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Article #6246

Re: Aweb question

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From: Kevin Henry
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 20:54
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In article <227.6669T871T1026@user1.channel1.com> ejack@user1.channel1.com (Eric D. Jackson) writes:
> Please forgive me if I'm wrong about this but Have there been 2 quick releases
> of Aweb? If, so, how do I know if I have the latest version? Excuse me if I'm
> mixing up browser stories.
> 
> Eric D. Jackson
> 
> ejack@user1.channel1.com
> 
> 

Here is the complete history of Aweb,  since  it  was  born.  i  hope  this
answers    your    question.    Aweb    is    available    on   Aminet   at
/pub/comm/tcp/AWeb.lha version 1.0a

AWeb release history

AWeb 1.0 first official release

Release date: 22-Mar-1996 

    Fixed bugs. 
    Added ARexx macro support from link 



AWeb 0.16beta

Release date: 17-Mar-1996 

    Fixed bugs. 
    Image can now be saved with shift-click. 
    Now always saves window positions when saving the settings. 
    Added 'GET TITLE' ARexx command. 
    Made the installer script. 
    Completed the documentation. 



AWeb 0.15beta

Release date: 10-Mar-1996 

    Now reacts as expected when started for the second time. 
    Fixed the new bug of overlapping image and text. 
    Added shell command support from link. 
    Hotlist format has changed. 
    Added CONFIG tooltype and argument to specify settings file. 
    Window contents above loaded image is not redisplayed any more. 



AWeb 0.14beta

Release date: 5-Mar-1996 

    Fix: don't free label memory to let it work with layout.gadget 42.4 



AWeb 0.13beta

Release date: 5-Mar-1996 

    Image cache now differentiates between memory and disk. On low memory or screen change images
    are flushed from memory but not from disk. 
    Document cache will swap out documents to disk on low memory. 
    Added option: simple refresh windows 
    Implemented transparent GIF support 
    Made the "no underlined links" option work for image borders, too. Links with transparent
    image look nicer now. 
    Save now done in subtask instead of blocking browser. Also remembers save directory now. Also
    warning requester if file aleady exists. 
    Added keyboard support for About and Quit requesters 
    Added background progress indicator 
    Fixed bugs related to same document in two windows. 
    Fixed strange behaviour of deleting a document that was loading in background. Now it stays in
    chache. 
    Added 'GET URL' and 'GET SOURCE' ARexx commands. 
    Added tool types, Workbench icon selection support, and command line arguments. 



AWeb 0.12beta

Release date: 27-Feb-1996 

    Made the settings requester to work 
    Now AWeb can remember the window position and size 
    Added option to open on named public screen 
    Made initial palette loading optional 



AWeb 0.11beta

Release date: 21-Feb-1996 

    Fixed more bugs 
    Implemented HTTP User Authorization 
    Now interprets <TR> (table row) as line break for better readability of tables 



AWeb 0.10beta

Release date: 15-Feb-1996 

    Fixed many bugs 
    Made the Network Status Window resizeable 
    Made a mock-up of the new preference window 
    Made a couple of little improvements 



AWeb 0.9beta/demo

Release date: 10-Feb-1996 

This is an official demo version for use on the CU Amiga cover CD-ROM. It is a local only version
of 0.8beta, with all network access disabled. 


AWeb 0.8beta

Release date: 7-Feb-1996 

    Implemented total asynchroneous network access. Now you can follow a link even while the
    previous document is still loading 
    Implemented parallel image loading 
    Added the network status window 
    Implemented Inet225 support (thanks Tau) 
    Implemented Gopher protocol 
    Added proxy support 
    Now caches network host names and addresses 
    Added very basic ARexx support 
    Now remembers last path used on "Open local" 
    Added Are you sure to quit? requester 
    Added support for 24-bit picture data type (picturedtV43) 
    Added compatibility mode 
    Fixed bug that caused system to freeze when processing image 
    Fixed occasional crash on exit 



AWeb 0.6alpha

Release date: 13-Jan-1996 

    keymap.library is now opened with version 37 (version 39 does not exist) 



AWeb 0.5alpha

Release date: 12-Jan-1996 

    Added FORM support 
    Added ISINDEX support 
    Increased initial size of ASL requesters 
    Removed memory gauges 
    Added "load all images" button 
    Scrollbar jumped back when moved while retrieving, fixed 
    On high resolution screens, the control buttons are now wider 
    Fixed deadlock when using MagicMenu 
    Added EDIT editor command preference 
    Fixed some bugs in the HTML parser (thanks Mike Meyer) 



AWeb 0.2alpha

Release date: 29-Dec-1995 

    Fixed redirection, which was broken in the initial release 



AWeb 0.1alpha

Release date: 28-Dec-1995 

    Limited initial alpha release 





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From: henryp@dircon.co.uk (Kevin Henry)
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Subject: Re: Aweb question
Date: 6 Apr 1996 20:54:31 GMT
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