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IBM WebExplorer

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Discontinued web browser for IBM OS/2

IBM WebExplorer

IBM WebExplorer displaying theWhite House website.
Developer	IBM
Initial release	November 27, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-11-27)

Final release	1.2 / November 25, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-11-25)

Operating system	OS/2
Available in	English
Type	Web browser
Website	ibm.net/webexplore/

IBM WebExplorer was an earlyweb browser designed atIBM facilities in theResearch Triangle Park forOS/2.

History

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Presented in 1994 withOS/2 Warp (v3), it was hailed as the best browser byInternet 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" inThe 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.^{[citation needed]} OS/2 Warp 4 (1996) included it, but also included a link to download an OS/2 version ofNetscape Navigator 2.02, which was late for shipping on CD. IBM had already planned the substitution of WebExplorer.^{[citation needed]}

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

A 1996 review inPC Mag found that WebExplorer "lack[ed] several standard features" and wasn't very strong in terms ofmultimedia support. The IBM browser shipping with theIBM Internet Connection suite, WebExplorer Mosaic, was based on theSpyglass 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

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Support forHTML 3.0 (with tables)^[3]
Usenet reader
Some of its parts could be reused in other programs^[4] and scripted withRexx. Some external companies used this capability to offer an enhanced browser with IBM's rendering engine^[5]
A page could define what the animatedthrobber should look like. It was implemented through a non-standard <frame>HTML tag. OS/2 users created several animations.^[6] The later introduction ofweb frames leads WebExplorer to confusion on modern pages
A presentation mode without visible menu bars
A menu optionLinks collecting all the links in the page. It was used byIBM VoiceType for voice navigation
Java applets^[7]^[8]
GIF support^[3]
Proxy authentication^[3]
Image map^[3]
Webmap "hierarchically displays your complete path through the web; a pointer denotes the current site, but any site can be revisited with only a mouse click."^[9]

Version history

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Version	Date	New features	Systems
1.0	January 6, 1995 (1995-01-06)	Customized Animations	OS/2 2.1, OS/2 Warp
1.01	April 5, 1995 (1995-04-05)		OS/2 2.1, OS/2 Warp
1.02	June 28, 1995 (1995-06-28)	Drag and Drop Support Color Palette Management	OS/2 Warp
1.03	September 28, 1995 (1995-09-28)	Newsgroup Manager HTML Extensions	OS/2 Warp
1.1a	March 22, 1996 (1996-03-22)		OS/2 Warp
1.1b	1996 (1996)		OS/2 Warp
1.1c	June 6, 1996 (1996-06-06)		OS/2 Warp
1.1d	June 14, 1996 (1996-06-14)		OS/2 Warp
1.1e	July 11, 1996 (1996-07-11)		OS/2 Warp
1.1f	September 13, 1996 (1996-09-13)	Option "No Proxy For"	OS/2 Warp
1.1g	November 7, 1996 (1996-11-07)		OS/2 Warp
1.1h	December 11, 1996 (1996-12-11)		OS/2 Warp
1.2	1996 (1996)		OS/2 Warp Version 4

There were several builds released by IBM. IBM released some beta builds and also fixed many bugs in WebExplorer, one beta including support for Java.

Criticism

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The browser did not supportFrames and the installation ofplugins like Java was complicated.^[10]

