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==Features== Cello had the following features:<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1145/234173.234177|title=The client's side of the World-Wide Web|year=1996|last1=Berghel|first1=Hal|journal=Communications of the ACM|volume=39|page=30|s2cid=2003788|doi-access=free}}<!--|access-date=30 March 2010--></ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em|<!-- column start --> *inline graphics support: [[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]], [[X BitMap|XBM]], [[PCX]], and [[BMP file format|BMP]].<ref name="version1">{{cite web|url=https://lists.ucdavis.edu/sympa/arc/law-lib/1994-02/msg00198.html|title=Cello v1 released|last=Bruce|first=Thomas R.|date=17 February 1994|publisher=[[University of California]]|access-date=27 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609164303/http://lawlibrary.ucdavis.edu/LAWLIB/feb94/0210.html|archive-date=9 June 2011}} Note: to view the original link, click on it, click the anti-spammer button, go back and refresh page</ref><ref name="V.8">{{cite web|url=http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1994q1/0190.html|title=Cello Beta v.8 Released (longish)|last=Bruce |first=Thomas R. |date=5 November 1993|work=WWW-Talk Han-March 1994|access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> *[[PostScript]] viewing and sound playing *File saving and printing.<ref name="version1" /> *Editing support for local files via an external editor. Integration with the HTMLAssistant Windows-based HTML helper/editor.<ref name="version1" /> *File caching ad infinitum using a file-based cache with user-specified "low water mark".<ref name="version1" /> *DDE and OLE drag-and-drop support. Cello can be invoked and controlled through the use of DDE macros in other programs. URL arguments on the command line are also supported.<ref name="version1" /> *"Peek mode", permitting partial retrieval of files of large or unknown size.<ref name="version1" /> *Local file mode for HTML delivery on standalone machines or machines with LAN connections only.<ref name="version1" /> *Support for HTML "mailto:" scheme<ref name="version1" /> with integrated email sending client.<ref name="wwwunleashed">{{cite book|last1=December|last2=Randall|first1=John|first2=Neil|page=[https://archive.org/details/worldwidewebunle00dece/page/21 21]|title=The World Wide Web unleashed|year=1994|publisher=Sams Publishing|isbn=1-57521-040-1|url=https://archive.org/details/worldwidewebunle00dece/page/21}}</ref> *Support for the full HTML+ ISO-LATIN character set, including specialized legal symbols, foreign characters, etc.<ref name="version1" /> *User-selectable sound players, viewers, editor, and Telnet and TN3270 clients.<ref name="version1" /> *Comprehensive online documentation in Windows Help format.<ref name="version1" /> *Simple user interface.<ref name="version1" /> *Fully extensible support for viewing downloaded files in an unlimited number of PC-binary file formats using the standard Windows Associate... scheme.<ref name="version1" /> * Bookmarks<ref name="Randall1994">{{Cite book|first=Neil |last=Randall|title=Teach yourself the Internet: around the world in 21 days|url=https://archive.org/details/teachyourselfint00rand_0|url-access=registration |access-date=28 March 2010|year=1994|publisher=Sams|isbn=978-0-672-30519-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/teachyourselfint00rand_0/page/211 211]β212}}</ref> * Local browsing<ref name="Network World1">{{Cite journal|title=Network World|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_gRcEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=28 March 2010|publisher=IDG Network World Inc|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_gRcEAAAAMBAJ/page/n15 19], 22, 24|author1=Inc, I.D.G. Network World|journal=Network World: The Leader in Network Knowledge|date=27 June 1994|issn=0887-7661}}</ref> * Simpler interface (compared to Mosaic)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Emslie|first=Mike|year=1994|title=Setting up a World Wide Web Server|journal=Computers in Higher Education Economics Review: Cheer|volume= 8|issue= 3|issn=1358-5363|url=http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/cheer/ch8_3/ch23_p22.htm}}</ref> }} <!