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| developer = [[Robert Cailliau]], [[Nicola Pellow]]<ref name="w3c">{{cite web|last=Berners-Lee|first=Tim|date=3 November 1992|title=Macintosh Browser|url=http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/Macintosh/Overview.html|publisher=[[World Wide Web Consortium]]|accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref>
| released = December 1992<ref name="w3c-status">{{cite web|last=Berners-Lee|first=Tim|title=Macintosh Browser|url=http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/Macintosh/Status.html|publisher=[[World Wide Web Consortium]]|accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref>
| released = December 1992<ref name="w3c-status">{{cite web|last=Berners-Lee|first=Tim|title=Macintosh Browser|date=3 November 1992|url=http://www.w3.org/History/19921103-hypertext/hypertext/WWW/Macintosh/Status.html|publisher=[[World Wide Web Consortium]]|accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref>
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'''MacWWW''', also known as '''Samba''', is an early [[web browser]] from 1992 meant to run on [[Macintosh]] computers. It was the first web browser for the Mac platform, and the first for any non-[[Unix]] OS. Unlike modern browsers it opens each link in a new window. It was written by [[Robert Cailliau]] and [[Nicola Pellow]] at [[CERN]].
'''MacWWW''', also known as '''Samba''', is an early [[web browser]] from 1992 meant to run on [[Macintosh]] computers. It was the first web browser for the Mac platform, and the first for any non-[[Unix]] OS. Unlike modern browsers it opens each link in a new window. It was written by [[Robert Cailliau]] and [[Nicola Pellow]] at [[CERN]].

==History==
Version 1.00 was released on 12 May 1993 with the commentary: "We know there is much to be improved, but it works well on system 7 and system 6.0.5".<ref name="hoary" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:40, 3 June 2010

MacWWW
Developer(s)Robert Cailliau, Nicola Pellow[1]
Initial releaseDecember 1992[2]
Written inTHINK C[1]
Operating systemMac OS[1] System 6,[3] System 7[3]
Available inEnglish
TypeWeb browser

MacWWW, also known as Samba, is an early web browser from 1992 meant to run on Macintosh computers. It was the first web browser for the Mac platform, and the first for any non-Unix OS. Unlike modern browsers it opens each link in a new window. It was written by Robert Cailliau and Nicola Pellow at CERN.

History

Version 1.00 was released on 12 May 1993 with the commentary: "We know there is much to be improved, but it works well on system 7 and system 6.0.5".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Berners-Lee, Tim (3 November 1992). "Macintosh Browser". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  2. ^ Berners-Lee, Tim (3 November 1992). "Macintosh Browser". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Evans, Peter (7 September 2003). "Optimized for no one, but pretty much OK with . . ". Retrieved 3 June 2010.

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