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MacWWW

MacWWW, also known as Samba, is an early minimalist web browser from 1992 meant to run on Macintosh computers. It was the first web browser for the classic Mac OS platform, the first for any non-Unix operating system, and the only browser ever released that supported System 6. MacWWW tried to emulate the design of WorldWideWeb. Unlike modern browsers it opened each link in a new window only after a double-click. It was a commercial product from CERN and cost 50 European Currency Units. The browser is no longer available from its original ftp location, but can still be downloaded from mirrors.

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MacWWW, also known as Samba, is an early minimalist web browser from 1992 meant to run on Macintosh computers. It was the first web browser for the classic Mac OS platform, the first for any non-Unix operating system, and the only browser ever released that supported System 6. MacWWW tried to emulate the design of WorldWideWeb. Unlike modern browsers it opened each link in a new window only after a double-click. It was a commercial product from CERN and cost 50 European Currency Units. The browser is no longer available from its original ftp location, but can still be downloaded from mirrors.

Key claims

  1. release date: 1993-05-12 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1993-05-12". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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