Client Programs

In this chapter, we take a user's look at Mosaic (for DOS and Unix), and the line/screen mode client Lynx. There are numerous other clients, emerging even as we write. A shortlist includes:

• perlWWW - a terminal based fast simple browser.
• Emacs W3-mode - for Gnus
• Cello - for PCs
• WinWeb - for PC/DOS systems
• Internet Assistent - for Windows systems.
• Albert - for VM systems
• MacWeb and MacMosaic for Apple Macintosh systems

• What does a WWW browser program actually do?
• Displaying Embedded Images
• Running a Client
• Different Browsers and Different Viewing Styles
• A Simple User Guide
• Configuring MIME Types for Launching Viewers
• Starting Points, History and Hot Lists
• Your Home Page
• Personal Annotations
• Customising Your View of the Web
• Common Client Interface
• Accessing Other Information Services through Client Programs
• Viewing HTML Source of Documents from a Client
• PCs/MS-DOS Clients
  • Trumpet Winsock
  • Internet Assistant
• LibWWW - Writing Your Own Client!
• Local File Access