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*A menu option ''Links'' collecting all the links in the page. It was used by [[IBM VoiceType]] for voice navigation
*A menu option ''Links'' collecting all the links in the page. It was used by [[IBM VoiceType]] for voice navigation
*[[Java applet]]s<ref>{{cite web|last=Amstadt|first=Steve|title=Browser Watch – IBM OS/2 Webexplorer News!|url=http://browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm9.html|accessdate=July 8, 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990209192948/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm9.html|archivedate=February 9, 1999|date=December 3, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Designing Web Animation|url=http://podgoretsky.com/ftp/Docs/Internet/pdf/Designing%20Web%20Animation.pdf|publisher=[[New Riders Publishing]]|accessdate=July 8, 2010|author=Nicola Brown|coauthors=Peter Chen, David Miller, Paul Van Eyk, and William E. Weinman|year=1996}}</ref>
*[[Java applet]]s<ref>{{cite web|last=Amstadt|first=Steve|title=Browser Watch – IBM OS/2 Webexplorer News!|url=http://browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm9.html|accessdate=July 8, 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990209192948/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm9.html|archivedate=February 9, 1999|date=December 3, 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Designing Web Animation|url=http://podgoretsky.com/ftp/Docs/Internet/pdf/Designing%20Web%20Animation.pdf|publisher=[[New Riders Publishing]]|accessdate=July 8, 2010|author=Nicola Brown|coauthors=Peter Chen, David Miller, Paul Van Eyk, and William E. Weinman|year=1996}}</ref>
*[[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]] support<ref name="readme1.1h" />
*[[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]] support<ref name="readme1.1h"/>
*[[Proxy server|Proxy authentication]]<ref name="readme1.1h" />
*[[Proxy server|Proxy authentication]]<ref name="readme1.1h"/>
*[[Image map]]<ref name="readme1.1h" />
*[[Image map]]<ref name="readme1.1h"/>


==Version history==
==Version history==
{{Expand section|date=July 2010}}
{{Expand section|date=July 2010}}
There were severals builds released by IBM. IBM released some beta builds and also fixed many bugs in WebExplorer, one beta including support for Java.
There were severals builds released by IBM. IBM released some beta builds and also fixed many bugs in WebExplorer, one beta including support for Java.

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081495 - beta - http://web.archive.org/web/19990423114459/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm2.html
0.8 http://www.browserlist.fmajor.com/User-Agent_list.shtml
0.92 http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16656543.html
0.93 http://www.browserlist.fmajor.com/User-Agent_list.shtml
0.94 http://www.browserlist.fmajor.com/User-Agent_list.shtml
1.02c http://www.browserlist.fmajor.com/User-Agent_list.shtml
1.03 http://www.browserlist.fmajor.com/User-Agent_list.shtml
1.03b 01/18/96(? dates of the files in archive): is only a bugfixing build readme file in build
1.1 http://www.browserlist.fmajor.com/User-Agent_list.shtml
1.1b 5/06/96: is only a bugfixing build: readme file http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11h.zip and readme file of http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11b.zip
1.1c 06/06/96: is only a bugfixing build: readme file http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11h.zip
1.1d 06/14/96: is only a bugfixing build: readme file of http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11d.exe
1.1e 07/11/96: is only a bugfixing build: readme file http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11h.zip and readme file http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11h.zip
1.1f 09/13/96: bugfix build and anew function: "No Proxy For"-option: "per site proxy operion" – readme file http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11h.zip and http://web.archive.org/web/20000817110356/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm14.html
1.1g 11/07/96: is only a bugfixing build: readme file http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11h.zip and http://web.archive.org/web/20000817104114/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm16.html
1.1h 12/11/96: is only a bugfixing build: readme file http://www.os2site.com/sw/internet/browser/webexplorer/webxv11h.zip and http://web.archive.org/web/20000817100800/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm18.html

other news:
http://web.archive.org/web/19990505112333/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm20.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19990506012533/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/netscape136.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19990209192948/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm9.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20000817131628/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm8.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20000817113703/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm12.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20000817113619/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm13.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19991128065212/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm22.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19991021205859/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/multi69.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20010218203409/www.ibm.com/news/1997/08/ls9708182.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19980215160230/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/multi71.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19980527050836/www.ibm.com/News/1997/08/ls9708182.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19980708185557/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/os27.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19990506095050/browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/news-981006-8.html
official page: http://web.archive.org/web/19990209192948/http://www.raleigh.ibm.com/WebExplorer/
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==Criticism==
==Criticism==

Revision as of 21:10, 18 May 2012

For a later application based on Mozilla Application Suite, or with Microsoft Internet Explorer, see IBM Web Browser.
IBM WebExplorer
Developer(s)IBM
Final release
1.2
Operating systemOS/2
Available inEnglish
Typeweb browser
Website[1]

IBM WebExplorer was an early web browser designed at IBM facilities in the Research Triangle Park for OS/2.

History

File:IBMExploreWikipedia20040224.png
Spanish IBM WebExplorer displaying Wikipedia in 2004

Presented in 1994 with OS/2 Warp (v3), it was hailed as the best browser by Internet Magazine in their November issue[citation needed] and leveraged its position as the only native browser in OS/2 at that time. It was based on the Mosaic web browser and was a coming attraction in The HTML Sourcebook: The Complete Guide to HTML. Almost immediately after the introduction of OS/2 Warp version 3, IBM dismantled the development team and that relegated the WebExplorer to the annals of history. IBM WebExplorer, at that time, was the browser application to beat. OS/2 Warp 4 (1996) included it, but also included a link to download an OS/2 version of Netscape Navigator 2.02, which was late for shipping on CD. IBM had already planned the substitution of WebExplorer.

Features

  • Support for HTML 3.0 (with tables)[1]
  • Usenet reader
  • Some of its parts could be reused in other programs[2] and scripted with Rexx. Some external companies used this capability to offer an enhanced browser with IBM's rendering engine[3]
  • A page could define what the animated throbber should look like. It was implemented through a non-standard <frame> HTML tag. OS/2 users created several animations.[4] The later introduction of web frames leads WebExplorer to confusion on modern pages
  • A presentation mode without visible menu bars
  • A menu option Links collecting all the links in the page. It was used by IBM VoiceType for voice navigation
  • Java applets[5][6]
  • GIF support[1]
  • Proxy authentication[1]
  • Image map[1]

Version history

There were severals builds released by IBM. IBM released some beta builds and also fixed many bugs in WebExplorer, one beta including support for Java.

Criticism

The browser doesn't support Frames and the installation of plugins like Java was complicated.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Read me file of the Web Explorer 1.1h.
  2. ^ Under the Scope section. EDM/2 June 1996, Volume 4 Issue 5
  3. ^ WebNav 2.0 added user interface enhancements on WebExplorer rendering.
  4. ^ "hobbes.nmsu.edu". hobbes.nmsu.edu. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  5. ^ Amstadt, Steve (December 3, 1996). "Browser Watch – IBM OS/2 Webexplorer News!". Archived from the original on February 9, 1999. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  6. ^ Nicola Brown (1996). "Designing Web Animation" (PDF). New Riders Publishing. Retrieved July 8, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Watson, Dave (July 21, 2001). "A Quick Look at Web Explorer". The Southern California OS/2 User Group. Retrieved August 16, 2010.

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