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IBM Web Explorer

IBM Web Explorer was an early web browser designed at IBM facilities in the Research Triangle Park for OS/2.

=Name=

Don t confuse it with IBM Web Browser, a later program based on Mozilla, or with Internet Explorer.

=History=

Presented in 1994 as the only native browser in OS/2, OS/2 Warp 4 (1996) included it but also 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 Web Explorer.

=Features=

*Support for HTML 3.0 (with tables). *Usenet reader. *Some of its parts were scriptable with REXX. Some external companies used this capability to offer an enhanced browser with IBM s rendering engine. *A page could define what the animated s leads Web Explorer to confusion on modern pages. *A presentation mode without visible menu bars. *A menu option Links collecting all the links in the page. It was used by IBM VoiceType for voice navigation. *Java applets.

=Shortcomings=

*No web frames. *No redirections. *No virtual hosts. *No HTTPS. *No Plugins. *No JavaScript. *No PNGs. *No progressive JPEGs.

=See also=

*List of web browsers *Comparison of web browsers

=External links=

*[http://web.archive.org/web/19990116230210/www.networking.ibm.com/WebExplorer/webhome.htm The official page at IBM] (version from 1999 at the Internet Archive). *[http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-viewersh=1&fname=/pub/os2/apps/internet/www/browser/webxv11h.zip Last public version (1.1h)] as a ZIP (file format). *[http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f2000/2054.htm IBM Web Explorer is mentioned] in DOJ vs Microsoft.