UdiWWW
Original author(s) | Bernd Richter |
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Initial release | 1995 |
Final release | 1.2.000
/ April 9, 1996 |
Written in | 16-bit)[2] |
Available in | English, German |
Type | Web browser |
License | Public domain[1] |
Website | www.uni-ulm.de/~richter/udiwww/index.htm at the Wayback Machine (archived July 24, 1997) |
UdiWWW is an early, now discontinued
UdiWWW was among the first web browsers to support the then proposed HTML 3.0 standard.
The browser is no longer available from its original homepage. However, it (and its source) can still be downloaded from
History
UdiWWW was created for the UDINE Projekt (Universal Document Information and Navigation Environment). UDINE was started in 1992 and the goal was to "create a flexible, multimedia information system that is able to show different files (text, picture, audio, and video) with a similar
To be able to read "web information" the UDINE project was expanded by a web browser. It was not able to integrate common browsers like the NCSA Mosaic because of the client-server architecture without modification. The source code of Mosaic was not available at that time, so the university started their own project. UDINE-WWW-Viewer was created and had most features of HTML 3 integrated.[7][22][23]Features
UdiWWW has the following features as of Version 1.2:[24][25][26]
- HTML 3 support[1]
- Plain text support
- Mailto support
- Graphics supported:
- Bookmarks
- Browsing and document history
- Page text search
- Page magnification
- Table support
- Icon entity support
- Link support[29]
- Figures support[30]
- Math support[1][31]
- Print/Print Preview
- Save web page as .txt, .htm, or .udi
- Stop, refresh, reopen, or go back
- Open .html, .htm, and .ht3 files
- Caching of documents and images
- View page source
- View header response in "Document Information"
- Modify header sent in "HTTP Interactive"
- Netscape extension support
- Anchor highlighting[32]
It also features a clock in the lower right hand corner that tells how long the browser has been up.
There is no official help file; rather, in the included
Criticism
UdiWWW was criticized for lacking many advanced features like
Further reading
- von Wolfgang, Nefzger; Andreas F Golla (September 1998). Web Publishing (in German). Franzis Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-7723-8112-6.
References
- ^ a b c d Graham, Ian; Michael Lee. "PC WWW BROWSERS". WWW Software for Windows PCs. University of Toronto. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ a b c Bernd Richter (May 26, 1997). "UdiWWW". University of Ulm. Archived from the original on July 24, 1997. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
- ^ Richter, Bernd (September 4, 1996). "UdiWWW: Coming soon". University of Ulm. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "The 'link'-Element in (X)HTML". subotnik.net. March 30, 2004. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ "WORLD WIDE WEB FAQ". 1996. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Microsoft Windows browsers". World Wide Web FAQ. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ a b c Großmann, Prof. Dr. Hans Peter. "Department of Information Resource Management". University of Ulm. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7897-0812-0.
- ^ Stroud, Forrest. "UdiWWW Introduction". Software Reviews. Internet.com. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ Stroud, Forrest. "UdiWWW No Longer a Serious Contender". Software Reviews. Internet.com. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ Ornstein, David (November 20, 1995). "Latest browser rankings from BrowserCaps (UdiWWW is currently #1)". Webhistory. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- Que Corporation. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ Ornstein, David (November 20, 1995). "Latest browser rankings from BrowserCaps (UdiWWW is currently #1)". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-13-081425-8. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ISBN 978-81-224-1267-3. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7897-0852-6. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ Its original homepage at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 24, 1997. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
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- ^ Herrmann, B. (January 1998). "BelWü Spots" (PDF) (in German). BelWü (Baden-Württembergs extended LAN). Retrieved March 22, 2010.
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- ^ "abgeschlossene Projekte". UDINE (in German). Ulm University. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ "abgeschlossene Projekte". Forschung (in German). Ulm University. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Prof. Dr. H. P. Großmann. "Überblick über die Aufgaben des Universitätsrechenzentrums". Universitätsrechenzentrum (in German). Ulm University. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Bernd Richter (April 4, 1996). "New Features in UdiWWW". University of Ulm. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "UdiWWW Test Verzeichnis". University of Ulm. July 9, 1997. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ^ Steel, Warren (May 17, 1996). "Proposal: List attributes". W3C. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Richter, Bernd (April 9, 1996). "Properties of UdiWWW". readme file. University of Ulm department of information research management. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ Roelofs, Greg (February 23, 2000). "Browsers with PNG Support". Archived from the original on March 3, 2000. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ Gutfeldt, Matthias (February 23, 2004). "Browsers with LINK support". Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ "Advanced HTML Taking Your Pages to the Next Level". TallTech. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ^ "Chapter 18 – Other HTML 3.0 Proposals". Docs.rinet.ru. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- S2CID 14289046.
- ^ From the help file "UDIWWW32.hlp" from the Version 1.2.000 installation.
- ^ Stroud, Forrest (December 11, 1996). "UdiWWW – No Longer a Serious Contender". Windows Software Reviews. Win Planet. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
External links
- UdiWWW Web Browser Home Page at the Wayback Machine (archived July 24, 1997)
- UdiWWW Download, Internet.com
- UdiWWW – a HTML 3.0 browser for Microsoft Windows FTP mirror at the Wayback Machine (archived December 6, 2004)
- UdiWWW, Evolt.org
- Experiences with UdiWWW
- UdiWWW, The Winsock-L FTP Area
- Screenshots of UdiWWW, ImageShack