NCSA Mosaic ™ for Windows ™

Mosaic is a 32-bit application. This means that Mosaic is compatable with Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows NT and Windows 95. The Windows NT operating system is available for the following processors:

iX86 - Intel's iX86 Processors and compatibles

aXP - Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) aXP processor

MIPS - Mips Technology processors

Version 2.0.0 Beta 1 - Release Notes

Table of contents: MOSAIC.INI Update Information; Win32s Update Information; Features, Enhancements and Bug Fixes; Feature Descriptions

MOSAIC.INI Update Information

Mosaic users no longer need to edit the mosaic.ini file with an ASCII editor. "ALL" user configurable options are available from the Options, Preferences... menus.

"Do Not edit the mosaic.ini file with an ASCII editor."

Win32s Update Information

Windows NT users and Win95 beta-testers: Windows NT and Win95 users don't need Win32s. The operating systems are 32-bit operating systems with OLE support built-in.
Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups Users: You MUST install WIN32S BEFORE you install Mosaic. Win3.1(3.11) and Windows for Workgroups 3.1(WfW3.11) are 16-bit operating systems and you'll need to use Microsoft's Win32s software. This software will allow you to run 32-bit applications in Windows 3.1 or WfW 3.11. Since Mosaic is also an OLE compatible application, and Mosaic users must use Win32s v1.25 with the OLE v2.02. This version of Win32s is available at NCSA's ftp site, ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu, in the /Mosaic/Windows directory. The file W32sOLE.exe is a self-extracting executable. Just put this file in a temporary directory like c:\install, type w32sOLE, and the associated files will decompress. Now type install.; Win32s v1.25 was released by Microsoft to address the foreign language problems and the compobj.dll problems some Windows users were experiencing with Win32s v1.20. We recommend you upgrade to this latest version if you prefer to use a language other than English(American) in your Windows environment, OR if you experiencing problems with the compobj.dll library while using Microsoft Office, Excel or Word. In general, if you are NOT experiencing problems with Win32s v1.20, upgrading to Win32s v1.25 is not required.

Features, Enhancements, and Bug fixes

Version 2.0.0 Beta 1

Features and Enhancements:

Options, Preferences... All Mosaic configurable options are available from the following menus:

General, Viewers, Services, Proxy, Tables, Anchors, Font Styles, Caching
Hotlist Manager
Inline JPEG Image Support
"New" Right Mouse Button Menu Options
News Reader Improvements
Status Bar Improvements
Tool Bar Improvements
New Accelerator Keys
Command line mailto:
Copy and Paste from the Document view window
Scrolling and resizing the Mosaic window
Interupt for Windows NT
Enter Stand Alone Mode (-s)
Left and Right arrow keys
Mosaic's Splash Screen
+/- keys magnify all fonts on screen proportionally
Improved unknown file type handling
ALT information from IMG tags will be displayed.
Forms Enhancements

Tab from one form field to another
Selecting Enter on the last form field will submit the form
Comment cards

Bug Fixes

Resource and Memory Leaks

various Interrupt bugs

Menu Editor bugs (It got Nuked), it was replaced by a full featured, drag and drop Hotlist Manager.
Find now functional
file transfer invoked when clicking on ftp:// links
Ampersands in URLs not parsed as entities
And Many More... To many to remember or list....... We're starting with a clean slate. ;^)

Feature Descriptions

NCSA Mosaic Options, Preferences... Menus

With the release of v2.0.0 Beta 1, you will no longer have a need to edit the "mosaic.ini" with an ascii editor. We have made all possible configurable items available from the following preference menus. Please do not edit the mosaic.ini with an ascii editor, type errors could cause problems.

Buttons common to all Preference Menus
OK	OK will save your configuration changes to the mosaic.ini file and close the Preferences... window.
Cancel	Cancel will close the Preferences window without saving the changes to the mosaic.ini.
Apply Now	Apply Now applies all configuration changes to your current Mosaic session.
Help	Help will eventually open up a HELP menu with entries for each of the preference items. It is currently not supported.

