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=== NCSA Mosaic for X === {| class="wikitable" ! Series ! style=width:6.5em | Version ! style=width:6.9em | Release date ! Notes & features ! Supported platforms |- |rowspan=13 style="background-color:#cccccc;" |'''{{center|0.x}}''' |style="background-color:#a9a9a9;"|0.1 |Dec, 1992 |Browse plaintext and HTML documents, Gopher servers, anonymous FTP servers, and local files; HTTP/0.9 |- |style="background-color:#a9a9a9;"|0.2 | |Fixed fatal bug in 0.1 |- |style="background-color:#a9a9a9;"|0.3 | |Support for NCSA's DTM (broadcasts documents to real-time networked workgroup collaboration sessions) |- |style="background-color:#a9a9a9;"|0.4 | | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.5 |Jan 23, 1993 |Initial public release (as ''NCSA X Mosaic''). Save/mail/print; History list; On-the-fly font selection; Hotlist |rowspan=2 | {{center|<small>SGI ([[IRIX]] 4.0.2)<br>IBM ([[IBM AIX|AIX]] 3.2)<br>[[Sun-4|Sun 4]] ([[SunOS]] 4.1.2)</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.6 |Jan 31, 1993 |Different colors for visited links; Specify a start page |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.7 |Feb 11, 1993 |Links are now underlined; Able to mouse-select each character of text on a web page; Annotations; Program logo in top-right corner (predecessor to [[throbber]]) |rowspan=5 | {{center|<small>All Above<br>+<br>[[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[Ultrix]]</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.8 |Feb 14, 1993 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.9 |Mar 4, 1993 |Audio annotations (SGI only); Product name changed to ''NCSA Mosaic for the X Window System'' |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.10 |Mar 14, 1993 |Introduced <code><IMG></code> tag: inlined images (GIF & [[XBM]]) in HTML documents; Find in page |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.11 |Mar 17, 1993 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.12 |Apr 5, 1993 |Support for <code><OL></code>, <code><TT></code>, <code><B></code>, <code><I></code>, <code><EM></code>, <code><STRONG></code>, <code><CODE></code>, <code><SAMP></code>, <code><KBD></code>, <code><VAR></code> |rowspan=2 | {{center|<small>All Above<br>+<br>[[OpenServer|SCO Open Desktop]]<br>[[Harris Corporation|Harris]] Nighthawk</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|0.13 |Apr 12, 1993 | |- |rowspan=5 style="background-color:#99ccff;" |'''{{center|1.x}}''' |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|1.0 |Apr 21, 1993 | |rowspan=5 | {{center|<small>All Above<br>+<br>[[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]] 2.x<br>[[DEC alpha]] (OSF/1)<br>Dell [[UNIX System V|SVR4]]<br>[[HP/UX]] 7.x, 8.x, 9.x<br>NeXT BSD</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|1.1-pre1 |May 31, 1993 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|1.1-pre2 |Jun 2, 1993 | |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|1.1 |Jun 4, 1993 |[[Image map]] support; Print/save to [[PostScript]]; Support for <code><CITE></code> and <code><BLOCKQUOTE></code>; Support for group annotation servers |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|1.2 |Jun 30, 1993 |Support for file://localhost/ scheme for accessing local files; Many bug fixes and under-hood improvements |- |rowspan=35 style="background-color:#0066ff;color:#ffffff" |'''{{center|2.x}}''' |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre0 |Jul 21, 1993 |Displays the URL when mouse hovers over a link; "Search Keyword" area removed from bottom (moved to menu dialog box) |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre1 |Aug 2, 1993 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre2 |Aug 10, 1993 |Reload button now also reloads images |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre3 |Sep 5, 1993 |Support for [[HTML form|forms]]; Support for <code><BR></code>, <code><HR></code>, <code><STRIKE></code>; HTTP/1.0 compliant |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre4 |Sep 29, 1993 |Can stop page loading; <code><IMG ALIGN></code> attribute support |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre5 |Oct 10, 1993 |Form <code>INPUT</code> types of <code>RADIO</code>, <code>PASSWORD</code>, <code>OPTION</code> added; Program