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HTML VIEWERS, BROWSERS
Also see: Connect IDE (includes a good integrated text mode HTML viewer)
ViewHtml- View HTML documents offline (text-mode).
* * * * 1/2
ViewHtml is a well-designed text-mode offline html viewer and converter. Special text (e.g., hyperlinks) is displayed in different colors. Under Win9x only, image viewing is supported (through an external application of your choice) and you can launch a web browser to view the same file.
Other features:
v. 2.5: Better support for international characters.
download viewht25.zip Also see: K. Solway's Shareware Page
HLIST- Offline HTML viewer and converter (text-mode).
unrated [added 5-7-98; updated 8-16-98]
HLIST is a relatively small (45K) program which functions as an offline text mode HTML viewer and an HTML-to-plain text filter. The viewer interface consists of two horizontal panes: the upper pane displays text and hyperlinks. Local hyperlink navigation is supported. The lower pane displays the page title, highlighted link information, current file name, and available memory. HLIST supports document loading from an integrated directory browser. Other features: Shell To DOS, Edit Current Document (using defined editor), History List, and Print Document. HLIST should run on just about any PC: 8086+, any video adapter, and DOS 3.3+.
Limitations: HLIST supports only a subset of HTML 2.0 tags. Tables, frames, and proprietary Netscape/MSIE tags are not interpreted; no image handling. Doesn't support a mouse, but hyperlink navigation with keys is quick and easy.
Author: Martin Goebbel, Germany (1998). See Home Page for updates, version history, and other freeware programs.
download hlist081.zip (32K) link fixed 8-16-98
BOBCAT- Text mode WWW browser can also function as offline HTML viewer .
* * * * [updated 11-20-98]
BOBCAT is a "lite" clone of Lynx that can be used online or offline. I use it to check the general layout of my HTML pages in a text mode Lynx-like environment. Flexible configuration, displays forms, helper apps, bookmark file and history list.
Limitations: Max size of viewable files limited by conventional memory (unless you use EMS). Memory handling needs improvement. Bobcat is quite easy to set up - allow the self-extracting EXE to create the necessary directories for Bobcat's files. Run NEWUSER.BAT before attempting to run BOBCAT.BAT.
Author: Wayne Buttles. (1998); Bobcat Home Page.
See change.log for version history.
download BCAT-E07.EXE (670K; 11-98)
Arachne- Graphical browser for DOS supports EGA, VGA, SVGA.
* * * * * [added 6-19-98 updated 07-05-99]
A remarkable programming effort. I haven't been able to try Arachne online but it functions very well as a complete graphical DOS offline browser. The polished look and feel is reminiscent of Netscape/ MSIE with notable distinguishing features. Keyboard navigation fully supported, including a Lynx navigation emulation mode. Arachne handles tables and frames, images, and can use external helper apps. Includes a very basic built in editor and has HTML- to- text saving capabilities.
"Official minimal configuration is PC with 80686 or higher CPU and 512 kB SVGA card, but Arachne will partly work even on any 80x86 with EGA or VGA." Experimental support for CGA. See docs for tips on how to speed up Arachne on slower PC's. Unpacked distribution files currently require around 3MB disk space.
"Arachne is free for personal, non-commercial use. Anyone may use the copyrighted parts of Arachne WWW Browser for private, NON-COMMERCIAL purposes." A very few (and functionally irrelevant) customization features are disabled in unregistered version (e.g., e-mail sig) and can be enabled by purchasing a registration key. Arachne is also distributed by Caldera as (DR-)WebSpyder.
Author: Michael Polak et al., xChaos software. Czech Republic (1999). Suggested by Tomas Brunclik.
Go to Home Page for download information and version histories..
IMAGE CATALOGING (TO HTML)
Also see: A freeware WIN3.1 alternative to the apps listed below is ListPics. It can create multiple pages and provides links between multiple pages.
1. IMGTAB -Catalogs images into single HTML page. 2. AUTOGIF- Catalogs images to HTML with extra file information. 3. GIFTAB- Catalogs images into HTML page(s) with "thumbnails."
