Quarterdeck Mosaic PreRelease 3 - READ.ME File

This file include tips on installing Quarterdeck Mosaic, last 
minute additions to the documentation and a list of known 
problems and bugs in this pre-release.

We are anxious to receive problem reports and suggestions.  
Refer to Section 5 for details on submitting reports to 
Quarterdeck.

Contents
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Section 1  - Requirements for using Quarterdeck Mosaic
Section 2  - Installing Quarterdeck Mosaic
Section 3  - Changes in this release.
Section 4  - Known problems with this pre-release
Section 5  - Features missing from this pre-release
Section 6  - How To Report Bugs to Quarterdeck


Section 1  - Requirements for using Quarterdeck Mosaic

1.  A working Windows WINSOCK.DLL.
2.  A TCP/IP connection or SLIP/PPP configured for your PC.
3.  An Internet service provider.
4.  2 Megabytes of available disk space.


Section 2  - Installing Quarterdeck Mosaic

1.  Be sure that you've downloaded the QMZIP3.EXE file, a 
    self-extracting zip file, into a temporary directory 
    (i.e., C:\TEMP)
2.  Execute QMZIP3.EXE in order to extract the installation 
    files.
3.  Once the installation files have been extracted,  Run 
    INSTALL.EXE using the Windows Program Manager or File 
    Manager.
4.  You will be presented with a welcome screen that 
    describes system requirements. Click on Continue to 
    proceed.
5.  You will then be presented with the Quarterdeck Mosaic 
    End User License Agreement.  Read this agreement carefully 
    and click on the Accept button to continue the 
    installation procedure.
6.  The next screen is used to personalize your copy of 
    Quarterdeck Mosaic.  Your Beta tester default ID, and the 
    product serial number have been provided.  Click Continue 
    to proceed.
7.  Quarterdeck Mosaic asks to confirm path and directory, 
    which looks something like: C:\QMOSAIC
8.  Click Continue to approve (or type a new path and click 
    Continue).  
    When the installation is complete, a program manager group 
    named Quarterdeck Mosaic and a Quarterdeck Mosaic program 
    icon will be created.


Section 3  - Changes in this release

User Interface Changes
======================

1.  The tray has been removed.
2.  Hotlists are displayed in archive pane.
3.  Single clicking on an object displays that item in
    the current viewer window.
4.  Hotlists are now opened as viewer windows.
5.  Added the link tree to the archives pane.
6.  New page turners added.
7.  Annotations are now free floating.
8.  Many cool changes to right mouse button popup menus.
9.  The right hand group of toolbar buttons are now drop targets.
10. Tear out windows have been removed.
11. New windows are only created when an item is dropped on the
    background or selecting window duplicate from the menu.
12. URL edit field was added to viewer windows.
13. All errors generate HTML error documents vs windows popup
    error messages.

New Features
============

1.  New global history scroll off options
2.  QMosaic now accepts URLs on the command line
3.  QMosaic now limits network requests so that it doesn't run 
    out of resources on documents with many images, etc.
4.  Added XBM and JPEG viewers.
5.  Added URL access schemes news: and nntp:.
6.  Named labels (URLs containing "#text") are now 
    supported. 
7.  The configuration option to change the toolbar 
    size is now implemented.
8.  Hypertext links that have already been visited are 
    now indicated by color.
9.  HTTP Authentication is now implemented.
10. Image form fields are now implemented.
11. Marking text and copying into the clipboard has been added.


Bug Fixes
=========
1.  When you change the icon using File / Properties, 
    the change no longer takes effect immediately, rather 
    than after selecting OK. You may also Cancel the 
    change.
2.  You may now select the default document icon when 
    choosing an icon.
3.  If a file is not saved successfully, an error 
    message is displayed.
4.  The Esc key now cancels Print Preview.
5.  If the browser window is maximized when beginning 
    Print Preview, the Restore button will still be there 
    when finished.
6.  If the toolbar is disabled when beginning Print 
    Preview, the status bar will still be there when finished.
7.  Attempting to drag a folder into one of its children 
    no longer generates a GPF.
8.  Plus and minus signs get drawn in tree view in all cases.
9.  The View As options on the View menu are now made
    available correctly.
10. Keyboard focus problems when clicking on the tabs in the
    archive pane are resolved.
11. Drawing problems when icons were being dragged are fixed.
12. There is now sufficient vertical whitespace after a Header.
13. Tabs are now expanded in plain text and preformatted 
    text.
14. The problem of tabbing to text that is on the same line 
    as a bottom-aligned image that caused drawing a box in the 
    wrong place has now been fixed
15. Specifying bold or italics for a font now works.
16. Navigating through an FTP tree was too slow.
17. If there is no file extension, the default Mime 
    type is now text/plain.
18. The status bar now states when the full document is done.


Section 4  - Known problems with this pre-release

General
=======
1. Low memory conditions can cause truncated document displays 
   and other strange things.

File / Properties
=================
1. If you change the title of a document using File / 
   Properties, the Window title does not change.