Options, Preference..., General
Preference Options	Descrition
All descriptions are described with respect to the check boxes being checked.
Toolbars at Startup
Show Toolbar	Show the Toolbar Icons on startup.
Show Location Bar	Show the URL command line on startup.
Show Status Bar	Show the Status bar at the botton of the Mosaic window on startup.
Inline Images
Display Inline Images	Display all Inline image within the HTML document.
3D Borders	Displays a 3 dimensional border around each inline image.
Background Color	Selecting this button will open a dialog box that will allow you to select the background color of the document view window from a color palette.
Miscellaneous
3D Rules	Gives all horizontal rules, <HR>, a 3 dimensional appearance.
Round List Bullets	Inserts a round bullet in front of all List Items ,<LI>. With out a check in the the box, a dash would appear in front of each "List Item".
Use Internal (8-bit) Sound	Use Mosaic's built-in .au sound driver.
Home Page
Autoload	Autoload Home page upon startup
Enter the URL of the document you want Mosaic to load as your home page when you select "Navigate, Home" or click on the "House" icon in the tool bar.
Initial Window Placement
X (Horiz) Pos:	The value of the horizontal screen coordinate of the left side of the Mosaic window.
Width:	The width of the Mosaic window in terms of screen pixels.
Y (Vert) Pos:	The value of the vertical screen coordinate of the top of the Mosaic window.
Height:	The height of the Mosaic window in terms of screen pixels.
Use Current Window Position	Saves the current size and location of the Mosaic window as the default size and location.
Display
Display Text While Loading	Mosaic will display the documents text it's downloading the document. This function is useful for large HTML documents. Without the check, Mosaic will download the entire HTML document and then display the text. In either case, Mosaic will display the documents text before it starts retrieving the inline images from the network or disk cache.
Display Images While Loading	Mosaic will display each inline image when it's downloaded from the network or retrieved from the cache. Without the check, Mosaic will display all of the inline images after it has received all of the images from the network or disk cache.
Disable Display While Loading	This function will disable the above two functions and Mosaic will display the entire document and it's inline images after the everything is downloaded from the network or retrieved from the disk cache.

Options, Preference..., Viewers
Preference Options	Descrition
Associate MIME Type of:	This field controls the different MIME types and the information that is displayed for each MIME setting. Click on the right arrow button to view your current list of MIME types. NOTE: This and the following fields are editable and you should be cautious when editing these fields. If you are having problems with a MIME/Viewer configuration check the appropriate MIME type for type errors. Editing the information in these fields WILL change your current viewer configuration.
Description of MIME Type: (Optional)	A discription of the MIME type.
With This/These Extensions:	Enter the file extensions that are associated with the MIME type
To this Application:	Enter the path and the executable name of the external viewer(s). Ensure the application is capable of handling the MIME type. We recommend you use the Browse... function to create this association.
Browse...	Browse opens a dialog box that allows you to view your directories and files using the standard Windows tree format. Find the appropriate application and select OK. Mosaic will then fill in the appropriate information in the "To this Application:" field.
Add	Select to add a new MIME Type and associated information to your MIME type list.
Remove	Select to delete the current MIME Type and all its associated information from your MIME type list.

