Introduction

It offers the following features:

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 compatibile mode.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• AWeb supports background sounds on pages, provided you have a datatype for the sound installed. (*)

• AWeb can print the visited pages on a graphical printer. (*)

• 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). (*)

• AWeb has a fast, persistent, disk-based cache. The cachebrowser (*) allows easy off-line browsing and cache management.

• To improve network speed, host names and network addresses are cached so addresses are looked up only once during a session.

• AWeb can open it's windows on the default public screen, on a named public screen or open its own screen.

• 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.

• A set of advanced settings requesters is integrated in the program. You can control many aspects of the program in these requesters.

• AWeb has an ARexx interface (*), and a unique and powerful shell command interface.