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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.
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IMPORTANT!!!
For best results, please make a copy of your preferences file (Mosaic
Preferences) before using the new alpha versions.
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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.
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HOW TO GET NCSA MOSAIC
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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
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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).
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2.0.0 ALPHA 17 Release Features
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Bug Fixes
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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
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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
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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
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Open URL: Mosaic now remembers last URL entered into the Open
URL window
View Source
Options Menu
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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
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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:
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The styles window has been completely rewritten to make it
easier to use.
Custom Menus:
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Any hotlist or url can be added to a user defined menu.
Hotlists
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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
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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
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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.