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{{Infobox Software | name = MacWeb | logo = MacWeb-software-icon.png | logo_alt = MacWeb software icon | screenshot = | caption = | developer = [[TradeWave]] | released = {{start date and age|1994|5|31}} | latest_release_version = 2.0 | latest_release_date = {{start date and age|1996}} | operating_system = [[Classic Mac OS]] | genre = [[Web Browser]] | license = [[Freeware]] | website = N/A }} '''MacWeb''' is an early, now discontinued [[classic Mac OS]]-only [[web browser]] for [[68k]] and [[PowerPC]] [[Apple Macintosh]] computers, developed by [[TradeWave]] (formerly EINet) between 1994 and 1996.<ref name="wwwunleashed">{{cite book|last1=December|first1=John|year=1994|last2=Randall|first2=Neil|page=234ff|title=World Wide Web Unleashed|publisher=[[Sams Publishing]] |isbn=0-672-30617-4}}</ref> MacWeb's major attraction was its ability to run well on low-end hardware footprints as well as fast page display. This compactness led to MacWeb's inclusion on many "Internet starter kit" [[floppy disk]]s and [[CD-ROM]]s that were popular at the time. TradeWave also developed a similar [[Microsoft Windows]] browser named [[WinWeb]]. However, they were eclipsed by more full-featured competitors such as [[Netscape Navigator]], and development was eventually abandoned. ==Versions== The first public release was 0.98-alpha on May 31, 1994, and the final official release was version 2.0 in 1996. An [[unofficial patch]] "2.0c" was released by Antoine Hébert in 1998 to correct a problem on old machines not supporting color [[QuickDraw]]. Although one author in 1995 called MacWeb the second web browser released for the Macintosh,<ref>{{cite book |title=Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks: A Macintosh-Based World Wide Web Starter Kit Featuring MacHTTP and Other Tools |version=version 1.0h |date=1995-09-26 |last=Morgan |first=Eric Lease |chapter-url=http://infomotions.com/musings/tricks/manuscript/0400-0003.html |chapter=Chapter 3: Macintosh-based WWW Browsers |access-date=2017-09-05}}</ref> this is not quite true. The text-only [[MacWWW]] browser became available in 1992, with the graphical [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]] released for the Mac the next year. ==Features== MacWeb was a basic browser that contained features common to most browsers such as: * support for [[HTML forms]]<ref name="wwwunleashed" /> * [[Bookmark (World Wide Web)|bookmarks]] with import tool for Mosaic's bookmarks<ref name="wwwunleashed" /> * a [[HTML]] viewer<ref name="wwwunleashed" /> MacWeb pioneered the "click and hold" gesture to display a popup [[contextual menu]]. This [[mouse gesture]] was commonly used on the Macintosh before the prevalence of two-button mice on the Mac platform.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccadams.org/se/macweb2.html |title=MacWeb 1.x hints and tips |last=Adams |first=Chris |access-date=2017-09-05}}</ref> MacWeb's preferences dialog allowed users to customize display styles on a per-tag basis similar to [[Cascading style sheets]]<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://tidbits.com/iskm/iskm3html/pt4/ch25/ch25a.html |chapter=Chapter 25: World Wide Web |title=Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh |edition=3rd |last=Engst |first=Adam C |author-link=Adam C. Engst |publisher=[[Hayden Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=9781568301976 |access-date=2017-09-05 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mac_Internet_Starter_Kit_for_Macintosh_3rd_edition_1995 }}</ref> ==System requirements== MacWeb has the following system requirements: <!--* '''[[Processor]]:''' [[Intel 80386|80386]](386SX) at 16Mhz or better--> * '''[[Operating system]]:''' [[Classic Mac OS]]<ref name="wwwunleashed" /> * '''[[RAM]]:''' less than 700 [[Kilobytes|KB]] RAM<ref name="wwwunleashed" /> * '''[[Hard disk drive|HDD]]:''' 680 KB <!--* A [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]]/[[Internet Protocol|IP]] connection running [[Winsock]]--> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book|last1=December|first1=John|year=1994|last2=Randall|first2=Neil|page=234ff|title=World Wide Web Unleashed|publisher=Sams Publishing|isbn=0-672-30617-4}} ==External links== * [http://browsers.evolt.org/browsers/archive/macweb MacWeb archive] on ''evolt.org'' {{Early web browsers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Macweb}} [[Category:Classic Mac OS-only web browsers]] [[Category:1994 software]] [[Category:Discontinued web browsers]] {{web-software-stub}}
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