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(Redirected from IBM Web Explorer)
'IBM WebExplorer' was an early web browser designed at IBM facilities in the Research Triangle Park for OS/2.
Not to be confused with IBM Web Browser, a later program based on Mozilla, or with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Presented in 1994 with OS/2 Warp (v3), it was hailed as the best browser by Internet Magazine in their November issue and leveraged its position as the only native browser in OS/2 at that time. 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.
★ Support for HTML 3.0 (with tables).
★ Usenet reader.
★ Some of its parts were scriptable with Rexx. Some external companies used this capability to offer an enhanced browser with IBM's rendering engine.
★ A page could define what the animated throbber should look like. It was implemented through a non-standard
★ 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.
★ No web frames.
★ No redirections.
★ No virtual hosts.
★ No HTTPS.
★ No plugins.
★ No JavaScript.
★ No PNGs.
★ No progressive JPEGs.
★ List of web browsers
★ Comparison of web browsers
★ The official page at IBM (version from 1999 at the Internet Archive).
★ Last public version (1.1h) as a ZIP file.
★ The IBM OS/2 WebExplorer
★ IBM WebExplorer is mentioned in DOJ vs Microsoft.
IBM WebExplorer displaying http://en.wikipedia.org
Spanish IBM WebExplorer displaying http://en.wikipedia.org in 2004
'IBM WebExplorer' was an early web browser designed at IBM facilities in the Research Triangle Park for OS/2.
| Contents |
| Name |
| History |
| Features |
| Shortcomings |
| See also |
| External links |
Name
Not to be confused with IBM Web Browser, a later program based on Mozilla, or with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
History
Presented in 1994 with OS/2 Warp (v3), it was hailed as the best browser by Internet Magazine in their November issue and leveraged its position as the only native browser in OS/2 at that time. 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).
★ Usenet reader.
★ Some of its parts were scriptable with Rexx. Some external companies used this capability to offer an enhanced browser with IBM's rendering engine.
★ A page could define what the animated throbber should look like. It was implemented through a non-standard
★ 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.
Shortcomings
★ No web frames.
★ No redirections.
★ No virtual hosts.
★ No HTTPS.
★ No plugins.
★ No JavaScript.
★ No PNGs.
★ No progressive JPEGs.
See also
★ List of web browsers
★ Comparison of web browsers
External links
★ The official page at IBM (version from 1999 at the Internet Archive).
★ Last public version (1.1h) as a ZIP file.
★ The IBM OS/2 WebExplorer
★ IBM WebExplorer is mentioned in DOJ vs Microsoft.
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