Helpers Applications Directory
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This directory contains currently up to date freeware/shareware
helper applications that NCSA Mosaic for Macintosh can use to view 
external images, play sounds, expand files, etc.

The files in this directory are binhexed and compressed in some way. In
order to use these applications, the archives must be decoded and 
decompressed.  Stuffit Expander will do both of these things when an
encoded/compressed file is dragged on top of it.  Stuffit Expander is 
available in macbinary format in this directory.  It is important to 
make sure that this archive (stuffit-expander-352.bin) is transferred 
to the Macintosh with MacBinary turned on.

This is only a selection of the applications that are available for
use as helper applications with NCSA Mosaic.  Many other applications
can serve the same function.  Please feel free to use any other 
appropriate application.  Note that the descriptions below are taken 
from the readme or the docs of the application.

acrobat-reader-20.hqx (freeware)

    "Adobe Acrobat software gives you instant access to documents in
    their original form, independent of computer platform. With the
    Acrobat Reader, you can view, navigate, print and present any 
    Portable Document Format (PDF) file."

bbedit-html-b10.hqx (freeware)

    "This set of BBEdit extensions lets you insert HTML tags in your
    documents, so that you can easily create hypertext documents
    with the Macintosh BBEdit text editor."

bbedit-lite-30.hqx (freeware)

    "BBEdit Lite is a freeware derivative of BBEdit 3.0, the 
    popular and critically acclaimed text editor for programmers, 
    on-line-service users, and anyone else who needs to edit 
    plain-text files."

drop-stuff-with-ee-352.hqx (shareware)

    In addition to other features...
    "Expander Enhancer enables StuffIt Expander to expand files 
    compressed with virtually every compression format found on 
    the Macintosh, Unix systems, and IBM-PCs and compatibles. 
    These include: ZIP (.zip), ARC (.arc), AppleLink (.pkg), 
    gzip (.gz), Unix Compress (.Z), UUencode (.uu), and StuffIt 
    SpaceSaver files."

fast-player-110.hqx (freeware)

    "A free QuickTime movie player with special options for fast
    and smooth playback.  ...it includes an option to create 
    'flattened' movies for use on non-Mac QuickTime players..."

gif-converter-237.hqx (shareware)

    "GIFConverter can open and read several graphic file formats, 
    including GIF, TIFF, RIFF, PICT, JPEG (JFIF), MacPaint and 
    Thunderscan. It can write these formats, as well as black-and-white 
    EPS. It also prints on almost any Macintosh printer. You can use 
    GIFConverter to convert files you find online for use in other 
    programs, to view files, or to print them out."

graphic-converter-213.hqx (shareware)

    "GraphicConverter imports PICT, Startup-Screen, MacPaint, TIFF 
    (uncompressed, packbits, CCITT3/4 and lzw), RIFF, PICS, 8BIM, 
    8BPS/PSD, JPEG/JFIF, GIF, PCX/SCR, GEM-IMG/-XIMG, BMP (RLE 
    compressed BMP+s also), ICO/ICN, PIC (16 bit), FLI/FLC, TGA, MSP, 
    PIC (PC Paint), SCX (ColoRIX), SHP, WPG, PBM/PGM/PPM, CGM (only 
    binary), SUN (uncompressed),  RLE, XBM, PM, IFF/LBM, PAC, Degas, 
    TINY, NeoChrome, PIC (ATARI), SPU/SPC, GEM-Metafile, Animated 
    NeoChrome, Imagic, ImageLab/Print Technic, HP-GL/2, FITS, SGI, DL, 
    XWD, WMF, Scitex-CT, DCX and KONTRON."

html-edit-15b1.hqx

    "HTML.edit is an editor for the HyperText Markup Language, the 
    text-based coding used for documents on World Wide Web (WWW). All 
    HTML-coded documents created by HTML.edit are saved external to the 
    editor as ASCII text files.

html-editor-1.0.hqx

    "HTML Editor is a semi-WYSIWYG editor for an HTML document."

html-super-text-201.hqx (freeware)

    "HTML SuperText is a text editor designed around the HyperText Markup 
    Language (HTML) used in World Wide Web documents.  HTML SuperText 
    allows you to easily and quickly create HTML documents by allowing 
    you to write your document and then edit in your tags via a 
    select-and-tag method."

jpeg-view-331.hqx (postcardware)

    "...JPEGView, a fast, powerful image viewer for both 680x0 and
    PowerPC Macintoshes.  JPEGView can open and display images in
    JPEG, PICT, GIF, TIFF, BMP, MacPaint, or Startup Screen formats."

sound-machine-21.hqx (freeware)

    "Play and record SND/AU (mu-law, A-law, linear) and AIFF/AIFC 
    (MACE3, MACE6) sound files.   Plethora of buttons during play to 
    change speed, play backwards, loop sounds, switch formats, etc.  
    No restriction on file size; playing can take place in background.

sparkle-242.hqx (freeware)

    "Sparkle plays MPEGs, PICTs and QT movies and converts between 
    them. It is multifinder friendly and, with enough memory, will
    open multiple documents at once."

stuffit-expander-352.bin (freeware)
stuffit-expander-352.hqx

    "StuffIt Expander expands archives from the most popular archive-
    based compression formats found on the Macintosh: StuffIt* and 
    Compact Pro*. All non-encrypted archives created by any version 
    of these products are supported, including files created with any 
    member of the StuffIt family, including StuffIt SpaceSaver, StuffIt 
    Deluxe, StuffIt Lite, or DropStuff.  StuffIt Expander will also 
    expand files which have been encoded in BinHex 4.0 format, such 
    as those commonly found on the Internet. Multipart BinHex files, 
    such as those appearing in Internet newsgroup postings (e.g. 
    comp.binaries.mac), are fully supported. StuffIt Expander will also 
    ignore any headers from BinHex files."
 
Please feel free to email comments or suggestions about this directory
to the address below.

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Mac Mosaic Development Team
mosaic-mac@ncsa.uiuc.edu

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