IBM WebExplorer explained

IBM WebExplorer
Developer:IBM
Latest Release Version:1.2
Operating System:OS/2
Language:English
Genre:Web browser
Discontinued:yes

IBM WebExplorer was an early web browser designed at IBM facilities in the Research Triangle Park for OS/2.

History

Presented in 1994 with OS/2 Warp (v3), it was hailed as the best browser by Internet Magazine in their November issue and leveraged its position as the only native browser in OS/2 at that time. It was a "coming attraction" in The HTML Sourcebook: The Complete Guide to HTML. Almost immediately after the introduction of OS/2 Warp version 3, IBM dismantled the development team and that relegated the WebExplorer to the annals of history. OS/2 Warp 4 (1996) included it, but also included a link to download an OS/2 version of Netscape Navigator 2.02, which was late for shipping on CD. IBM had already planned the substitution of WebExplorer.

In 1995, it was added to AIX, IBM's proprietary UNIX platform.[1]

A 1996 review in PC Mag found that WebExplorer "lack[ed] several standard features" and wasn't very strong in terms of multimedia support. The IBM browser shipping with the IBM Internet Connection suite, WebExplorer Mosaic, was based on the Spyglass Mosaic code base and was found by the reviewer to be "far superior" to the OS/2 version, which was developed solely by IBM.[2]

Features

Version history

VersionDateNew featuresSystems
1.0Customized AnimationsOS/2 2.1, OS/2 Warp
1.01OS/2 2.1, OS/2 Warp
1.02Drag and Drop SupportColor Palette ManagementOS/2 Warp
1.03Newsgroup ManagerHTML ExtensionsOS/2 Warp
1.1aOS/2 Warp
1.1bOS/2 Warp
1.1cOS/2 Warp
1.1dOS/2 Warp
1.1eOS/2 Warp
1.1fOption "No Proxy For"OS/2 Warp
1.1gOS/2 Warp
1.1hOS/2 Warp
1.2OS/2 Warp Version 4
There were severals builds released by IBM. IBM released some beta builds and also fixed many bugs in WebExplorer, one beta including support for Java.

Criticism

The browser did not support Frames and the installation of plugins like Java was complicated.[10]

External links

Downloads

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IBM Cruises onto Internet with Security Products & WWW Software SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT HPCwire . July 20, 2012 . https://archive.today/20130203124731/http://www.taborcommunications.com/archives/5598.html . February 3, 2013 . dead.
  2. News: Rick . Ayre . Thomas . Mace . Just Browsing . PC Mag . 12 March 1996 . Ziff Davis .
  3. [Read me]
  4. http://www.edm2.com/0405/scope.html Under the Scope
  5. http://www.bmtmicro.com/BMTCatalog/multipleos/webnav.html WebNav 2.0
  6. Web site: hobbes.nmsu.edu . hobbes.nmsu.edu . April 20, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070705094652/http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?sh=1&dir=%2Fpub%2Fmultimedia%2Fvideo%2Fwebexani . July 5, 2007 . dead . mdy-all .
  7. Web site: Amstadt . Steve . Browser Watch – IBM OS/2 Webexplorer News! . July 8, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990209192948/http://browserwatch.internet.com/news/story/ibm9.html . February 9, 1999 . December 3, 1996 . dead . mdy-all .
  8. Web site: Designing Web Animation. New Riders Publishing. July 8, 2010. Nicola Brown. Peter Chen . David Miller . Paul Van Eyk . William E. Weinman . 1996.
  9. News: Internet Access Tools. Mar 8, 2018. PC Mag. v.14 n.7. Ziff Davis. Oct 10, 1995.
  10. Web site: Watson. Dave. A Quick Look at Web Explorer. The Southern California OS/2 User Group. August 16, 2010. July 21, 2001.

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