A Selection of Web Goodies for the Mac

  • The top of the list is free services from the Web. This is primarily free ISPs at the moment, with an emphasis on the ones with Mac clients.

  • WebDoubler improves the performace of PowerMacs as proxy servers. (Or that's the claim. I haven't used it so I don't know.)

  • Handy client tools, collected nicely by someone else.

  • More specific is MERP: Macintosh E-Mail Resource Page.

  • The Mac Orchard reviews almost all net apps for Macs, available for download from there.

  • Microsoft's Internet Explorer is actually nicer than I would have expected. I have had no problems with it, but a friend of mine had horrible problems. The first version has a small memory requirement, oddly enough. I don't think M$ distributes that version anymore, but check some archive sites. The Netscape for the Mac. Remember, you need to be directly on the Internet, or have a SLIP connection for your modem. Sometimes it's better than IE ... it all depends on what you like.
    ftp://ftp.netscape.com/netscape/mac/

  • Or get a copy of Mosaic from NCSA. The latest version crashed for no aparent reason, so I don't use it anymore.
    http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/

  • The first version of MacWeb runs on very little memory and also supports forms and tables (I believe). Version 1.1.1E for 68K Macs at the UMich archives (or Info-Mac?) requires 750K of RAM, prefers 2048K.
    You can download the latest version of MacWeb as well. It has a Netscape-style history, not Explorer-style. The new version requires System 7 and MacTCP 2.0.2. I don't know anything else about it.

  • If you use a modem without a SLIP connection to a Unix account, use the program lynx to browse the Web. Yes, text-only is possible.

  • HTML Pro seems like the program of choice to create Web pages on a Mac. It does not require a Web/SLIP/Internet connection, and allows you to edit either in a raw source mode or in a WYSIWYG mode.
    http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/util/text/htmlpro1.07.cpt.hqx
    The latest version I found is 1.0.8 at Info-Mac archives in the text/html directory, or you can check the author's web page. I also like the looks of his OrgaNicer program.

  • If you like creating your Web pages on your Mac, HTML+ and the accompanying Clip2Gif might be the programs for you.
    http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/util/text/htmlplus.sit.hqx

  • However, if you prefer to use Microsoft Word, here's an HTML filter for RTF documents on a Macintosh. (It works through System 7 drag'n'drop.)
    Also, ftp archive.umich.edu /mac/util/text/rtftohtml2.5.cpt.hqx

  • Tapestry for the Mac from Concept 1 has the best Web authoring features for the price. You can download a demo.
    http://www.concept1.com/Tapestry/demo.html

  • I've tried the program HTMLedit, and I don't like it, oddly enough. I adore HyperCard (the development base of this program), but I can't use the program easily. It crashed on my desktop computer, and it wouldn't let me open a new URL on my AppleTalk laptop.

  • My own list of great programs for the Mac available through the Internet. It's not complete, it's not fancy, it's just my own. Caveat emptor!

  • So...How do you like Windoze95? Here's a GIF for you.

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