| Developer(s) | Bert Bos[1] |
|---|---|
| Initial release | August 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08) |
| Final release | ? / 2 July 1997; 27 years ago (1997-07-02) |
| Operating system | HP-UX |
| Available in | English |
| Type | web browser |
| License | W3C Software Notice and License/CERNopen source copyright |
Argo was part of a project to make theInternet accessible to scholars in the Humanities at theUniversity of Groningen.[2] The Argoweb browser was created in August 1994 byBert Bos.[1]
There is presently no publicly available built version, although the source code is still available.[3]
The Argo browser was able to handle its ownstyle sheet language calledStream-based Style Sheet Proposal (SSP)rendered mostly byXlib/Xrm.[1] SSP was general enough to be able to be applied to othermarkup languages in addition toHTML. In the development process ofCascading Style Sheets (CSS) Bos was one of the first people who decided to joinHåkon Wium Lie.[2] Although this early adoption SSP had other advanced features that could not be integrated in CSS1 and had to wait for CSS2.[2]Arena and Argo were presented as atestbed at theWorld Wide Web Conference 3 on 10–14 April 1995 inDarmstadt[1][2]
Argo based on theW3A, anAPI forWWW browser applets.[4] The browser featuredplug-in modules, or "applets", which allowed for the addition of new functionality without recompilation. Examples of such functionality provided by the applets includes adding support for the following:[1]
The browser'skernel depended on the modules to provide such functionality.
The browser was run onHP-UX and used dynamic loading to support its applets.