Here's a more detailed feature comparison (revised 3-21-98): Note: AUTOGIF and GIFTAB are still in development and this table may be incorrect for latest versions (rg)
Program =============> [GIFTAB].[IMGTAB]...[AUTOGIF] Win95 LFN support.........yes.......no........yes Multiple page output..."gallery"....no........no Listed Formats*.........[1,2,4]..[1,2,3,4]..[1,2,4]
Information displayed File name ................opt.......yes.......yes Sort by name..............no........yes.......yes File size.................opt.......no........yes File date/time............opt.......no........yes Image Dimensions..........opt.......no........yes Overall rating............*****.....**........*** * --> image formats: 1= GIF, 2= JPG, 3= PCX, 4 =BMP opt-> optional
HTML CONVERSION: txt < > HTML
HTMLStrip- Intelligent conversion of HTML to plain text.
* * * * * [updated 07-05-99]
Perhaps the finest HTML to text converter around- and it's free. Awarded a "Best" rating by PC Computing in their July 1996 issue. Many converters simply strip out codes- the resulting text may bear little resemblance to the original HTML document. HTMLStrip is more intelligent- it centers text that is bracketed by <center> tags. Tables can be converted into ASCII or ANSI tables. This app can even reference links by number and place the actual links in an end-notes section. While both Netscape and MSIE have respectable "save as plain text" options- they lack the flexibility possessed by HTMLStrip. One reservation: HTMLStrip does not distinguish ordered and unordered list items. Author: Bruce Guthrie/ Wayne Software.
Version history: v906 released 6-99. See Wayne Software
download htmst906.zip . (129K)
Winent- Simple plain text to HTML converter. TXT2HTM- Simple plain text to HTML converter.
unrated
WINENT and TXT2HTM are similar tools that add some initial html formatting to plain text files. Both add HTML/TITLE/BODY tags to the text file but differ slightly in how they tag line and paragraph boundaries (see below). These tools are best suited to simple, paragraph-rich text files (they don't recognize indentations, text tables, right justified text, etc. as special). There do exist more complex TXT to HTML converters than these- but their complexity often defeats the goal of easy conversion.
WINENT [updated 10-25-98]: Wraps text, adds a time-stamped footer, and translates supported special characters into their HTML equivalents. Works as a filter. WINENT adds <P></P> tags around paragraph boundaries but inserts nothing at simple line breaks. Source code included. Author: Joao Magalhaes. Portugal. (1998)
New in v2.2:
download winent22.zip (17K)
TXT2HTM [added 7-4-98] allows you to supply an HTML title on the command line- or it uses the base filename by default. Unlike WINENT, TXT2HTM doesn't translate special characters into HTML equivalents, nor does it wrap text. TXT2HTM uses only <BR> tags (at both line breaks and paragraph boundaries). Author: B. K. Ming. (1998)
download TXT2HTM (4K)
NBMC- Convert Netscape 2.x+ bookmark file into formatted page.
NBMC: * * 1/2. This utility consists of a set of batch files and a search/replace program which convert a Netscape 2.x+ bookmark file into a formatted html page. Different batch files produce different designs (tables vs. no tables, different graphics, etc.). The appearance of the final html file obviously depends on how well you have organized your bookmark file (i.e., logical hierarchy). Limitations: I had to read the docs pretty close to get this to work- the most important direction to note is that you have to place a copy of your bookmark file in the parent directory of the subdirectory containing the NBMC files (= one level higher). If your bookmark file contains very long lines, the output lines may get truncated. Author: F. Pacquier (1996)
download nbmc20.zip (50K) link adjusted 7-4-98
GPAGE- Generates formatted web page of your favorite sites from plain text file.
unrated [9-12-98]
GPAGE is a 4K command line program that produces a local home page (e.g., a favorite sites page) from a plain text file containing simple URLs, associated descriptions, and group labels. HTML tagging, page layout, and index generation are handled by the program.
Author: Horst Schaeffer, Germany. (1998); Suggested by Robert Bull.
download Gpage16.zip (18K)
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