Options, Preferences..., Services
Preference Options	Descrition
All descriptions are described with respect to the check boxes being checked.
Mail:
Name:	Enter your name.
E-mail Address:	Enter your email address
SMTP:	Enter the name of your mail server.
FTP:
Use Extended FTP	Extended FTP will associate file type icons and a file size for each file on the ftp server.
Display FTP Messages	A seperate dialog box that contains the messages generated by the ftp site.
News
Display Options:
Thread View	View the top level messages without reply messages.
Group View	View the top level message and the first level of replies.
Tree View	View the top level and all replies in hierarchical format. (Replies to replies will be represented at different levels of the hierarchy.)
Number of articles to load:	Enter the number of article headers you want Mosaic to retrieve from the news server.
Number of articles to display:	Enter the number of articles you want Mosaic to display in the document view window.
NNTP Server:	Enter the name of your default news server
Subscriptions
Clicking this button opens a dialog box that offer you the following options: Newsgroups
Search	Enter the name or prefix of a newsgroup. If this newsgroup is available in the list, Mosaic will display the newsgroup(s) after you stop typing.
Available	The field that maintains a list of newsgroups that available from your default news server.
Subscribed	The field that maintains a list of the newsgroups you want to read.
Subscribe	By selecting a newsgroup(s) from the list of "Available" newsgroups, subscribe will add the selected newsgroup(s) and move the group name(s) to the "Subscribed" field.
Unsubscribe	By selecting a newsgroup(s) from the "Subscribed" field, unsubscribe will remove the selected newsgroup(s) from the "Subscribed" field and add it to the "Available" field.
Update	Select to update your list of available newsgroups from your default server.
Select All	Select every entry in either the Subscribed field or the Available field. Which field is affected is dependent on which field you've selected with your mouse.
Unselect All	Unselects the URLs that have been selected.
OK	Writes the information into Mosaic's initialization file and closes the window.
Cancel	Closes the window with out allowing the changes to take affect.

Options, Preferences..., Proxy
Preference Options	Descrition
HTTP Proxy Server:	Enter the name of the machine that is providing you with the proxy services. If the same machine is providing you with services for more than one protocol enter the name in each field. If you are not using proxy serivces for a listed protocol leave the field blank.
FTP Proxy Server:
WAIS Proxy Server:
Gopher Proxy Server:
No Proxy List:
The "No Proxy List:" allows you to define particular domains that will OR will not be effected by the proxy server. This is particularly useful for users who are behind a firewall. Use the Add, Mosaic allows the user to define which domain names will and will not require proxy services.
Add	Select to open a dialog box that allows you to enter an IP number or a domain name to the "No Proxy List:". (ie. ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Remove	Removes the selected domain entry from the "No Proxy List:"
Proxy	These buttons select the respective proxy status you want to associate with the selected domain.
No Proxy

Options, Preferences..., Tables
Preference Options	Descrition
All descriptions are described with respect to the check boxes being checked.
Table Display Options
3D Tables	Allow your tables to appear within a 3D frame.
Ressessed Tables	Inverses the 3D affect.
Display Empty Cells	Display the empty cells instead of filling in the cell with the table frame.
Table Color Settings
Red: Green: Blue:	The RGB color value of the table. You can change the color of the table frame by modifying the color values in this area.
Change	Opens a dialog box so you can select the color of the table frame from a color palette.

Options, Preferences..., Anchors
Preference Options	Descrition
Miscellaneous
Change Cursor Over Anchor	Check if you want the cursor to change from the standard arrow to a hand with a point finger when the cursor is above an anchor.
Underline	Check if you want all anchors underlined. (ie. black and white screens)
Show URL in Status Bar	Check if you want the URL of an anchor to appear in the status bar when the cursor is over that anchor.
Anchor Text Color
Red: Green: Blue:	Displays the RGB value for the current anchor color. You can change the value of the color by changing the color number in the respective field.
Change...	Opens a dialog box that will allow you to select the anchor color from a color palette.
Anchor Highlighting
Framed	Surrounds the current anchor with a solid frame.
Button	Gives the current anchor a 3D button effect.
Hatched	Surrounds the current anchor with a broken frame.
None	Anchors will not be modified by a frame, button or hatched affect AND the Left and Right Arrow function is disabled.
Red: Green: Blue:	Allows you to change the color of the frame border.
Change...	Opens a dialog box that will allow you to select the frame color from a color palette.

