(a program by Alexander Clauss and the iCab company)
This is a Preview of the iCab Web Browser. It will function up to the beginning of 2003 and will then expire*. This Preview does not yet exhibit all planned functions of the full version. The final version will be available at a price of $29.
(NOTE: You can still use this version to download a replacement iCab version, even after the expiration date!)
Contact us:
We are very interested in your opinion and your suggestions about iCab. If you think iCab is missing certain features, or if you think certain parts of the interface are too complicated, please let us know.
Your feedback is very important to us. If you find error/bug in iCab, please let us know, so that we may quickly address issues as they appear.
Important e-mail addresses:
For questions concerning iCab, bug reports and suggestions: support@icab.de
Concerning the concept, marketing etc. use this address: info@icab.de
New (Preview) Versions and (Preview) Updates will be regularly made available on the iCab home page: http://www.icab.de/
System Requirements:
Ñ Minimum 4MB available RAM
Ñ System 7.5 or newer
Ñ System 7.0.1 or newer if you also install the ThreadManager and the DragManager
Ñ MacTCP or Open Transport
Ñ InternetConfig 1.2 or newer (or Mac OS 8.5 or later)
The following components are also recommended:
Ñ For Java support in iCab, you must have Apple's Mac OS Runtime for Java, version 2.1 (2.2 is recommended).
Ñ QuickTime (preferably 4.x) allows the ability to control tone and music output, view QT Movies, and many other file formats.
Special Features of iCab:
Ñ HTML 4.0 support
Ñ Tag recognition for specific Netscape and Microsoft HTML enhancements (i.e <BLINK>, <MARQUEE>, <MULTICOL> and more).
Ñ Flexible image filtering (for example banners)
Ñ Flexible cookie filtering
Ñ iCab can "bookmark" individual frames outside of their parent window
Ñ iCab can generate an error report indicating syntax mistakes in the HTML source. This feature is especially interesting for those individuals who design their own web pages.
Ñ iCab can automatically reload web pages as soon as they are edited in a separate application. This eliminates the need to constantly switch to a browser to see the results in an edited web page.
Ñ Auto-complete URLs in the address field
Ñ Display Java-Applets with the help of Apples MRJ 2.0 or better.
Ñ iCab can search through HTML files on your local hard drive or cache
Ñ A special search mode can display the ╥C't-Rom╙ CDs by Heise-Verlag
Ñ Multiple search engines are available directly from the internet search option in iCab
Ñ Import web archives (and cache) from Internet Explorers 4.X
Ñ Download Manager
Ñ Hotlist (Bookmarks), History
Ñ MacOS 8.5 Appearance savvy
Ñ Support for Navigation-Services, Contextual menus and proportional scrolling (MacOS 8.5)
Ñ Creation of Web-Archives in the platform-independent ZIP-Format (for the Download of complete web sites)