Saving documents
================
1. The File / Save As... dialog lists the MIME-types 
   to save as. This is confusing, since no real 
   conversion takes place. The selection of MIME-type 
   is purely to choose the extension of the saved 
   file.
2. File / Save As... might save incorrect information 
   if used on a document that changes every time it is 
   retrieved or on the response to a form that was
   POSTed.

Printing problems
=================
1. Printing does not break pages at reasonable places.
   It will sometimes break even in the middle of a
   line.
2. While the Printing status box is displayed, the
   document beneath will redraw parts of itself
   incorrectly.
3. Printing displays "Printing page 1 of 1" even if
   there are more pages to print.
4. Print Preview changes the title bar to Quarterdeck 
   Mosaic.

Folders
=======
1. In an Icon List or Tree view, you cannot drag a 
   folder above the top folder.
2. When there are multiple windows viewing the same folder
   contents, they are not properly synchronized.

Drag and Drop
=============
1. Dragging a document onto itself does a Go To 
   itself.

HTML Viewer
===========
1. Certain HTML constructs, such as definitions, 
   <DIR>, and block quotes, should be displayed in a 
   more interesting way.
2. HTML documents with inline graphics do not manage 
   the palette as well as they should.
3. Certain HTML constructs such as <CITE> should be 
   treated as modifiers of the current style.

Data Access
===========
1. Reloading a document that was the result of POSTing 
   a form does not work properly.
2. Network activity stops when a menu or dialog is 
   displayed. This can sometimes cause the remote 
   server to drop the connection if the menu or dialog 
   is up for too long. This can generate truncated 
   documents or other undesirable conditions.
3. If a document does get unexpectedly truncated, the 
   truncated version stays in the cache. The only way 
   to try to get the full document again is to 
   temporarily set the cache size to 0 and get the 
   document again, which will flush the cache.
4. If a file name is specified as a URL, it must have 
   a fully qualified path, or it will not work.


Section 5  - Features missing from this pre-release

Unimplemented Features: Found in other Web browsers
===================================================
1.  URL access schemes mailto: and telnet: are not implemented. 
2.  URL access scheme file: does not support directory 
    display.
3.  Edit / Find... and Find Next are broken.
4.  View / Document Source is not implemented.
5.  HTML configuration options "Display Inline 
    Images", and "Wait for Images" are not implemented.

Unimplemented Features: Quarterdeck Mosaic specific
===================================================
1.  Some amount of data conversion will be available 
    from File / Save As.
2.  A specification for outside vendors to write add-
    on document viewers will be published.
3.  Persistent caching
4.  Link tree enhancements


Section 6 - How To Report Bugs to Quarterdeck

Here are the various methods of communicating with Quarterdeck during the 
Beta test period.  We prefer that you submit bug reports via the bug report 
form on our Web Site (http://www.qdeck.com/) or by sending us bug reports 
via Internet mail (qmosaic@qdeck.com).  If either of these pose a problem 
for you, please feel free to use one of the alternative methods of
communication listed below.

Before submitting problem reports to Quarterdeck, please verify that the 
problem is not documented in Sections 3 and 4 above or on the list 
maintained on the Beta Information section of the Quarterdeck Web Site 
(http://www.qdeck.com/).

When reporting bugs to Quarterdeck, please try to provide sufficient 
information for someone else to be able reproduce the problem.  If you're 
having problems with a specific hypertext link, please include the URL
address in your report.

In addition to receiving your bug reports, we are also interested in 
hearing any enhancement suggestions you may have.

Due to the magnitude of this beta project, we will be unable to respond to 
each individual report that is submitted.  However, we assure you that each 
report we receive will be read and processed.


PREFERED METHODS OF COMMUNICATION
---------------------------------

Quarterdeck Web Site:

   Go the the Quarterdeck Home Page (http://www.qdeck.com/) and select the 
   link to Beta information.  If you prefer you may go directly to  
   http://www.qdeck.com/beta/tester.html and click on the Submit Problem 
   Report link.

Internet Mail:

  You can send electronic mail to qmosaic@qdeck.com.


ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF COMMUNICATION
------------------------------------

CompuServe:     

  Quarterdeck maintains a forum on CompuServe. To access it, type 
  GO QUARTERDECK at any ! prompt. Beta Testers with CompuServe accounts 
  can leave messages pertaining to the beta test in Library 17. You should
  be able to access this section at any time after sending us your 
  CompuServe ID. You can also send private CompuServe messages directly to 
  76711,1423.

Quarterdeck BBS:

  The Quarterdeck BBS can be reached at (310) 314-3227.  A special message 
  area, called Conference 7 - Beta Testers, should be used for reporting 
  problems with our beta software. If you have never called the QOS
  BBS before, or if you do not have access to this beta test conference, 
  log onto the BBS and leave a message to the sysop asking for access.  
  Once you have access to the conference, you may leave messages regarding 
  the beta program there.

FAX:

  Quarterdeck maintains a 24-hour line for incoming faxes at (310) 314-3217.

US Mail:

  You may mail your beta test reports or any other correspondence directly 
  to us at the following address:

  Beta Test Manager
  Quarterdeck Office Systems
  150 Pico Blvd.
  Santa Monica, CA  90405