References

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^"IBM Cruises onto Internet with Security Products & WWW Software SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT HPCwire". Archived fromthe original on February 3, 2013. RetrievedJuly 20, 2012.
^Ayre, Rick; Mace, Thomas (March 12, 1996)."Just Browsing".PC Mag. Ziff Davis.
^^a ^b ^c ^dRead me file of the Web Explorer 1.1h.
^Under the Scope section.EDM/2 June 1996,Volume 4 Issue 5
^WebNav 2.0 added user interface enhancements on WebExplorer rendering.
^"hobbes.nmsu.edu". hobbes.nmsu.edu. Archived fromthe original on July 5, 2007. RetrievedApril 20, 2009.
^Amstadt, Steve (December 3, 1996)."Browser Watch – IBM OS/2 Webexplorer News!". Archived fromthe original on February 9, 1999. RetrievedJuly 8, 2010.
^Nicola Brown; Peter Chen; David Miller; Paul Van Eyk; William E. Weinman (1996)."Designing Web Animation"(PDF).New Riders Publishing. RetrievedJuly 8, 2010.
^"Internet Access Tools".PC Mag. No. v.14 n.7. Ziff Davis. October 10, 1995. RetrievedMarch 8, 2018.
^Watson, Dave (July 21, 2001)."A Quick Look at Web Explorer". The Southern California OS/2 User Group. RetrievedAugust 16, 2010.

External links

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The official page at IBM at theWayback Machine (archived January 16, 1999)
The IBM OS/2 WebExplorer
IBM WebExplorer is mentioned inUnited States v. Microsoft.

Downloads

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versions 1.01 and 1.1h at browsers.evolt.org
version 1.1h Archived July 24, 2011, at theWayback Machine

Timeline ofweb browsers

General
Comparison lightweight History List for Unix Usage share

1990s

1990	WorldWideWeb (Nexus)
1991	Line Mode Browser libwww
1992	Erwise MacWWW (Samba) MidasWWW tkWWW ViolaWWW
1993	AMosaic Arena Cello Emacs/W3 Lynx 2 NCSA Mosaic VMS Mosaic
1994	AirMosaic Internet in a Box ANT Fresco Argo IBM WebExplorer SlipKnot Minuet Navipress Mosaic/Mosaic Netscape/Netscape Navigator Spyglass Mosaic TCP/Connect II
1995	Agora ALynx AMSD Ariadna Cyberjack eWorld Web Browser Grail Internet Explorer 1 Internet Explorer 2 Netscape Navigator 2 NetShark OmniWeb HotJava UdiWWW WebShark w3m
1996	Cyberdog Arachne AWeb IBrowse Amaya Internet Explorer 3 MSN Program Viewer Netscape Navigator 3 Opera 2 Oracle PowerBrowser tcpCONNECT4 Voyager
1997	Netscape Communicator Internet Explorer 4 Opera 2.1
1998	NeoPlanet Mozilla Application Suite Opera 3–3.21
1999	iCab Internet Explorer 5 OmniWeb 3 Opera 3.5–3.62

2000s

2000	Beonex Communicator Galeon K-Meleon Konqueror MediaBrowser Netscape 6 Opera 4–4.02
2001	iCab 2.5 Internet Explorer 6 MSN Explorer OmniWeb 4 Opera 5–5.12
2002	Camino Epiphany Netscape 7 Opera 6–6.1
2003	GreenBrowser Maxthon Opera 7–7.3 Safari SlimBrowser
2004	Phoenix/Firebird/Firefox Opera 7.5–7.55
2005	AOL Explorer Deepnet Explorer Firefox 1.5 Netscape Browser Opera 8–8.54 Safari 2
2006	Firefox 2 Internet Explorer 7 Opera 9–9.27
2007	Maxthon 2 Opera 9.5–9.64 Safari 3 SeaMonkey 1.1
2008	Chrome Firefox 3 Netscape Navigator 9 NetSurf 1.2
2009	Chrome 2–3 Firefox 3.5 Internet Explorer 8 Opera 10–10.63 Pale Moon Safari 4 SeaMonkey 2.0

