TkWWW

tkWWW
Developer(s)Joseph Wang[1]
Initial release0.1 25 July 1992; 32 years ago (1992-07-25)[2]
Final release
0.13 pre2[3] / 2 April 1995; 29 years ago (1995-04-02)
Written inTcl/Tk[1]
PlatformSame as Tcl/Tk
Available inEnglish
TypeWeb browser and HTML editor[1][4]
LicenseGPLv2[3][5]

tkWWW is an early, now discontinued web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor[6] written by Joseph Wang at MIT as part of Project Athena and the Globewide Network Academy project.[5][7] The browser was based on the Tcl language and the Tk (toolkit) extension[6][8][9] but did not achieve broad user-acceptance or market share,[10] although it was included in many Linux distributions by default.[6] Joseph Wang wanted tkWWW to become a replacement for r r n[11] and to become a "swiss army knife" of networked computing.[12]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference unichicago was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Wang, Joseph (25 July 1992). "tkWWW-0.1". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b Wang, Joseph. "Overview". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  4. ^ Vetter, Ronald J. (October 1994). "Mosaic and the World-Wide Web" (PDF). North Dakota State University. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  5. ^ a b Cockburn, Andy; Jones, Steve (6 December 2000). "Which Way Now? Analysing and Easing Inadequacies in WWW Navigation". International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 45: 105–129. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.25.8504. doi:10.1006/ijhc.1996.0044.
  6. ^ a b c "Red Hat Linux Unleashed rhl50.htm". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  7. ^ Wang, Joseph. "Globewide Network Academy". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 17 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference newsletter9305 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Berners-Lee, Tim; Cailliau, Robert (23–27 September 1992). "World-Wide Web" (PostScript). World Wide Web Conference. World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  10. ^ LoVerso, John R.; Mazer, Murray S. (July 1997). "Caubweb: Detaching the Web with Tcl" (PDF). Fifth Annual Tcl/Tk Workshop. Boston, Massachusetts: USENIX. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  11. ^ Wang, Joseph. "tkWWW as a replacement for rrn". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  12. ^ Wang, Joseph. "tkWWW TODO list". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 16 November 2010.