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Chapter 11 World-Wide Web (WWW): Lynx, Mosaic. Netscape

Where to get the software for WWW browsers

Mosaic. The software for Mosaic is available from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. You can retrieve it by FTP or through the WWW.

• FTP
  • NCSA Mosaic for the Apple Macintosh
  • NCSA Mosaic for the Microsoft Windows
  • NCSA Mosaic for the X Window System (Unix)
• WWW
  • NCSA Mosaic for the Apple Macintosh
  • NCSA Mosaic for the Microsoft Windows
  • NCSA Mosaic for the X Window System (Unix)

Lynx. The software for Lynx is available from the University of Kansas by FTP and through the WWW.

• Software for Lynx by FTP
• Software for Lynx through the WWW

Netscape. The software for Netscape is available from the Netscape Communications Corporation. Evaluation copies are available by FTP and through the WWW.

• Software for Netscape by FTP
• Software for Netscape through the WWW

Microsoft Internet Explorer. The software for Microsoft Internt Explorer (MSIE) is available, at no charge, from Microsoft.

• Information about MSIE
• Download MSIE

Illustration by Karl Ackermann.

Example 11.1 A First look at Lynx and the World Wide Web

• Start a Telnet session with University of Kansas using the address lynx.cc.ukans.edu and www as the log in name

Example 11.2 Using Lynx to Browse the WWW Virtual Library

• Start lynx to go to the Home Page for Mary Washington College and then choose the link WWW Virtual Library Subject Catalog

Searching the World-Wide Web

• A list of tools for searching the WWW and the Internet .
• Experimental Search Engine Meta-Index
• Searching the Web, from Yahoo! links to tools specifically for searching the WWW.

Example 11.3 Searching the WWW Using WebCrawler

• Use a Web browser to get to the Webcrawler Home Page

Example 11.4 Searching the WWW Using EINet GALAXY

• Use a Web browser to get to the Home Page for EINet Galxay

What's new on the WWW

• What's new with NCSA Mosaic
• Netscape: What's New?

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Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 1996
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