Standarts supported by Arachne WWW browser Standarts supported by Arachne WWW browser

Standart Status Comment
http: built-in
  • http://machine[:port][/document]
  • Version 1.0 - supports GET and POST commands
  • mailto: built-in
  • mailto:email@address
  • pop3: built-in
  • pop3:[//[user[:password]@]machine[:port]]
  • smtp: built-in
  • smtp:[//machine[:port]][/local_filename]
  • finger: built-in
  • finger://[user@]machine[:port][/user]
  • gopher: partly
  • gopher://machine[:port][/selector]
  • ftp: download
    external
  • ftp://[user[:password]@]machine[:port][/path]
  • ftp: will start program asociated with "application/ftp"
  • telnet: external
  • telnet:[//machine[:port]]
  • starts program asociated with "application/telnet"
  • file: built-in
  • file:[//][/dos_disk|]local_filename
  • text/html
    *.HTM
    built-in
  • from 4000 up to 16000 HTML tags/text lines (depends on free DOS memory)(approximately 1 MB)
  • supports HTML 3.2 inluding forms, tables, imagemaps, links to frame sources, font sizes, etc.
  • text/plain
    *.TXT
    built-in
  • from 4000 up to 16000 lines (depends on free DOS memory)(approximately 1 MB)
  • image/gif
    *.GIF
    built-in
  • interlaced GIFs
  • transparent GIFs (GIF89a)
  • *.BMP partly
  • only truecolor BMP fast preview
  • image/jpeg
    *.JPG
    external convertor
  • DJPEG.EXE - high quality conversion to GIF
  • JPNG2BMP.EXE - conversion to truecolor BMP
  • image/png
    *.PNG
    external convertor
  • JPNG2BMP.EXE - conversion to BMP
  • video/mpeg
    *.MPG
    external viewer
  • MPEG.EXE
  • works on any VGA card
  • audio/x-wav
    *.WAV
    external viewer
  • PLANY.EXE
  • test your soundcard, read documentation
  • any other mime type optional
  • add your viewer of any mime type to MIME.CFG
  • DGI optional
  • Dos Gateway Interface - new standart by xChaos
  • add CGI scripts to your offline hypertext applications - see demo. (on CD-ROMs, etc.)
  • DGI must be added to MIME.CFG file
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