Introduction

It offers the following features:

• AWeb works with a wide range of TCP-stacks: AmiTCP/IP, I-Net225, AS-225 or compatible (**) . The TCP stack can be started automatically when it is needed. Without TCP stack running, you can still view local files.

• AWeb uses extensive internal multitasking, which leads to total asynchroneous and parallel network access. Images are starting to load while the document is still loading. It is possible to follow a link while the previous document is still loading. A separate network status window shows all pending network and local file accesses. All network accesses can be interrupted immediately.

• AWeb supports almost all aspects of modern HTML, including frames, table backgrounds, background sounds, embedded objects, etc. For buggy pages not conforming to the standard, AWeb offers a compatibile mode.

• AWeb supports the use of proxies for HTTP, FTP, Gopher and Telnet (**) . You can specify sites (using easy pattern matching) for which the proxy should not be used. Because some proxies can't handle forms or other special cases, the use of proxies can be temporarily disabled from the menu.

• The HTTP, FTP and Gopher protocols are supported internally (**) . By using external programs, Mailto, Telnet and News can be used too. HTTP user authorization is supported. You can maintain authorizations in a separate requester.

• NetScape "Cookies" are fully supported (**) . AWeb helps you protect your privacy by showing an alert requester when a site wants to set a cookie. You can specify sites from which cookies should never be accepted .

• AWeb lets you load all images, delay all image loading, or load only clickable maps and delay other images. For delayed images, the ALT text is taken into account. Transparent GIFs are supported. The 24-bit picture datatype (picturedtV43) is supported.

• AWeb supports plugin modules through its public plugin interface. The API (Application Programs Interface) is available in a separate archive.

• AWeb can print the visited pages on a graphical printer .

• An easy and fully configurable popup menu allows you to perform many useful functions on links, images and frames.

• AWeb offers a row of fully configurable user buttons. While other browsers offer only fastlink buttons, in AWeb you can assign any action to these user buttons.

• AWeb has a fast, persistent, disk-based cache (**) . The cachebrowser allows easy off-line browsing and cache management .

• To improve network speed, host names and network addresses are cached so addresses are looked up only once during a session (**) .

• AWeb can open it's windows on the default public screen, on a named public screen or open its own screen.

• AWeb has a hierarchical hotlist. Using the powerful hotlist manager you can easily group your entries (*) . In extension to its own hotlist, AWeb can read other hotlists, like those of AMosaic (*) .

• A set of advanced settings requesters is integrated in the program. You can control many aspects of the program in these requesters.

• AWeb has an extensive ARexx interface, and a unique and powerful shell command interface (*) .