MacWWW browser

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MacWWW was a lightweight vintage Desktop web browser that ran on Mac OS Classic. It was developed by Robert Cailliau. It was developed for about 2 years before being discontinued.

MacWWW was the first web browser available for Macintosh computers (the graphical browser Mosaic was released for Mac later in 1993).

About MacWWW

Browser made by Robert Cailliau
Development Status Discontinued
The developers have announced that the browser won't be developed any more
Launched 1992
Discontinued 1994
Operating System Mac OS Classic
Classic Mac OS, System 6.0.5, System 7
Device platform Desktop
Rendering Engine Custom
"Uses much code in common with the Line Mode browser. This code later became libwww."
Commercially supported Paid web browser
Lightweight Browser MacWWW omits some mainstream features in order to reduce system resource & memory usage.
Also known as Samba
Wikipedia Article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacWWW

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