AMSD Ariadna is the first

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ever developed. It was developed by ''Advanced Multimedia System Design'' (AMSD) in early 1994.

Development

To spread word of the

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in Russia, AMSD researched the web browser in 1994. It was released in 1995 and was ported to

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and

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. By the time of its introduction,

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and Netscape Navigator, two no-cost browsers, were dominating the Russian browser market. Ariadna, however, wasn't free software and, despite its high quality, failed to make a stance in the market and was terminated a few years later.AMSD Ariadna History at AMSD.com

Features

Being a pioneer browser, Ariadna has limited functionality compared to today's browsers. Some features include: *

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3.2 support * PNG support, including transparency (but not as background images) * Limited

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support (only JDK 1.02) * E-mail and

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support * 50,000 word

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- Russian dictionaryAMSD Ariadna Home Page
* Data filter Ariadna does not support animated

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s or

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References

External links

Ariadna Project Page

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amsd Ariadna 1995 software Discontinued web browsers Windows web browsers

Development

Features

See also

References

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