OmniWeb and the Early Internet

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by Derek R. on June 29, 2012

Earlier this week a nostalgic OmniWeb user emailed in looking for release notes from the early days of OmniWeb. Back when we were apparently trying to find the right pixel-width for IFRAME borders. This is all before my time at Omni, but luckily I can still go through our entire OmniWeb mailing list archives.

OmniWeb 1.0 was free to regular folk and $120, per seat, for organizations. It was exclusive to NEXTSTEP and OpenStep and kind of a great value: you could access the internet!

The printed documentation had some blood, sweat, and tears, too.

Comments

Actually, you could already access the Internet fine without Omniweb. What you needed a web browser like Omniweb (still my favorite) for was accessing the web.

DV Henkel-Wallace

06.29.12 11:59 PM

It is very sad that OmniWeb, which till now is a good browser, comes to end of its live.

Alexey

06.30.12 12:04 AM

I really hope OmniWeb is going to be updated soon. It’s still one of the best browsers.
I have also used the NeXTstep version (2.7).

Andreas

07.02.12 11:48 PM

+1 to Andreas’ post.
I still use OmniWeb as my main browser (even though it has a tendency to crash due to the large number of windows and tabs in my workspace). I’d love to see an update, but am not holding my breath for it…

Piers

07.03.12 3:46 AM

Gee, FrameMaker on NextStep Computers. That was long ago. At a time when browsers needed a manual.

tbo

07.11.12 2:25 PM

Omniweb is a nice browser. Since the technology has become mobile now days, it will be good to see an app for iPad.

Mobile app

07.18.12 12:17 AM

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