2010s

2010	Chrome 4–8 Firefox 3.6 Lunascape 6.0.1 Maxthon 3 NetSurf 2.5 Opera 11–11.64 Pale Moon 3.6 Safari 5
2011	Chrome 9–16 Firefox 4–9 Internet Explorer 9 Lunascape 6.5 Opera 12–12.17 Pale Moon 4–8 SeaMonkey 2.1–2.4 Waterfox
2012	Chrome 17–23 Firefox 10–17 Internet Explorer 10 Lunascape 6.7 Maxthon 3.4 NetSurf 2.9 Pale Moon 3.6.29–3.6.32, 9.0–15.3.2 Safari 6 Yandex
2013	Chrome 24–31 Firefox 18–26 Internet Explorer 11 Opera 15–18 Pale Moon 15.4–24.2 Safari 7 SeaMonkey 2.15–2.22
2014	Chrome 32–39 Firefox 27–34 Lunascape 6.9 NetSurf 3.1 Opera 19–26 Pale Moon 24.3–25.1 Safari 8 SeaMonkey 2.23–2.31
2015	Chrome 40–47 Firefox 35–43 Lunascape 6.10–6.12 Microsoft Edge 20, 25 Opera 27–34 Pale Moon 25.2–25.8 Safari 9 SeaMonkey 2.32–2.39 Vivaldi Technical Preview 1–Beta 2
2016	Brave 0.7–0.12 Chrome 48–55 Firefox 44–50 Lunascape 6.13–6.15 Microsoft Edge 38 Opera 35–42 Pale Moon 26.0–27.0 Safari 10 Vivaldi Beta 3–1.6 Yandex 16
2017	Brave 0.13–0.19 Chrome 56–63 Firefox 51–57 Microsoft Edge 40, 41 Opera 43–49 Pale Moon 27.1–27.6 Safari 11 SeaMonkey 2.46–2.49 Vivaldi 1.7–1.13 Yandex 17
2018	Basilisk Brave 0.20–0.60 Chrome 64–71 Firefox 58–64 Microsoft Edge 42–44 Opera 50–57 Pale Moon 27.7–28.2 Safari 12 Vivaldi 1.14–2.2 Waterfox 56.0–56.2 Yandex 18
2019	Brave 0.61–1.1 Chrome 72–79 Firefox 65–71 Microsoft Edge 44 Opera 58–65 Pale Moon 28.3–28.8 Safari 13 Vivaldi 2.3–2.10 Waterfox 60.1–68.0a2 Whale 1.4–1.5 Yandex 19

2020s

2020	Brave 1.2–1.18 Chrome 80–87 Firefox 72–84 Microsoft Edge 79–87 Opera 66–73 Pale Moon 28.9–28.17 SeaMonkey 2.53 Vivaldi 2.11–3.5 Yandex 20 Safari 14
2021	Brave 1.19–1.33 Chrome 88–96 Firefox 85–95 Microsoft Edge 88–96 Opera 74–82 Pale Moon 29.0–29.4 SeaMonkey 2.53.10.2 Vivaldi 3.6–5.0 Yandex 21 Safari 15
2022	Arc 0.46–0.81 Brave 1.34–1.46 Chrome 97–108 Firefox 96–108 Microsoft Edge 97–108 Opera 83–94 Pale Moon 30.0–31.4 Vivaldi 5.1–5.6 Yandex 22 Safari 16
2023	Arc 0.85–1.21 Brave 1.47–1.61 Chrome 109–120 Firefox 109–121 Microsoft Edge 109–120 Opera 95–106 Pale Moon 32.0–32.5 Vivaldi 5.7–6.5 Yandex 23 Safari 17
2024	Arc 1.25–1.74 Brave 1.62–1.73 Chrome 121–131 Firefox 122–133 Microsoft Edge 121–131 Opera 107–115 Pale Moon 33.0–33.5 Vivaldi 6.6–7.0 Yandex 24 Safari 18
2025	Arc 1.77–1.126 Brave 1.74–1.85 Chrome 132–143 Firefox 134–146 Microsoft Edge 132–143 Opera 116–125 Pale Moon 33.6–33.9 Vivaldi 7.1–7.7 Yandex 25 Safari 26
2026	Brave 1.86– Chrome 144– Firefox 147– Microsoft Edge 144– Opera 126– Pale Moon 34.0– Vivaldi 7.8–

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