abaco (web browser)
{{Short description|Discontinued Plan 9 web browser}}
{{refimprove|date=March 2011}}
{{Infobox web browser
| name = Abaco
| logo =
| screenshot = Abaco-web-browser.png
| caption = Screenshot of Plan 9 homepage viewed in Abaco
| developer =
| released = {{data missing|date=May 2021}}
| operating system = Plan 9 from Bell Labs, Linux{{Cite web |url=http://lab-fgb.com/abaco/tar/abaco-20080209-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506121330/http://lab-fgb.com/abaco/tar/abaco-20080209-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz |archive-date=2016-05-06 |url-status=dead }}
| size = 492 KB
| genre = Web browser
| license = Lucent Public License
| website = {{URL|http://lab-fgb.com/abaco/}}
}}
Abaco is a discontinued web browser for the Plan 9 operating system. It is a graphical web browser with support for inline images, tables and frames.{{cite web|url=http://toppersworld.com/top-10-alternative-lightweight-web-browsers-for-linux-os/|title=Top 10 Alternative Lightweight Web Browsers For Linux OS|publisher=Toppersworld |access-date=2014-10-21}} It has a true multiple document interface inspired by acme's interface. It is a multi-threaded and modest-sized program.{{cite web|url=http://9p.io/sources/contrib/fgb/abaco.pdf|title=Abaco: A Web Browser for Plan 9|publisher=Bell Labs|access-date=2014-10-21}}
History
{{proper name|webfs}}, a web file system, and libhtml, a library to parse HTML, were written at Bell Labs as the backend for a new web browser. After the Bell Labs project stalled, Aki Nyrhinen wrote a simple frontend for webfs and libhtml called webpage which can render basic web pages and makes interesting use of the plumber to support hyperlinks. Work on webpage also stalled, and webpage has now been superseded by abaco.
Abaco, written by Federico G. Benavento, supports most of the HTML 4.01 standard, including frames and tables.{{cn|date=January 2021}}
See also
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
- Mothra – Another browser for Plan 9
- List of web browsers
- List of Plan 9 applications
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://lab-fgb.com/abaco The Abaco website]
- {{Freshmeat|abaco|Abaco}}
- {{Advogato|abaco|Abaco}}
{{Web browsers}}
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Category:Web browsers for Plan 9