| AMosaic | |
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 AMosaic 1.1 screenshot | |
| Developers | Michael Fischer, Michael Meyer,Michael Witbrock |
| Initial release | December 25, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-12-25) |
| Final release | 2.0 pre-release |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | AmigaOS |
| Platform | Amiga |
| Type | Web browser |
| Website | www.mfischer.com/legacy/amosaic/ at theWayback Machine (archived 2020-01-05) |
AMosaic was aport to theAmiga of theMosaicweb browser, developed beginning in 1993,[1] and was the first graphical web browser for the Amiga. AMosaic was based on NCSA's Mosaic, but was not distributed by theUniversity of Illinois orNCSA. It was developed by Michael Fischer atStony Brook University,[2] Michael Meyer at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, andMichael Witbrock atCarnegie Mellon University.
At the time of its launch, AMosaic offered several features beyond the capabilities of Mosaic, thanks to the unique capabilities of theAmigaOS and existing support libraries.
TheMagic User Interface (MUI) system used to construct theuser interface enabled user full user-customization of fonts, colors, and background patterns.[2][3]
AMosaic makes use of AmigaOSDatatypes for its external and inline image decoding,[4] making it simple for users to extend the list of supported image types by installing the appropriate operating system plugin.
AnARexx inter-application communication interface was built into AMosaic,[2][5] allowing simple scripting and transferring of data between AMosaic and other software. Using ARexx, users can write external scripts to ask AMosaic to retrieve a page and return it inASCII format, or AMosaic can execute a script calling an external bookmark tracking program.
Uses thenetworking software DNet, AmiTCP 3.0b2, or AS225r2.
AMosaic was featured as the cover story in the March, 1995 issue ofAmiga World magazine.[6]
The original developers, Michael Fischer, Michael Meyer, andMichael Witbrock, co-wroteUser Extensibility in Amiga Mosaic, which was presented byMichael Witbrock at the Second International World Wide Web Conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 17–20, 1994.[7]
