BUG THAT WILL CORRUPT THE PREFERENCES FILE
- IF THIS IS NOT DONE. REMOVE THE EXISTING COPY OF THE MOSAIC PREFERENCES
- FROM THE PREFERENCES FOLDER AND LAUNCH NCSA MOSAIC TO HAVE IT CREATE A
- NEW COPY
-
- Mailto: support
-
- NCSA Mosaic now supports the mailto: tag. A mail server for the
- user must be set in the "Preferences", under "Gates" before this
- feature is accessible.
-
- Local disk cache
-
- A local disk caching feature has been implemented. NCSA Mosaic will
- now retain copies of recently accessed documents to decrease the
- amount of time spent accessing the network. There is also a "Cache"
- section in the "Preferences...". Caching preferences should be set
- soon after starting this version of NCSA Mosaic. If this is not
- done, NCSA Mosaic will default to the System Folder as its cache
- directory resulting in a large number of cache files being saved
- to the System Folder.
-
- Inline images
-
- Inline JPEG support
-
- Adornments
- Inline images now have a option of being adorned (a border
- around the images)
-
- Alt tags
- Inline images that are not Auto-Loaded will display the alt
- tag for the image next to the placeholder if one exists.
-
- The above two features can be disabled through the "Styles..."
- dialog box in the "Images" section.
-
-
- Menu items have changed
-
- "Mail to Developers..." moved under the balloon help menu
- "Home" under "Navigate" has a new command key (command - \)
- "Hotlist" under "Navigate" has a new command key (command - h)
- "Use HTTP 0.9" has been removed from the "Options" menu
-
- Fixed
-
- Many performance enhancements
- "Add This Document" from the "Options" menu no longer causes crashes
- "Mail Developers..." should be working for the most part. There are
- still a few known problems (see known problems)
- Numerous pagination problems have been fixed.
- Tables bugs have been fixed.
- Printing problems have been fixed.
- Many bugs which caused crashes in the previous versions are fixed
-
-
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- FULL FEATURE LIST for 2.0.0
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-
- Forms
- Tables
- Inline JPEGs
- Local caching
- 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
-