Options, Preferences..., Font Styles
Preference Options	Descrition
This feature allows you to define different font groups that can be use by Mosaic. and you are not limited to a maximum number of groups.
Font Groups:	Displays the name of the font groups that are available to Mosaic. To view the contents of the group double click on the group name.
+ Default	The default font group
New	Opens a dialog box that allows you to enter the name of your "New" font group. After you enter a name in the field, select the check to create a new group or the X" to cancel the function. When you create a font group it's initial settings reflect the current settings in the default group.
Remove	Remove selected font group
Edit	Edit the name of the font group.
Change...	Opens a dialog box that will allow you to change the font type, size, or color of the selected font.
Current Font Group:
Current Font Group:	Select the font group that Mosaic will use upon start-up.
Magnification Units:	The multiplicative value, 1 - 5, that will be used when you magnify the screen fonts using the + or - keys.

Options, Preferences..., Caching
Preference Options	Descrition
Memory Cache
Number of documents kept in memory:	The number of documents that are maintained in cache during a Mosaic session. This cache is a volitile and its contentscache.
Disk Cache
Location:	Define the drive:\directory\path\ to a directory that will be used to maintain the non-volitile disk cache. (ie. c:\Mosaic\Cache\)
Size(KB):	The number of KBs you want to allocate to the disk cache. (1M = 1024KB)
Enabled	Cache is enabled when the box is checked.
Check Modification Date From Server	Using this feature, Mosaic ensures you are viewing the most current version of the document, image, etc.... Mosaic does this by query the server for the header of the document. This header contains the file's size and modification dates. If this information have changed, Mosaic will download and display the latest version of the document. If the information did not change, Mosaic will load the document from the disk cache.
Fast Image Caching	Mosaic converts cached inline images into a .bmp format. This format increases the pagination speed of the inline image when it's loaded from the disk cache.
Never purge home page	Checking box will always your home page from the disk cache.
Advanced Cache Manager
The advanced cache manager allows you to manage and view the contents of your disk cache.
Hits, Size, File, URL Field	This field allow you to view the contents of the disk cache. Hits represents the number of times the file has been hit from the cache. Size represents the size of the file. File represents the actual name of the file and URL represents the origional URL to the file. Below this field is statistical information relative to the contents of the cache. Listed are the total number of files, the actual size of the disk cache(KB), and information about the cache has been hit. The "Cache Hit Percentage" shows you the percentage of times you have accessed the cache during the life of the cache and during you present Mosaic session.
Cache the following mime types?	A list of the current MIME types you have listed in your viewers section and the cache status for each MIME type.
Yes	Select a MIME type from the above field and select "Yes" to add these type of files to your disk cache.
No	Select a MIME type and select "No" to exclude these type of files from the disk cache.
Load URL	Select a URL from the cache management window and select this button to load the file.
Delete	Deletes the selected item from the cache.
Never Purge	Select an item in the cache and select this button if you never want to purge this file from the cache. These selected item are marked by an * next to the "Hits" number.
Can Purge	Select a "Never Purge" item from the cache management windows and click this button if you want to remove this file from the "Never Purge" list. If you use the "Check Modification Date From Server" option, Mosaic will update the file the next time you visit the web site.
Clear All	Remove the contents of the disk cache. If you have "Never Purge" items you will be asked if you want to delete these items.
Sort By:
File	Sort the cache management window by the file type
Server	Sort the files with respect to the WWW Server from which you retrieved.
Size	Sort by file size.
Hits	Sort by the number of times the file is hit from the cache. The first element in the list has the highest hit percentage.

The Hotlist Manager

What is the Hotlist Manager?

The Mosaic Hotlist Manager allows the user to manage the elements within your hotlist files (user-defined menus). You can configure hotlists and organize the appearance of hotlists in the Hotlist Manager window. The Hotlist Manager replaced the Menu Editor and the need to store the URLs in the mosaic.ini file. The Hotlist Manager also removes the limit to the number of menu items Mosaic could display using Menu Editor. The only restriction you have with the Hotlist Manager is when you put your hotlist into the menu bar, you are limited by your screen size or a max of 100 hotlists with 100 items.