-- Column End --> Unlike [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]], ''Cello did not have toolbar buttons'',{{Dubious|Cello did have toolbar buttons|date=November 2019}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gj2fWLEtLs8C&q=%22Cello+has+exactly+three+buttons+on+the+toolbar:+Up+(or+Back+in+other+browsers),+Stop,+and+Home%22|title=Genealogy Online|last=Crowe|first=Elizabeth Powell|date=2001|publisher=Osborne/McGraw-Hill|isbn=9780072131147|pages=24|language=en|quote=Cello has exactly three buttons on the toolbar: Up (or Back in other browsers), Stop, and Home.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kgfqnlZVyMoC&q=%22The+toolbar+includes+only+three+buttons%22|title=Navigating the Internet|last1=Smith|first1=Richard James|last2=Gibbs|first2=Mark|last3=McFedries|first3=Paul|date=1995-01-01|publisher=Sams.net|isbn=9780672307188|pages=232|language=en|quote=The "toolbar" includes only three buttons (...)}}</ref> and instead commands were accessed through pull-down menus.<ref name="Shang-Chul Pak" /> ;Supported Protocols Cello supported the following protocols: [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol|HTTP]] 1.0, [[Gopher (protocol)|Gopher]] (but not Gopher+), read-only [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]],<ref name="faq1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207053327/http://www.law.cornell.edu/cello/cellofaq.html|archive-date=7 December 2003|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/cello/cellofaq.html|title=FAQ for Cello|last=Bruce|first=Thomas R.|publisher=[[Cornell Law School]]|work=Part 1|access-date=27 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol|SMTP]] mailing, [[Telnet]],<ref name="faq2" /> [[Usenet]],<ref name="FHEmden">{{cite web|url=http://spot.fho-emden.de/alge/museum/programme.htm|title=Das World Wide Web Museum - Programme|last=Klaassen|first=Gerd|year=2001|publisher=Fachhochschule Emden/Leer|language=de|access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> [[CCSO Nameserver|CSO/ph/qi]] directly<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/Recommendations/gabrwsrtools.html|title=Internet Browser Resources for enjoying Golden Age Radio History|access-date=15 June 2010|archive-date=10 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610114759/http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/Recommendations/gabrwsrtools.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Wide area information server|WAIS]], [[HyTelnet]], [[TechInfo]], [[Archie search engine|Archie]], [[X.500]], [[TN3270]] and a number of others through public gateways.<ref name="cello browser" /><ref name="GilliesCailliau2000"/><ref name="V.8" /><ref name="faq2">{{cite web|title=FAQ For Cello (Part 2)|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/cello/cellocfg.html|access-date=28 March 2010|publisher=[[Cornell Law School]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211194555/http://www.law.cornell.edu/cello/cellocfg.html|archive-date=11 February 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="supported protocls">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/history/marshall/internet/hist_news/histnews_1_6.txt|title=Histnews: The Electronic History Newsletter|date=12 October 1993|work=Vol.1, No.6|access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="Kressin1997">{{Cite book|last=Kressin|first=Mark|title=The Internet and the World Wide Web: a time-saving guide for new users|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zHzyAAAAMAAJ|access-date=4 June 2010|date=15 January 1997|publisher=Prentice Hall PTR|isbn=978-0-13-493743-4|page=115}}</ref> ;Supported FTP servers Cello supported the following FTP servers: most Unix servers (including SunOS, System V, and Linux), IBM VM, VMS systems, Windows NT, QVTNet, NCSA/CUTCP/Rutgers PC servers, FTP Software PC server, HellSoft NLM for Novell.<ref name="version1" /><ref name="faq1" /> ;Internet Connection Cello works best with a direct [[Ethernet]] connection, but it also supports [[Serial Line Internet Protocol|SLIP]] and [[Point-to-Point Protocol|PPP]] dialup connections through the use of asynchronous sockets.<ref name="cello browser" /> Cello has an integrated [[Internet Protocol Suite|TCP/IP]] runtime stack.<ref name="adahome" />
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