MacWeb
| MacWeb | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | TradeWave |
| Initial release | May 31, 1994 |
| Stable release | 2.0
/ 1996 |
| Operating system | Mac OS |
| Type | Web Browser |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | N/A |
MacWeb was an early Mac OS-only web browser for 68k and PowerPC Apple Macintosh computers, developed by TradeWave (formerly EINet) between 1994 and 1996.[1]
MacWeb's major attraction was its ability to run well on low-end hardware footprints as well as fast page display. This compactness led to MacWeb's inclusion on many "Internet starter kit" floppy disks and CD-ROMs that were popular at the time. TradeWave also developed a similar Microsoft Windows browser named WinWeb. However, they were eclipsed by more full-featured competitors such as Netscape Navigator, and development was eventually abandoned.
Versions
The first public release was 0.98-alpha on May 31, 1994, and the final official release was version 2.0 in 1996. An unofficial patch "2.0c" was released by Antoine Hébert in 1998 to correct a problem on old machines not supporting color QuickDraw.
Although one author in 1995 called MacWeb the second web browser released for the Macintosh,[2] this is not quite true. The text-only MacWWW browser became available in 1992, with the graphical Mosaic released for the Mac the next year.
Features
MacWeb contained many useful features:
- support for HTML forms[1]
- bookmarks with import tool for Mosaic's bookmarks[1]
- a HTML viewer[1]
- Preferences dialog that allowed users to customize display styles on a per-tag basis similar to Cascading style sheets[3]
System requirements
MacWeb has the following system requirements:
References
Further reading
- December, John; Randall, Neil (1994). World Wide Web Unleashed. Sams Publishing. p. 234ff. ISBN 0-672-30617-4.
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External links
- MacWeb archive on evolt.org
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