A hotlist file contains a list of elements that represent "Document Titles" and their associated "URLs", plain URLs, links to ftp sites, gopher sites or even a link that will launch a Telnet application to your favorite remote site. These elements of a hotlist can be arranged in many formats from a single list to a list of sub-lists. The specific arrangement of these hotlists are completly user configurable and can be done by using the Hotlist Manager's drag-and-drop feature. Mosaic hotlist files are identified using the .hot file extension and you can have any number of .hot files, however, only one hotlist file can be open at any given time.

To open the Hotlist Manager

Select Navigate, Hotlist Manager and the Hotlist Manager dialog box appears.

To open a hotlist file

From the Hotlist Manager's File menu, choose Open. A standard windows "Open" dialog box appears and you can go to the appropriate directory and select a file. Click OK and Mosaic will load this file as your current hotlist. NOTE: Mosaic is capable of reading mosaic.ini files and NCSA Mosaic generated .hot files. If you have an html based hotlist, you can view it in the Mosaic window and select the File, Import function to save it as a .hot file.

To save a hotlist file

From the Hotlist Manager's File menu, choose Save or Save As.

Save, saves the current hotlist file to its current file name in it's current format.

Save As, opens the Save Hotlist dialog box and allow you to enter. Select the appropriate directory from the directory list. Then enter the file name in the File Name box. Note: a hotlist file can be extended with either the .hot or .htm file format.

Note: Please take the time to convert your current hotlists that are stored in your mosaic.ini as a seperate .hot file. This can be easily achieved by using the Hotlist Manager, open the mosaic.ini and following the steps outlined above.

To import other hotlist(s) to the current hotlist file

From the Hotlist Manager's File menu, choose Import. This will create a new top-level hotlist with a title which is the same as the current document. Each hyperlink anchor in this document is automatically listed as an entry in the new hotlist. The order and hierarchy of these anchors is also preserved.

To insert a new hotlist In the hotlist display box, Highlight a hotlist or a hotlist item. From Edit, select Insert New Hotlist. An Edit Item dialog box appears. In the Title box, enter the name of the hotlist, click on OK. This will create a hotlist above the current highlighted item.

To insert a new hotlist item In the hotlist display box, highlight a menu or a menu item From Edit, select Insert New Item. An Edit Item dialog box apperas. In the Title and URL box, enter the title and URL of the document to be added, click on OK. This will create a menu item above the current highlighted item.

To delete a hotlist or hotlist item

First highlight the menu or item you want to delete in the hotlist window. Then from the Edit menu, select Delete. In the case of removing a menu, a dialog box appears asking whether you actually want to delete it. When you select to delete a menu item, Mosaic will delete it immediately without asking for confirmation.

To edit a hotlist or hotlist item

First highlight the menu or menu item you want to edit. Then from the Edit menu, choose Edit. The Edit Item window appears, allowing you to edit the highlighted menu name and/or the item's document name and URL.

To add the current document to a hotlist

From the Edit menu, choose Add Current to Hotlist. This will add the current document's name and URL to the menu highlighted in the hotlist box.

To display hotlists from one root on menu bar

From the Options menu, select On Menu Bar and One Root. Mosaic will display all the hotlists under the Hotlists menu.

To display each hotlist seperately on menu bar

From the Options menu, select On Menu Bar and make sure the One Root option is unselected. This allows Mosaic to display each hotlist as a different menu.

To change font in the hotlist display box

From the Options menu, select Change Font, A Font dialog box appears. Select the desired font, font style, and size, click on OK.

Inline JPEG

Mosaic supports the JPEG image type as an inline image type. The other supported inline image types are .gif and .xbm.

"New" Right Mouse Button Menu Options

Changing the font size on the fly..... You can change the attributes of any font on the screen by placing the mouse cursor over the word, clicking on the right mouse button and selecting "Change 'font name' Font". Mosaic will open up a font dialog box and give you the ability to change the size or the color of a particular font.
News Reader Options

News Reader Improvements

Options, News Subscriptions...
The "NEW" Mosaic news interface allows you to interact with a newsgroup as if you were using a dedicated news reader. Mosaic uses the message ID number to maintain a record of the messages you have read. Mosaic also allows the display of messages and follow-up messages(threads) in a hierarchical format. Mosaic gives you the ability to subscribe to newsgroups, post messages to newsgroups, follow-up posted message and reply to the author of a news message.

