Chapter 4: Choosing Your Appliances

Client Software


Table 4-8 Mac OS Web Browsers

Product Description
iCab by iCab Company Upstart browser from Germany has a download file of less than 1 MB, requires less than 2 MB of RAM, and lets you set up filters to avoid Web banner ads.

Table 4-9 VRML Browsers

Product Description
Cosmo Player by Cosmo Software The only working VRML 2.0 plug-in for the Mac was a victim of the acquisition of Cosmo Software by Platinum Technology, which in turn was acquired by Computer Associates. The software is still available at this mirror.
Live Picture Zoom Viewer by MGI Software Live Picture Zoom Viewer has superseded the RealSpace Viewer from Live Picture.
MacWeb3D by MacWeb3D Alliance "The MacWeb3D alliance is a nascent team of hard-bitten fanatics, bent on following the VRML dream on our chosen operating system."
VRML and X3D by Web 3D Consortium The VRML Consortium has become the Web 3D Consortium and is working on the successor to VRML.
VRML Repository by Web 3D Consortium Originated by the San Diego Supercomputer Center, the VRML Repository has a new home.
WorldView by Intervista Software Platinum Technology bought InterVista and replaced the WorldView, free VRML 2.0 plug-in, with CosmoPlayer from Cosmo Software.

Table 4-10 Mac OS ftp clients

Product Description
Anarchie by Stairways Software FTP client and Internet engine for the Macintosh.
BetterTelnet by Sassy Software A freeware telnet client that also has simple FTP server and client capabilities.
Download Deputy by ilesa Software Not really a standard FTP client, but a way to organize and schedule HTTP and FTP file downloads.
Fetch by Jim Matthews Shareware from Dartmouth University. Free to education and non-profit organizations.
NCSA Telnet by NCSA Free telnet client also supports FTP sessions. No longer supported or updated.
NetFinder by Peter Li and Vincent Tan An easy-to-use FTP client program for Macintosh with some nice advanced features.
Transmit by Panic Software Panic Software makes Mac OS FTP "screamingly modern."
Vicomsoft FTP Software by Vicomsoft Commercial FTP client.

Table 4-11 Lists of Mac OS Viewers and Players

Product Description
BarbaBatch by MacSourcery An audio-processing tool for Web development. Features include the ability to convert audio snippets into Internet formats, with fades and QuickTime audio conversion and Macromedia Director-compatible AIFC IMA files.
Electrifier Pro by Electrifier Software Electrifier Pro is software for viewing and creating Web graphics in a variety of formats.
Graphic Converter by Lemke Software Shareware by Thorston Lemke lets you view and convert almost any graphics file.
Macintosh Software Library by ZDNet This library has plenty of movie, sound, and graphics software available.
QuickTime by Apple Lets you view many movie, sound, and graphics formats.
RealProducer by Real Networks Lets you produce streaming audio and video.
SoundApp by Norman Franke Free sound utility, handles most common formats.
TAG Editor by TAG Software Lets designers add interactive elements to QuickTime movies.