Microsoft Windows browsers

NOTE: Most of these browsers require that you have SLIP, PPP or other TCP/IP networking on your PC. The exceptions are SlipKnot and I-COMM, which have limited features but operate without a proper Internet connection. 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 by using The Internet Adapter, a product which simulates SLIP through your dialup Unix shell account. A free product, TwinSock (URL is http://ugsparc0.eecg.utoronto.ca/~luk/Welcome.html ), provides equivalent functionality under Windows using its own proxy protocol. 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.

Cello
Browser from Cornell LII. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.law.cornell.edu in the directory /pub/LII/cello.
Mosaic for Windows
From NCSA. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in the directory PC/Windows/Mosaic.
WinWeb
From EINet. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.einet.net in the directory /einet/pc/winweb as the file winweb.zip.
Netscape
From Netscape Communications Corp (URL is: http://home.netscape.com/info/index.html ). Downloads and displays images incrementally while you read pages, which also display incrementally, making it the best browser at the time of this writing for those who connect to the web via modems. Also supports tables in a standard manner, 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 an unlimited period of time by individuals. The 16-bit version works under both OS/2 and Windows. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.mcom.com in the netscape subdirectory. See Netscape's web site for information about mirror sites.
Quarterdeck Mosaic
From Quarterdeck. Supports incremental image loading; available for beta test (URL is <http://www.qdeck.com/beta/> ).
Spry Mosaic
From Spry. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.spry.com in the directory AirMosaicDemo as the file AMOSDEMO.EXE. Spry Mosaic is a commercial product but a demonstration version is available and can be registered inexpensively. Works under Windows and OS/2. Supports the mailto: URL, transparent GIFs, ALT tags, hierarchical hotlists, etc.
Booklink
From Booklink. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.booklink.com in the directory lite; this is a demonstration version of the full browser, which costs $99. Booklink can open many simultaneous connections in different windows and display images and pages progressively; at the time of this writing it is the only browser to equal Netscape in this area. The "lite" version can only open two simultaneous connections, however.
SlipKnot
SlipKnot is the only graphical WWW browser that operates entirely without SLIP, PPP, an Ethernet connection, or special server-side software (but consider TIA, section 4.12 for another workaround). SlipKnot supports multiple fonts, inline images, forms, and review of documents you have already received while new documents arrive, and it operates entirely through your regular Unix shell account. SlipKnot does not require that you install any new software on your Unix shell account. You can obtain SlipKnot by anonymous FTP from oak.oakland.edu in the directory SimTel/win3/internet. For more information, see the SlipKnot information page (URL is http://www.interport.net/slipknot/slipknot.html ) or send a blank email message to slipknot@micromind.com.
I-COMM
I-COMM, like SlipKnot, operates without a true TCP/IP connection. It requires a Unix shell account, as does SlipKnot. I-COMM is shareware and is now in beta test (URL is <URL:http://www.best.com/~icomm/icomm.htm> ).
IBM OS/2 WebExplorer
A native IBM OS/2 web browser. WebExplorer is a multithreaded application and replaces the usual "back" and "forward" buttons with a visual map of your exploration of the web. IBM WebExplorer can be acquired by anonymous FTP from ftp01.ny.us.ibm.net in the directory pub/WebExplorer/ .
WebSurfer
Included with the Chameleon TCP/IP software package from Netmanage, Inc. Comments, anyone?

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