Editing IBM WebExplorer (section)

==History==
Presented in 1994 with [[OS/2 Warp]] (v3), it was hailed as the best browser by ''[[Internet 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" in ''The 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|date=May 2015}} OS/2 Warp 4 (1996) included it, but also included a link to download an OS/2 version of [[Netscape Navigator]] 2.02, which was late for shipping on CD.  IBM had already planned the substitution of WebExplorer.{{Citation needed|date=May 2015}}

In 1995, it was added to AIX, IBM's proprietary UNIX platform.<ref name="aix">{{Cite web |url=http://www.taborcommunications.com/archives/5598.html |title=IBM Cruises onto Internet with Security Products & WWW Software SUPERHIGHWAY REPORT HPCwire |access-date=July 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203124731/http://www.taborcommunications.com/archives/5598.html |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

A 1996 review in ''[[PC Mag]]'' found that WebExplorer "lack[ed] several standard features" and wasn't very strong in terms of [[multimedia]] support. The IBM browser shipping with the [[IBM Internet Connection]] suite, WebExplorer Mosaic, was based on the [[Spyglass Inc.|Spyglass]] [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]] code base and was found by the reviewer to be "far superior" to the OS/2 version, which was developed solely by IBM.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Rick |last1=Ayre |first2=Thomas |last2=Mace |title=Just Browsing |newspaper=PC Mag |date=12 March 1996 |publisher=Ziff Davis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rGvyMX6n8cC&pg=RA1-PA142}}</ref>