BROWSER

Browsers

World Wide Web applications are interactive-access programs that can be utilized to access data from the Web, FTP,Gopher, and Telnet applications, to name a few. WWW browsers have graphical interfaces and display pictures. In addition, applications viewed through browsers can become "point-and-click" applications.

Opera

Version Number: 3.60 Final Release
Byte Size: 1.3 MB (1,353,122 bytes)
License: Shareware
Home Page: http://operasoftware.com
Also Available: Windows NT Version
Description: Opera is now supporting CSS, Java (through the Sun Java plug in ) , Java-Script SSL, and TLS. It is even faster, while still keeping the program just as small and compact. Opera uses multiple windows to navigate around the Internet, each one with its own history and home-page settings. Because of its small size, Opera is ideal for speed surfers (faster pageloading), visually challenged users (keyboard navigation), and those with older PCs (386). Opera also includes a news reader and simple mail support. Opera is also compatible with most Netscape plug-ins.

Netscape Navigator

Version Number: 4.08
Byte Size: 9.7 MB (10,207,782 bytes)
License: Freeware
Home Page: http://www.netscape.com
Also Available: Windows NT Version
Description: This is the stand-alone release of Netscape's world-famous Web browser. It allows you to view the new dynamic HTML, as well as to optimize all of the user configurations from the previous version. Netscape also includes a handy toolbar feature. This allows you to add buttons that load programs of your selection right out of Netscape with a single click.

Internet Explorer 5

Version Number: 5.0
License: Freeware
Home Page: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/
Also Available: Windows NT Version
Description: Internet Explorer 5.0 includes all of the features from the
previous versions plus much more! Some of the more significant
improvements in 5.0 are faster download speeds for pages with dynamic
content, drag-and-drop support through FTP connections, and it also
provides better productivity and manageability. This version contains
Browser, offline browsing pack, help files, virtual machine, fonts,
DHTML, browsing enhancements, Outlook Express, all multimedia
items and some Web-authoring components.