By default Mosaic uses the news server you've defined in the Options, Preferences..., Services page as the source of newsgroups and messages. You can access news groups in one of three ways.

First - use the Options, News Subscriptions function to select desired newsgroups. After you've subscribed to a group enter the following URL in the command line and enter.

news:

Mosaic will query the news server for the current number of articles of each of the newsgroups you have are subscribed.

Second - You can access any newsgroup directly by entering a URL in the command line using the following syntax:

news:name.of.newsgroup (ie. news:comp.infosystems.www.users)

Third - If you have access to another news server and you want to read a particular newsgroup that is available only from that news server. Mosaic will allow you to access this server by using the following URL syntax.

nntp://name.of.server/name.of.newsgroup

NOTE: news:newsgroup.name = nntp://your.default.news.server/newsgroup.name

Right Mouse Button Options Available While Reading News
Condition (When?)	Button Option	Description
Over a News Anchor
	Follow-up to Article	Reply to the article in public forum back to the newsgroup.
	Reply to Author	Reply only to the author of the article.
	Create Internet Shortcut	Save a shortcut link to the present news article.
Within a News Article
	Follow-up to Article	Reply to the article in public forum back to the newsgroup.
	Reply to Author	Reply only to the author of the article.
	Next Article	Go to the next article in the newsgroup.
	Previous Article	Go to the next article in the newsgroup.
	Next Thread	Go to the next thread. (A thread is a reply to the main article.)
	Previous Thread	Go to the previous thread within the parent article.
	Create Internet Shortcut	Save a shortcut link to the present news article.
Elsewhere within a News index
	Post to Newsgroup	Post an article to a newsgroup.
	Next Newsgroup	Go to the next subscribed newsgroup.
	Previous Newsgroup	Go to the previous subscribed newsgroup.
	Create Internet Shortcut	Create a short cut to the current page.
	Spawn Mosaic from Current Page	Open another Mosaic Window with the current URL as the first document.

Status Bar Improvements

The "optional" status bar located at the bottom of the Mosaic screen is divided into four areas. The message bar, is located on the left side of the status bar. The status display area consist of an OLE indicator, a download indicator, an inline image indicator and the inline images number indicator. The right most status display window contains the progress indicator.

The Text Status Display: This area displays URL information, and status messages that are generated by Mosaic.
The Graphic Status Display

OLE Indicator
The OLE indicator will display an OLE icon when Mosaic is sending or receiving data from an external CCI application.

The Wait/Download Indicator
Displays an hour glass icon when Mosaic is waiting for a response from the network and displays a page icon when Mosaic is receiving data from the network.

The Inline Image Indicator
Indicates if there are inline images in the current document. The indicator remains in the window until the image(s) are paginated in the document.

Inline Image Number Indicator
Displays the number of inline images that are contained within the document being downloaded. This number is decremented every time an image is received.
The Progress Indicator: This status bar give you a visual representation about the current download in progress.

Tool Bar Improvements

The Tool bar has been reordered and additional functions available.

File Folder Icon	Open URL
Disk Icon	Save As...
Printer Icon	Print current page
Print preview Icon	Preview the current page as it will appear on the printer
Duel Page Icon	Copy
Clipboard/Page Icon	Paste
Left Arrow Icon	Back one step in history
Right Arrow Icon	Forward
Circular Arrow Icon	Reload Current Page
House Icon	Go to Home Page
Page/Binoculars Icon	Find
+ Burning Page Icon	Add Current to Hotlist
Rolled Newspaper Icon	Open News Browser
Mail Slot Icon	Mailto window
Question Mark Icon	About Mosaic

New Accelerator Keys

Key Combination	Description
Esc	Interupt
The following Ctrl-? key combinations put the focus into the URL command line with the appropriate prefix.
Ctrl-h	http://
Ctrl-f	ftp://
Ctrl-g	gopher://
Ctrl-n	news:
Ctrl-m	mailto:
Ctrl-u	Puts fucus in URL command line without changing the current URL.

