AWeb-II 2.1 DEMO ================ IMPORTANT --------- If you want to try the demo before installing it, make sure you double- click the "MakeAssign" icon. If you fail to run this, page headers in the demo will be shown in ugly blocky characters. By default the demo uses the 'times' and 'courier' fonts in sizes that didn't came with your WorkBench. CHECK THE VERSION! ------------------ If you found this demo some time after November 1st, 1996, please have a look at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~yrozijn/aweb/versions.html to see if this demo (version 2.1DEMO) is still up to date. Because the demo is freely distributable (see the Docs/legal.html file in this archive for details), there may still be outdated versions hanging around on some BBS-s, CD-ROMs, etc, that don't give you a good impression of the capabilities of the current version of AWeb. If you downloaded this archive directly from Aminet (NOT from a CD), you may safely assume that it is up to date. INTRODUCTION ------------ AWeb is a fast and powerful World Wide Web browser for the Amiga computer. It offers the following features: o AWeb can use a wide range of TCP-stacks: AmiTCP/IP, I-Net225, AS-225 or compatible. The TCP stack can be started automatically (*) when it is needed. Without TCP stack running, you can still view local files. o AWeb uses extensive internal multitasking, which leads to total asynchroneous and parallel network access. Images are starting to load while the document is still loading. It is possible to follow a link while the previous document is still loading. A separate network status window shows all pending network and local file accesses. All network accesses can be interrupted immediately. o The HTML-3.2 standard is (almost) fully supported, including tables, image alignment (*), colours (*), etc. For buggy pages not conforming to the standard, AWeb offers a compatibility mode. o AWeb supports the use of proxies for HTTP, FTP, Gopher and Telnet. Because some proxies can't handle forms or other special cases, the use of proxies can be temporarily disabled from the menu. o The HTTP and Gopher protocols are supported internally. By using external programs, FTP, Mailto, Telnet (*) and News (*) can be used too. HTTP user authorization is supported. o AWeb lets you load all images, delay all image loading, or load only clickable maps and delay other images. For delayed images, the ALT text is taken into account. Transparent GIFs are supported. The 24-bit picture datatype (picturedtV43) is supported. o AWeb supports background sounds on pages, provided you have a datatype for the sound installed. (*) o AWeb can print the visited pages on a graphical printer. (*) o An easy popup menu allows you to perform many different functions on any link (like load in background, open in new window) or image (like save to disk, flush, view with external viewer). (*) o AWeb has a fast, persistent, disk-based cache. The cachebrowser (*) allows easy off-line browsing and cache management. o To improve network speed, host names and network addresses are cached so addresses are looked up only once during a session. o AWeb can open it's windows on the default public screen, on a named public screen or open its own screen. o AWeb has a hierarchical hotlist, with options (*) to group entries. In extension to its own hotlist, AWeb can read other hotlists, like those of AMosaic and early IBrowse betas. o An advanced settings requester is integrated in the program. o AWeb has an ARexx interface (*), and a unique and powerful shell command interface. (*) These features are available in the full version only. REQUIREMENTS ------------ AWeb needs: o OS 3.0 or better. o At least 2MB of memory as an absolute minimum. 3 MB or more is highly recommended. o Either AmiTCP/IP, I-Net225 or AS-225 if you want to access the Internet, or a TCP stack that is compatible with one of these. Examples of compatible products are Miami and TermiteTCP. o Appropriate picture datatypes (GIF, JPEG) to show inlined images. o The ClassAct gadget kit (included in this distribution). INSTALLATION ------------ To install AWeb, just double-click the Install icon. NOTE: During installation of AWeb, the installer tool might give an error message like: "unable to compile script". This is most likely caused by some misbehaving application installation, that has copied an obsolete version of the Commodore Installer utility to your hard drive. Make sure the Installer version in the SYS:C drawer is "installer_2 2.17 (1993-02-13)" or better. This version can be found on the Amiga Workbench 3.x Install floppy disk. Also, delete any copies of the Installer program from your SYS:Utilities drawer. If you want to try AWeb before a permanent installation, make sure to double-click the "MakeAssign" icon first. It makes the necessary assigns that AWeb needs to find the ClassAct classes and the large fonts. DOCUMENTATION ------------- The archive contains partial documentation in HTML format. Press the HELP key when running the demo to bring up the documentation. The full AWeb-II package contains all documentation. THE FULL VERSION ---------------- The full featured version of AWeb-II 2.1 is available from AmiTrix Development or from your local Amiga software dealer. AmiTrix Development, 5312 - 47 Street, Beaumont, Alberta, T4X 1H9 Canada Phone or Fax: 1+ 403-929-8459 Email: sales@amitrix.com or: support@amitrix.com http://www.networkx.com/amitrix/index.html NOTE: Direct orders require a Bank Draft or Money Order or Postal ==== Money Order. Sorry, at the moment we don't take credit cards, but that will be available soon. We also have dealer contacts in many countries, if yours does not know about us, please ask them to contact us for information. Thanks! COPYRIGHT --------- AWeb is Copyright (c) 1996 by Yvon Rozijn. All rights reserved. Refer to the Docs/legal.html document for more legal information.