Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours - Appendix B - Shareware Products for Windows Just about every shareware program you need for optimal use of the Internet on your PC-compatible computer is contained in this appendix. E-Mail Clients We recommend using Eudora Light, but we have listed several other clients, as well. For more discussion of what e-mail clients can do, refer to Part II, "E-Mail: The Great Communicator." Eudora Light--Shareware version of Eudora Pro ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/windows/light/eudor154.exe Pegasus Mail--A Windows-based e-mail client ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/win3/email/winpm242.exe Pronto Lite--An award-winning standalone e-mail client ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/win3/email/plite.zip News Clients We recommend WinVN as a stable, easy-to-use news reader. FreeAgent and NewsXpress also are good news readers. For more details on what news readers can do, refer to Lesson 9, "Basic Journalism: Introduction to Newsgroups," and Lesson 10, "Getting the Scoop: Using Newsgroups." WinVN for Windows 95--The premiere news reader for Windows ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/win95/news/wv32i998.zip WinVN for Windows 3.1--The 16-bit version of WinVN ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/win3/news/wv16i998.zip NewsXpress for Windows 95--Another good news reader ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/win95/netutil/newsx86.zip NewsXpress for Windows 3.1--The 16-bit version of NewsXpress (beta version only) ftp://ftp.download.com/pub/win3/internet/nx20b2.zip Free Agent--The shareware version of this excellent news reader ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/winsock/fagent10.zip Web Browsers Browser versions change almost constantly. These links enable you to download the most current version of your favorite browser with easy-to-follow directions. Netscape Navigator--Still the most popular browser around http://www.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/client_download.html Microsoft Internet Explorer--Gives Netscape a run for its money http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/ NCSA Mosaic--The original Web browser http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/ FTP Clients FTP clients can help you download files from the Internet easily and add more flexibility to FTP than Web browsers offer. There really are no other clients that compare to WS_FTP. For more on what FTP can do for you, refer to Lesson 17, "Getting Files with FTP." WS_FTP--This program enables you to install either the 16- or 32-bit version on your computer. ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/win95/inet/ws_ftp32.zip Gopher Clients Web browsers do an excellent job with Gopher, but if you want a little extra functionality, you might want to pick up one of these. For more information on Gopher, refer to Lesson 18, "Gopher Even More." WSGopher--An excellent Gopher client ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/win3/winsock/wsg-11.exe Hampson's Gopher--This one has been around a long time and works very well. ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/win3/winsock/hgoph24.zip Telnet Clients These clients help you access online libraries and other resources that aren't available through the Web or Gopher. There are quite a few Telnet clients out there. In fact, there is a built-in Telnet client with Windows 95 that works very well. We've included a couple of the best shareware Telnet clients here. For more information on Telnet, you might want to look at Lesson 19, "Telnet to the Internet." Yawtel--Yet another Windows Telnet client, and a good one ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/win3/winsock/yawtel09.zip EWAN (emulator without a good name)--This is also a very effective Telnet client. http://www.yahoo.com QWS3270--This client gives you access to those sites that require TN3270 emulation. They're rare, but this is a handy program to have around. ftp://ftp.ccs.queensu.ca/pub/msdos/tcpip/qws3270.zip File Compression Utility Many of the files in cyberspace are compressed in order to save space. In order to use them, you have to be able to decompress them. For this job, there's really only one utility to get: WinZip--The premiere compression utility for Windows. Get an evaluation copy for either Windows 3.1 or 95. http://www.winzip.com/ddc.htm Plug-Ins To enjoy some of the "snappier" features of the Web, you might want to grab a few of these. Refer to Lesson 11, "Chatting Live on the Internet," and Lesson 12, "Internet Phone and Video," for more information on these exciting products. Plug-Ins This list consists of some of the plug-ins we feel are definitely worth the time to download. Real Audio--Real Audio in real time http://www.realaudio.com/products/player/download.html Shockwave--Another great utility to make the Web come alive http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi Bubbleviewer--Brings "visual splendor" to your PC running Windows 3.1 http://www.omniview.com/viewers/win/win31.html Bubbleviewer plug-in for Windows 95 http://www.omniview.com/viewers/win/win95plug.html Live 3D--Take a walk through the Web side. http://home.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/ live3d/download_live3d.html FutureSplash--Delivers interactive buttons, drawings, and animations to the Web http://www.futurewave.com/downloadfs.htm To directly download the Windows 3.1 version, go to ftp://ftp.futurewave.com/plugin/win/splash16.exe For the Windows 95 version, go to ftp://ftp.futurewave.com/plugin/win/splash32.exe Key View--View dozens of different file types right in Netscape's window! http://www.ftp.com/cgi/key.cgi Jutvision--View 3-D worlds without losing perspective. http://www.visdyn.com/downloadplug.html Internet Phones Although VocalTec's product has been highly favored in many reviews, here are some others you might want to check out. Internet Phone 3.2 from VocalTec for Windows 3.1 http://www.vocaltech.com/down1.htm#release3 Internet Phone 4 from VocalTec for Windows 95 http://www.vocaltech.com/iphone4/ip4_dnld.htm Netspeak Corporation's WebPhone http://connect.netspeak.com/getwphn2.htm DigiPhone from Third Planet Publishing http://www.planeteers.com/download/pctrial.htm TeleVox from Voxware (for Windows 95 only) http://www.voxware.com FreeTel http://www.freetel.com Popular FTP Sites Here are a few of the popular FTP sites that contain Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 software: ftp://ftp.cdrom.com ftp://oak.oakland.edu ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu ftp://mirrors.aol.com