IP: more on tlas 32-Bit (aka Netscape Navigator 3.0 Beta 2)

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Name:           Atlas 32-Bit (aka Netscape Navigator 3.0 Beta 2)
Version:        Preview Release 1
File Date:      03/26/96
Size:           5.9 Mb
Download Time:  Approx. 90 minutes with 14.4 modem
Developed By:   Netscape Communications Corp.
Registration:   Free Evaluation (expires July 15, 1996)
Homepage:
http://home.netscape.com/
File Location:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/navigator/atlas/pr1/windows/standard/atls32s1.exe
Description:


The Atlas Preview Release 1 is an early beta of a future version of
Netscape Navigator. Significant changes include new navigation for
"Frames" and the "Back" button. When you click on a link that updates
a frame, pressing the Back button returns you to the previous state
of the frame, instead of returning you to the previous whole page. In
other words, navigating among frames now works on a per frame basis:
pressing Back revisits the previous frame and pressing Forward revisits
the frame ahead. Other additions include triple-pane Mail and News panel
layout options; compressed Mail and News headers; support for table cell
background colors; an audio playback plug-in capable of playing AIFF,
MIDI, WAV, and AU sound formats; a Live3D plug-in which extends Netscape
Navigator so that you can experience distributed, interactive 3D spaces
with text, images, animation, sound, music, and video; a video playback
module that plays Windows AVI movies; a CoolTalk helper application that
provides full-duplex audio conferencing, allowing both users to speak
and be heard simultaneously (includes a chat tool and shared whiteboard
for textual and graphical data conferencing); enhanced Java security;
and finally, the ability for developers to dynamically determine what
plug-ins are installed on the Navigator client.