Web Browsers

Cyberdog
Excite Spider
Lynx and MacLynx
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Netscape Navigator

Additional Resources:
BrowserLab
BROWSERS.COM
Yahoo's List of Other Browsers

The Web Browsers section of Web Tools presents a few of the better and/or more widely used browsers available. In addition, a listing of online resources is also provided which contain information on these and other browsers not specifically addressed in this section.


Cyberdog
http://www.cyberdog.apple.com/

Cyberdog is a relatively new browser now available for the Macintosh. It is used with OpenDoc, a new Apple component technology which integrates Cyberdog into the operating system. Integration enables users to drag and drop files from the Internet to the desktop. Cyberdog supports nearly all of the same features as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. A major advantage to Cyberdog over these two browsers is that it requires less memory.
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Excite Spider [formerly Architext Spider]
http://corp.excite.com/spider.html
The Spider is a Web robot--an automated program that gathers pages from the Internet. This product of Excite (formerly Architext) is an important part of the Excite Internet navigation service. The pages retrieved by the Spider are indexed on-the-fly by an Excite search engine. Then the index is made available to the end user. The Spider actually reads the pages as a normal browsers does. For more information about Web robots visit WebCrawler's The Web Robot Pages at http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html.
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Lynx and MacLynx
http://lynx.browser.org/

For those not interested in waiting for graphics, Lynx and MacLynx, an otherwise full-featured browser, might be the answer. This text browser was once a product of the Distributed Computing Group within the Academic Computing Services of The University of Kansas, but is now supported and maintained by members of the LYNX-DEV mailing list. Lynx is currently available for VMS and Unix platforms. A beta version has recently been released for Macintosh which contains a unique feature of speaking web pages via MacOS Speech Manager.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/default.asp

Internet Explorer is an excellent browser for the Windows 95/NT platform, and is also available for Windows 3.1 and Macintosh. Currently only Windows95 and NT are be able to take full advantage of all of the features offered in Internet Explorer, particularly Java and ActiveX. Microsoft now has several different versions of Internet Explorer-all free. Keep in mind that the different versions are specific to each platform, and each has its own features.
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Netscape Navigator
http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/index.html

Netscape Navigator is a well known browser that does a fantastic job of integrating audio, video, 3-D, and animation. By being the first to incorporate these various types of muti-media communicational advantages through plug-ins, Navigator has easily become one of the top web browsers. An added reason for Navigator's great popularity is its ability to successfully develop its browser across all platforms nearly simultaneously. The "Netscape Navigator Family" contains various browser and/or internet dial-up packages. By having several options, special requirements in the way of security and optimum utility can often be met. To learn more about the many Netscape plug-ins, please visit the Web Browser Plug-in section of Web Tools.
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Additional Resources:

BrowserLab
http://www.zdnet.com/zdwebcat/content/browsers/

BrowserLab, a great service provided by ZDNet, offers the latest browser information. The main page is divided into four sections specific to the user. In other words, there is browser information for the beginning web users, savvy users, site designers, and web masters. For reviews and download information on browsers, cookie utilities, filtering software, push-content clients, and bookmark organizers visit the Toolbox service. A Reference and News service is also available.
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BROWSERS.COM
http://www.browsers.com/

BROWSERS.COM, provided by c|net, Inc., is a great resource for obtaining a detailed overview of browser information. This site provides listings of the most popular browsers. Each browser is accompanied by a brief description and download options, as well as links to FTP sites. BROWSERS.COM also contains browser usage tips and plug-in information.
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Yahoo's List of Other Browsers
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Browsers/

Yahoo provides a browser section which contains a list of links to relevant informational sites. Yahoo's List of Other Browsers also features an interesting section entitled "Latest News Stories: Browser Wars." It contains a collection of recent articles from well known news resources such as c|net, USA Today, WebWeek, TechWire, and more.
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