Arachne (web browser)

The Arachne browser ( Arachne is the Greek word for spider ) is a free web browser for DOS - based operating systems. A version for GNU / Linux is still in the development stage. Furthermore, Arachne - except for surfing the World Wide Web - can be used as an e -mail program, feed reader and IRC client.

Arachne has very modest hardware requirements, and runs partly already on computers with 8086 processors. The browser uses a graphical user interface and can by modem or by NIC access the Internet.

Arachne supports the graphics JFIF, PNG, BMP, and animated GIF files. The browser understands mostly HTML 4.0 and CSS 1.0, and supports tables and frames. FTP, NNTP for Usenet forums, Internet Relay Chat, RSS, POP3 and SMTP protocols are, Arachne supports by default. Arachne includes a TCP / IP protocol stack. Most Internet settings can be made ​​via the browser ( dial-up and Ethernet connection). JavaScript and SSL are not supported.