Arena Browser

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Arena Browser was a lightweight vintage Desktop web browser and supported the Unix-like and NeXTSTEP operating systems. It was developed for about 5 years before being discontinued.

The Arena browser was one of the first web browsers for Unix. It was originally begun by Dave Raggett in 1993, development continued at CERN and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and subsequently by Yggdrasil Computing.

It was used in the early days of the web to test and develop HTML, CSS, and other early technologies. It was succeeded by the Amaya project.

About Arena Browser

Browser URL www.w3.org/Arena/
Development Status Discontinued
The developers have announced that the browser won't be developed any more
Launched 1993
Discontinued 1998
It was succeeded by the Amaya project in 1996; the final release was in '98
Operating Systems Unix-like, NeXTSTEP
Device platform Desktop
Rendering Engine Custom
Lightweight Browser Arena Browser omits some mainstream features in order to reduce system resource & memory usage.
Wikipedia Article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_(web_browser)

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