NetPositive
| NetPositive / Net + | |
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| developer | Be Incorporated |
| Current version | 2.2.1 (November 1, 2001) |
| Current preliminary version | 3.0d3 |
| operating system | BeOS |
| category | Web browser |
| License | Proprietary |
| German speaking | Yes |
NetPositive , sometimes called Net +, is the browser included in BeOS . The program has rather spartan display capabilities, so it supports HTML 4.0 and parts of JavaScript , but neither Java nor stylesheets or frames .
The last official version before the purchase of Be Incorporated by Palm was 2.2.1, but there is also a 3.0d3 called beta version and a leaked version 2.2.2, in which the RSA encryption engine by OpenSSL has been replaced. Possibly Be wanted to free the source code of commercial components in order to enable an intended publication as open source , such as B. the OpenTracker project, which published the source code of the BeOS file manager Tracker under a minimally modified BSD license .
The compiled version of NetPositive with all encryption libraries and tools not included in the operating system, such as HTTP or FTP program modules, has an uncompressed size between 1.4 and 1.7 MB , depending on the selected (or available) encryption strength.
NetPositive can be embedded in other applications, the user interface or the operating system itself using the mechanisms provided for this purpose in the operating system. When Microsoft released the Active Desktop in Windows , it was touted as a big step forward. Be then later claimed to have replicated this functionality of Internet Explorer in Windows with NetPositive in "nine lines of code".
NetPositive remained the standard browser of the ZETA operating system , e.g. B. to open files, despite the incomplete implementation of the operating system interfaces of Mozilla Firefox for the BeOS. Then it was finally announced that Zeta would use Firefox instead of NetPositive.
Alternatives
Originally, NetPositive was the only browser for BeOS. However, after BeOS gained popularity, Opera Software also ported its Opera browser to BeOS. Likewise, were open source browser like Mozilla (BeZilla) and Lynx ported to BeOS. And with Net ++ (using the Gecko engine) and Themis even two NetPositive clones were created .
Error messages
NetPositive issued error messages in the form of a haiku , a Japanese form of poetry. The current name of the open source successor to BeOS, Haiku, is derived from this .
Examples:
- These three are certain:
- Death, taxes, and site not found.
- You, victim of one.
- With searching comes loss
- And the presence of absence:
- The site is not found.
- The web site you seek
- Read beyond our perception
- But others await.