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From: boutell@boutell.com (Thomas Boutell)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac
Subject: comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Date: 29 Jul 1996 06:56:37 GMT
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WHAT IS THIS NEWSGROUP ABOUT? WHAT POSTS BELONG HERE?
comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac is a forum for the discussion of
World Wide Web browsers for the Apple Macintosh. Web browsers are
programs which are used to access the World Wide Web. If your question
relates directly to Macintosh versions of World Wide Web browsers, and
is not covered in this FAQ, it belongs in this newsgroup.
If not, consider this list of newsgroups in the comp.infosystems.www
hierarchy and check out the most appropriate group. If possible, use
the most specific group that relates to your topic, rather than a
.misc group.
This posting is only an excerpt from the complete WWW FAQ. See the
next section for information on accessing the complete FAQ once you
have web access.
* comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
* comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
* comp.infosystems.www.authoring.images
* comp.infosystems.www.authoring.misc
* comp.infosystems.www.browsers.misc
* comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows
* comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x
* comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac
* comp.infosystems.www.servers.mac
* comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc
* comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows
* comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
* comp.infosystems.www.misc
ABOUT THE WORLD WIDE WEB FAQ
The World Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is intended to
answer the most common questions about the web.
The FAQ is maintained by by Thomas Boutell
<URL:http://www.boutell.com/boutell/>. Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 by
Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc.
The complete FAQ is available from several sites. If you can, you will
want to access it through the web. Use the site closest to you in the
language you prefer (non-English sites are marked);
* Boutell.Com, Inc., western United States (North America):
<URL:http://www.boutell.com/faq/>
* DBasics Software Company, western United States (North America):
<URL:http://www.dbasic.com/users_group/wwwfaq>
* Compusult Inc., California, USA (North America):
<URL:http://www.compusult.nf.ca/WWW_FAQ/index.htm>
* Seton Hall University, eastern United States (North America):
<URL:http://www.shu.edu/about/WWWFaq/>
* United States Military Academy, West Point (North America):
<URL:http://www.usma.edu/mirror/WWW/faq/>
* Oxford University, UK (Europe):
<URL:http://info.ox.ac.uk/help/wwwfaq/index.html>
* Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland (Europe, in
Polish):
<URL:http://www.put.poznan.pl/hypertext/Internet/faq/www/www_pl.ht
m>
* Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland (Europe, in
English):
<URL:http://www.put.poznan.pl/hypertext/Internet/faq/www/www_en.ht
m>
* New Software Technologies Service, Austria (Europe):
<URL:http://nswt.tuwien.ac.at:8000/htdocs/boutell/>
* Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Italy (Europe):
<URL:http://www.pd.astro.it/faqes/www/>
* University of Jan Evangelista Purkyne, Czech Republic (Europe):
<URL:http://sun.ujep.cz/wwwfaq/>
* University of Oviedo, Spain (Europe):
<URL:http://www3.uniovi.es/~rivero/WWW/faq/>
* Glocom, Japan (Asia):
<URL:http://www.glocom.ac.jp/mirror/sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/faq/>
* The University of Melbourne (Australia/Pacific):
<URL:http://www.unimelb.edu.au/public/www-faq/>
* Telstra Corporation, Australia (Australia/Pacific):
<URL:http://www.telstra.com.au/docs/www-faq/>
* Internex Online, Toronto, Canada (North America):
<URL:http://www.io.org/faq/www/>
* Communications Vir, Montreal, Canada (North America):
<URL:http://www.vir.com/WWWfaq/index.html>
* Community Access Canada, University of New Brunswick, Canada
(North America): <URL:http://cnet.unb.ca/www/faq/>
* Island Internet, British Columbia, Canada (North America):
<URL:http://www.island.net/help/faq/www_faq/>
* Acer Inc., Taipei, Taiwan (Asia, in Chinese):
<URL:http://www.acer.net/document/cwwwfaq/>
* Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (Asia):
<URL:http://www.sinica.edu.tw/www/faq/boutell/index.htm>
* Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, Darmstadt, Germany:
<URL:http://www.igd.fhg.de/www/documents/servers/mirrors/www-faq/>
* Mikomtek, CSIR (South Africa):
<URL:http://www.mikom.csir.co.za/faq/www/index.htm>
* Michael Babcock at www.feldspar.com (Ontario, Canada):
<URL:http://www.feldspar.com/~mbabcock/WWW_FAQ/>
MACINTOSH BROWSERS
NOTE: These browsers require that you have SLIP, PPP or other TCP/IP
networking on your PC. SLIP or PPP can be accomplished over phone
lines. You can do this one of two ways: using a proper SLIP account,
which requires the active cooperation of your network provider or
educational institution (see Frank Hecker's guide to SLIP and PPP
access; URL is <URL:http://access.digex.net/~hecker/> ; ), or using
The Internet Adapter or SLiRP, products which simulate SLIP through
your dialup Unix shell account. If you only have non-Unix based dialup
shell access, or have no PC at home, your best option at this time is
to run Lynx on the VMS (or Unix, or...) system you call, or telnet to
a browser if you cannot do so.
NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh
From NCSA. Full featured. Available by anonymous FTP from
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in the directory Mac/Mosaic.
Netscape
From Netscape Communications Corp (URL is:
<URL:http://www.netscape.com> ). Netscape has consistently
released new features first. Version 2.0 supports custom
"applets" written in the programming language Java, as well as
new HTML features such as frames (displaying more than one
document in the same browser window). Netscape also has strong
table support, in addition to many extensions to HTML, not all
of which conform to the proposed standard. Netscape is a
commercial product but can be evaluated free of charge for 90
days by individuals. The 16-bit version works under both OS/2
and Windows. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.netscape.com
in the netscape subdirectory. See Netscape's web site for
information about mirror sites.
MacWeb
From EINet. Has features that Mosaic lacks; lacks some features
that Mosaic has. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.einet.net
in the directory einet/mac/macweb.
Enhanced Mosaic
Enhanced Mosaic, from Spyglass, Incorporated, is the commercial
version of NCSA Mosaic. Spyglass does sell the browser directly
to the public, although you can download an evaluation version
to try it out; instead, they seek to license it to various
OEMs. You can learn more about their licensing arrangements and
the existing licensees from the Spyglass home page (URL is
<URL:http://www.spyglass.com/> ).
I CAN'T GET SLIP OR PPP. I WANT WEB ACCESS. IS THERE A WAY?
YES! If you have a plain old Unix shell account on a Unix system, such
as a SunOS or Ultrix system, there are two ways around the problem:
GUI Browsers that Talk to Unix
Microsoft Windows users can run SlipKnot or ICOMM, special
browsers which operate using programs that may already be
installed on your shell account (covered in detail in the MS
Windows browsers section).
SLIP/PPP Emulators
Anyone with dialup access to a Unix shell account can use The
Internet Adapter (TIA) or SLiRP, two programs which provide a
pseudo-SLIP connection.
SLiRP is free. TIA is not free, but there is a free two-week
trial period and it is inexpensive.
You can learn more about TIA at
<URL:http://marketplace.com/tia/tiahome.html>.
More information on SLiRP is available at
<URL:http://blitzen.canberra.edu.au/~danjo/>.
If you have a Macintosh, check out the Macintosh TIA Users'
FAQ, <URL:http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tia/faq.html>, for
additional help.
"So what do I run on my machine at home?"
Exactly the same software you would use for real SLIP; as far
as your PC is concerned, it _is_ a SLIP connection. If you're
unfamiliar with SLIP please check out a newsgroup relevant to
your particular type of machine (Windows, Mac, or even
Unix-based).
HOW CAN I SAVE AN INLINE IMAGE TO DISK?
Here are three ways:
1. If you are using Netscape, just hold down the right mouse button
(hold down the single mouse button for more than a second if using the
Mac version) over the image. A menu will appear that includes the
option of saving the image.
2. Turn on "load to local disk" in your browser, if it has such an
option; then reload images. You'll be prompted for filenames instead
of seeing them on the screen. Be sure to shut it off when you're done
with it.
3. Choose "view source" and browse through the HTML source; find the
URL for the inline image of interest to you; copy and paste it into
the "Open URL" window. This should load it into your image viewer
instead, where you can save it and otherwise muck about with it.
CREDITS
Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 by Thomas Boutell and Boutell.Com, Inc.
Maintainer (11/93 to present): Thomas Boutell, _<boutell@boutell.com>_
Former Maintainer (until 11/93): Nathan Torkington,
_<Nathan.Torkington@vuw.ac.nz>_
HOW CAN I ACCESS THE WEB THROUGH A FIREWALL?
A "proxy server" is a specialized HTTP server which (typically) runs
on a firewall machine, providing access to the outside world for
people inside the firewall. The CERN httpd can be configured to run as
a proxy. Furthermore, it is able to perform caching of documents,
resulting in faster response times.
If you cannot arrange to run a proxy server (definitely the
recommended approach), read on:
For information on using NCSA Mosaic from behind a firewall, please
read the following. In general, browsers can be made useful behind
firewalls through the use of a package called "SOCKS"; the source must
be modified slightly and rebuilt to accommodate this. Whenever
possible, work _with_ your network administrators to solve the
problem, not against them.
An excerpt from the NCSA Mosaic FAQ:
NCSA Mosaic requires a direct internet connection to work, but some
folks have put together a package that works behind firewalls. This is
_completely unsupported_ by NCSA, but here is the latest announcement:
_November 15, 1993:_ C&C Software Technology Center (CSTC) of NEC
Systems Lab has made available a version of SOCKS, a package for
running Internet clients from behind firewalls without breaching
security requirements, that includes a suitably modified version of
Mosaic for X 2.0. _Beware: such a version is not supported by NCSA;
we can't help with questions or problems arising from the
modifications made by others._ But, we encourage you to check it out
if it's interesting to you. Questions and problem notifications can
be sent to Ying-Da Lee (_ylee@syl.dl.nec.com_).