logo becomes a throbber (now animates during page loads) |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre6 |Oct 20, 1993 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre7 |Nov 2, 1993 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.0-pre8 |Nov 7, 1993 |New colorful spinning globe throbber |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|2.0 |Nov 10, 1993 | |rowspan=2 | {{center|<small>SunOS 4.1.3<br>Solaris 2.3<br>AIX 3.2.4 with X11R5<br>IRIX 4.x<br>DEC alpha (OSF/1)<br>DEC Ultrix<br>HP/UX 9.x (700 Series)</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|2.1 |Dec 11, 1993 | |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|2.2 |Feb 9, 1994 | |rowspan=3 | {{center|<small>All from 2.1<br>+<br>IRIX 5.1.x</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|2.3 |Apr 8, 1994 | |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|2.4 |Apr 11, 1994 |Fixes a major bug with forms introduced in 2.3; Last widely used release of ''NCSA Mosaic for X'' |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.5 alpha 1 |Sep 22, 1994 |Limited support for tables; Kiosk Mode; Nested Hotlists; Common Client Interface (CCI) API |rowspan=7 | {{center|<small>SunOS 4.1.3<br>Solaris 2.3<br>AIX 3.2.4<br>IRIX 4.0.x and 5.x<br>DEC alpha (OSF/1 1.3 and 3.0)<br>DEC Ultrix 4.x<br>HP/UX 7.x, 8.x, 9.x<br>Linux 1.1.94</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.5 beta 1 | |Support for <code><SUP></code> and <code><SUB></code> |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.5 beta 2 |Oct 11, 1994 |Removed the word "Document" from the Title and URL fields |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.5 beta 3 |Dec 22, 1994 |Support for <code><U></code> (underline) |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.5 beta 4 | | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.5 beta 5 |Mar 4, 1995 | |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|2.5 |Mar 12, 1995 | |- |style="background-color:#a9a9a9;"|2.6 alpha 1 | |Inline JPEGs; Can now enter URLs directly into the [[address bar]] and press return to load them; Support for <code>mailto:</code> links |rowspan=6 | {{center|<small>All from 2.5<br>+<br>Solaris 2.4</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#a9a9a9;"|2.6 alpha 2 | | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.6 beta 1 |Apr 6, 1995 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.6 beta 2 |May 20, 1995 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.6 beta 3 | | |- |style="background-color:#6cde71;"|2.6 |Jul 6, 1995 |Official "final" release |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.7 beta 1 |Jul 27, 1995 |Inline PNGs; Support for [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]] ([[MD5]] & [[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]] 4/5); Security Icon in lower-left corner of window; [[Keepalive]] connections |rowspan=4 | {{center|<small>SunOS 4.1.3<br>Solaris 2.3 and 2.4<br>AIX 4.4<br>IRIX 4.0.x and 5.x<br>DEC alpha (OSF/1 1.3 and 3.0)<br>DEC Ultrix 4.x<br>HP/UX 7.x, 8.x, 9.x<br>Linux 1.2.13<br>BSD/OS 2.1</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.7 beta 2 |Oct 19, 1995 |Document title moved to window Title Bar; Load progress bar in lower-right corner of window |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.7 beta 3 |Feb 26, 1996 |Background colors; Can enter URLs without http:// prefix; Detachable Toolbar; Contextual right-click menus; Support for <code>border</code> attribute for linked images; <code>action=mailto</code> support in forms; [[Splash screen]]; Customizable Throbber; New application icons |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.7 beta 4 |Mar 30, 1996 |Background Images; Cleaned up and colorized toolbar icons; User Agent spoofing |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.7 beta 5 |Jul 18, 1996 |Printing in Kiosk Mode |{{center|<small>All from 2.7b4 + SCO System V 3.2</small> }} |- |style="background-color:#a9a9a9;"|2.8 alpha 1 |Aug 20, 1996 |A complete re-write code named "Project: Hyperion": Supports HTML 3.2; Options for loose or strict HTML parsing; Style sheets |- |style="background-color:#a9a9a9;"|2.8 alpha 2 |Sep 10, 1996 | |- |style="background-color:#FFCC80;"|2.8 alpha 3 |Nov 14, 1996 | |}
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