CELLO-BROWSER

Posted by Unknown , Saturday, November 28, 2009 5:12 PM

CELLO IS THE FIRST BROWSER FOR THE WINDOWS 3.1



CELLO
cello became popular in the year since 1993 but it  fell out of favor follwing relese of the browsers world wide web and Netscape

The development for Cello started 1992 with beta versions, and a release for July 1993.
 It was publicly announced in April 12, 1993.

logo of cello browser
Cello didn't utilize any of Mosaic's source code and thus had a different look and feel.

In the year of 1994, Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows wrote an email to  the  cello:
"We do not currently plan on any other client software [in the upcoming release of Windows 95, especially something like Mosaic or Cello."
At the begining Cello was being downloaded at a rate of 500 copies per day
  
When released in 1993,
Cello was the only browser for the Microsoft Windows platform.
Shortly after launch,

By the year of   1999, Cello was considered to be a "historical" browser.  for the windows operating system

Cello had the following features:
  • Bookmarks
  • local browsing
  • Simpler interface (compared to Mosaic).
  • PostScript viewing and sound playing
  • File saving and printing
  • Editing support for local files via an external editor. Integration with the HTMLAssistant Windows-based HTML helper/editor.
  • File caching ad infinitum using a file-based cache with user-specified "low water mark".
  • Support for the full HTML and LATIN character set, including specialized legal symbols, foreign characters, etc.
  • User-selectable sound players, viewers, editorComprehensive online documentation in Windows Help format.
  • Simple user interface.                                                        
  • Fully extensible support for viewing downloaded files in an unlimited number of PC-binary file formats using the standard Windows Associate... scheme.

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