Chapter 5: Digging In
(Client Software)

Ingredients:

  • Using Web browsers
  • Using ftp
  • Using a Listserver
  • Viewers, players, news readers, and chat clients

It is now time to learn how to make appetizers - the first batch of recipes in this book. A good appetizer is both a culinary delight in itself and also prepares the palette for the forthcoming joys of the main course. Here are recipes for a variety of appetizers.

Table 5-0 Miscellaneous URLs

Product Description
AU sound check by Scott Nelson Test whether your browser is set up to play .au sounds.
E-mail discussion groups by Tile.Net A searchable directory of mailing lists.
IRC help by irchelp.org A help archive for Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
Liszt by Topica, Inc. The Liszt site for searching mailing lists.
The IRC Prelude by David Caraballo and Joseph Lo A tutorial and introduction to Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

Table 5-1 Netscape Navigator Software Snapshot

Product Description
Communicator by Netscape Web location.
Communicator by Netscape FTP location.
Technical Support by Netscape  

Table 5-2 Internet Explorer Software Snapshot

Product Description
E-mail help by Microsoft E-mail help for Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer by Microsoft Web location.
Web support by Microsoft User area of MSIE home page.

Table 5-3 CyberDog 2.0 Software Snapshot

CyberDog is no more.

Table 5-4 Fetch

Product Description
Fetch by Jim Matthews Location, questions, and bug reports.

Table 5-5 Anarchie

Product Description
Anarchie by Stairways Software Location, questions, and bug reports.

Table 5-8 GraphicConverter Snapshot

Product Description
FAQs by Lemke Software Questions and bugs.
Graphic Converter by Lemke Software Graphic Converter home page.

Table 5-9 Ghostscript Software Snapshot

Product Description
MacGS by Jeff Schindall Mac version of GhostScript, a free PostScript file viewer.
MacGS by Jeff Schindall FTP location for MacGS software and documentation.

Table 5-10 SoundApp

Product Description
SoundApp by Norman Franke Freeware sound player and converter.

Table 5-11 QuickTime Snapshot

Product Description
QuickTime by Apple Movie, image, and sound playing and converting software from Apple.

Table 5-11 Newswatcher Software Snapshot

Product Description
Newswatcher by Northwestern University A freeware news group reader client.

Table 5-12 IRCle Snapshot

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Product Description
IRCle   Freeware Internet Relay Chat client.