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A new version is available! A171UE (1.71 user edition) is distributed by the ADN as an officially-sanctioned third-party release which addresses some bugs and adds some enhancements to the interface
Get it here: https://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ara171ue01.htm

Arachne?? What's that?

Well, it's the latest, greatest, on-going browser development project for DOS. If your computer is old (like mine;-), it's the biz. I cut my internet teeth on Windows98 and IE4, so Arachne took some getting used to. I think it was well worth it, though. Here's a few examples of Arachne comming out on top:

Color! Screenshot: If you don't have a VESA compatible (multi-frequency) monitor, then Arachne may be your only choice for high-color browsing.
Fullscreen Display Screenshot: Want to see web pages as clearly as possible? Only Arachne can use the monitor's *entire* viewable area to display web pages.
Full Page Exporting Screenshot (13.4KB): On a computer with a reasonable ammount of RAM (4MB-8MB) Arachne can save a *.BMP image of an entire web page- up to 1600 pixels wide by 5000 pixels long. It's a great tool for web authors! This pageshot was made at 800x600 resolution and post-processed.
Disable banner advertisments: Registered users can eliminate all 468x60 images. However, doing so might alter the page's layout. Still, many registered users prefer pages without banner adverts.
Integrated e-mail client Screenshot: 'Nuff said.
Integrated editor Screenshot: Web pages, text files, you name it. When you're done editing choose:
Save, Send, or FTP Upload Screenshot: For example: I use this feature to view, alter and replace my web pages on Tripod! All without the hassel of thier JavaScript interface.
Fast performance on old computers: DOS is considerably more CPU-efficient than Windows and handles simple tasks much more quickly than Windows would on the same computer.
Low system requirements: 8086 with 600 KB RAM and 5MB hard drive space. Actually, though, advanced users run Arachne without any hard drive!

There are many other unique features, some of which I understand, some of which I don't. Arachne fulfills my needs in all areas except one: No JavaScript support:-( Soon, I am told, a new version will be available with experimental support for JS. Not sure, but I think that will be a first among DOS web browsers.

Another page in this area:
This tests your system's handling of extended ASCII characters within HTML.

Other areas in this site:
REGGAE (127.1KB)
COLOR (335.05KB)
TECH Parts4Cheap

Other sites:

	AQC Glenn's chat	• •	If you'd like to reach me, just leave a message for "Geminga":-)
	AVA "Arachne Virtual Avenue" message board

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