A screenshot displaying an early web crawler search engine | |
Developer(s) | SPRY |
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Initial release | 1994; 30 years ago (1994) |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Available in | English |
Type | web browser |
License | Proprietary/Commercial |
AirMosaic was an early commercial web browser based on the NCSA Mosaic browser.
The browser won Datamation's Best Product of the Year award for 1994.
The AirMosaic browser was available as part of several packages: the AIR Series, Internet in a Box and Mosaic In A Box, and separately. AirMosaic for Windows could also be downloaded as a demo, and then purchased over the Internet as a separate product. Also CompuServe WinCim 2.0.1 included a Version of "CompuServe Mosaic", a rebranded version with some WinCim integration.
Features
Although Mosaic required the user to install Win32s, AirMosaic offered the same feature set as Mosaic as well as several new ones like a configuration menu for not editing an INI file.
Other features included:
- a kiosk mode
- import existing bookmarks from Mosaic
References
- Kelly, Brian (1994). "Running A WWW Service". World-Wide Web Browsers. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ Sink, Eric (15 April 2003). "Memoirs From the Browser Wars". Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ Leung, Deanna (7 February 1995). "Datamation awards SPRY'S AIR Mosaic as the best product of 1994". Business Wire. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ December, John; Randall, Neil (1994). World Wide Web Unleashed. Sams Publishing. ISBN 0-672-30617-4.
- Notess, Greg R. (1 May 1995). "Article: Comparing commercial WWW browsers.(World Wide Web)(Evaluation)". Online. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
External links
- Air Mosaic Demo, Evolt.org
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