The latest browsers on the market offer some exciting features
that can turn rough surfing into smooth sailing. Quite a bit of
effort has been made to allow users to see the information on
our site with older browser versions, however, we have some features
in our site that require more powerful browsers which support
java and javascript, and plugins (we currently use shockwave,
realvideo, some quicktime and mpeg).
Three popular browsers, listed below, are available for most computers.
Be sure to read all license agreements before downloading any
commercial software. (disclaimer: NASA makes no endorsement
of any particular vendor's products.)
Microsoft's Internet
Explorer for PCs and Macintosh computers: supports Java,
ActiveX, javascript, DHTML and many plugins. Free.
Netscape Communications Corp
Netscape Navigator
for PCs, Macintosh, and Unix computers. Supports Java, javascript,
DHTML and many plugins Free.
National Center for Supercomputing
Architecture Mosaic. Macintosh
Mosaic, PC
Windows Mosaic, and Unix
Mosaic. Doesn't support Java yet, but is free.
Opera 3.x features a browser that rigorously
adheres to current HTML standards, for the PC platform only. Very
good for disabled or physically handicapped web surfers with one-button
keyboard-only navigation. Very small (about 1 megabyte to download,
uses about 1.7MB installed; also runs on older PCs.) Not free.
Macintosh
& Windows Shockwave Flash Animator Player
RealVideo Player from RealNetworks. Used for displaying
highly compressed, streaming movies.
View Internetworld's
big list of available browsers.
View Internetworld's
big list of plugins for browsers.
last updated August 31, 1998
Curator/Author: Linda
Porter
NASA Official: M.
Frank Rose