Software:AMosaic

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Short description: Web browser port for Amiga computers
AMosaic
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AMosaic 1.1 screenshot
Developer(s)Michael Fischer, Michael Meyer, Michael Witbrock
Initial releaseDecember 25, 1993; 30 years ago (1993-12-25)
Final release
2.0 pre-release
Written inC
Operating systemAmigaOS
PlatformAmiga
TypeWeb browser

AMosaic was a port to the Amiga of the Mosaic web 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 the University of Illinois or NCSA. It was developed by Michael Fischer at Stony Brook University,[2] Michael Meyer at the University of California, Berkeley, and Michael Witbrock at Carnegie Mellon University.

Amiga-only features

At the time of its launch, AMosaic offered several features beyond the capabilities of Mosaic, thanks to the unique capabilities of the AmigaOS and existing support libraries.

The Magic User Interface (MUI) system used to construct the user interface enabled user full user-customization of fonts, colors, and background patterns.[2][3]

AMosaic makes use of AmigaOS Datatypes 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.

An ARexx 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 in ASCII format, or AMosaic can execute a script calling an external bookmark tracking program.

Uses the networking software DNet, AmiTCP 3.0b2, or AS225r2.

Publicity

AMosaic was featured as the cover story in the March, 1995 issue of Amiga World magazine.[6]

The original developers, Michael Fischer, Michael Meyer, and Michael Witbrock, co-wrote User Extensibility in Amiga Mosaic, which was presented by Michael Witbrock at the Second International World Wide Web Conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 17–20, 1994.[7]

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