Command line mailto:

You can email from Mosaic using the "mailto:" (Ctrl-m) command in the URL command line. Mailto allow you to create an email that contains your message, the current URL, and even a copy of the document in text format.

Copy and Paste from the Document view window

You can copy and paste information from the Mosaic window. To copy a file: highlight the desired text, select the copy icon from the Mosaic Tool bar or use Ctlr-c to force a copy. To paste the data select the desired window and either use the Ctrl-v key command or use the defined Paste command under the applications Edit menu.

Scrolling and resizing the Mosaic window

Mosaic will allow you to resize the Mosaic screen or scroll through a document while it is downloading and paginating a document.

Interupt for Windows NT

The Interupt is supported on Windows NT. To interupt a download either left mouse click on the Mosaic icon or hit the Esc key.

Enter Stand Alone Mode using the -s command line option

You can envoke Mosaic in standalone mode by using the -s switch on the command line. Either add this switch to the properties field of your Mosaic icon.

from Program Manager, click on the Mosaic program icon, then from File menu, select Properties, a Program Item Properties dialog box appears. In the Command Line box, type the option "-s" after the path and mosaic.exe.
For example: C:\Mosaic\beta1\mosaic.exe -s.

Left and Right arrow keys allow you to follow anchors

You can follow all anchors with the left and right cursor keys. To activate this option select Options, Preferences..., Anchors menu and select an "Anchor Highlighting" option. When you select the right arrow key, the anchor will shift down to the next anchor in the document. If you select the left arrow key you will move to the previous anchor in the document.

Splash Screen

Mosaic displays a splash screen with version information each time you envoke Mosaic.

+/- Magnify all Fonts

You can increase the size of all fonts in your Mosaic window by selecting the "+" key enlarges the current font, and the "-" key, reduces the font. Note: The size of the magnification units is defined in the Options, Preferences..., Font Styles menu. Change the value of the magnification in the "Magnification Units:" section. The magnification can have a value between 1-5.

Improved unknown file type handling

When you find a file that contains an undefined MIME type or extension, Mosaic will open a dialog box and offer you one of three options.

Save to Disk.
Add Viewer to this MIME type
Cancel

ALT information in IMG tags

When "Display Inline Image" feature is off, Mosaic will display the information that is defined in the ALT section of the tag. For example:

In this image tag: <IMG SRC="mosaic.gif" ALT="NCSA Mosaic">, will display the text "NCSA Mosaic".

Forms Enhancements

Mosaic will allow you to Tab from one form field to another.

If you press "Enter" on the last form field, Mosaic will submit the form.

The "form font" is user definable from Options, Preferences..., Font Styles menu. Double click on the desired font group and select the "Form Control Font". Mosaic will open up a standard font change dialog box.

Comment card

We are very interested in hearing what you have to say about Mosaic. After the fifth time you envoke the program, Mosaic will prompt you with a Comment dialog box that we would like you to fill out. This provides some direct feed back about our product and we are interested in hearing what you say. We will use this information to guide the direction of our development for future releases of Mosaic. The information used in this form will not be used for any other purpose.

See our Home Page for more information about Mosaic, viewers, other features, bugs, HTML Editors, etc....

Enjoy!

mosaic-w@ncsa.uiuc.edu
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

NCSA Mosaic ™ for Windows ™

Version 2.0.0 Beta 1 - Release Notes

Table of contents

Windows NT users and Win95 beta-testers

Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups Users

Version 2.0.0 Beta 1

Features and Enhancements:

Bug Fixes

Buttons common to all Preference Menus

Options, Preference..., General

Options, Preference..., Viewers

Options, Preferences..., Services

Options, Preferences..., Proxy

Options, Preferences..., Tables

Options, Preferences..., Anchors

Options, Preferences..., Font Styles

Options, Preferences..., Caching

Splash Screen

Enjoy!