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Arnolda HTML Browser is a free and open-source text-based HTML browser (versions 1.1+ can view online websites too) that runs on Windows JScript. It works in 80x25 console window.

Screenshots

Screenshot from version 1.0 Screenshot from version 1.1

Download

Version Download link Comments
Arnolda 1.0 HTML Browser click here First public version, no connecting to the Internet.
Arnolda 1.1 HTML and Web Browser click here Internet connection ability added.
Arnolda 1.2 HTML and Web Browser click here Added HTML comment support, displaying page content only inside <html> tag. Page grouping added.

Technical information

Supported HTML tags:


Tag Description Version support Priority
<html> Describes all HTML document 1.0-1.1 OPTIONAL, 1.2+ REQUIRED 2
<body> Describes document body 1.0+ REQUIRED 3
<title> Sets document title 1.0+ OPTIONAL 3 (sibling of <body>)
<br> Makes new line (in versions earlier than 1.2, you can use traditional new line characters./td> 1.0+ OPTIONAL 5
<p> ... </p> Defines a paragraph 1.0+ OPTIONAL 6
<hr> Shows a horizontal line 1.0+ OPTIONAL 7
<kbd> ... </kbd> Defines a keyboard shortcut 1.0+ OPTIONAL 8
<!-- ... --> HTML comment. All text content inside will be ignored. 1.2+ OPTIONAL 1

Additional HTML tags:

Tag Description Version support Priority
<refresh>delay in seconds</refresh> Sets a automatical refreshing delay 1.2+ OPTIONAL 4
<next>URL</next> Specifies a next site in a group. 1.2+ OPTIONAL 4

Supported HTML entities:

Entity Description Priority
&lt; Less than sign 6
&gt; Greater than sign 7
&amp; Ampersand sign 5
&nbsp; Space (bug detected - do not use!) 8

Additional HTML entities:

Entity Description Priority
&arnolda-version; Browser version string 1
&arnolda-date; Current date 2
&arnold-time; Current time 3
&arnolda-url; Website URL adress 4

Arnolda Package Contents

Warning: Some non-important files are not described here.

arnolda.js
Main browser code. You can view or modify it, but this file cannot work directly from Windows Script Host. It requires 80x25 console window, and HTML file name (or, in 1.1+ website URL) given as first command line argument.
run.bat
Batch file that resizes the console to required dimensions, sets window title, and lauchs main script. If you run it without any command line parameters, welcome.html file will be launched.
welcome.html
The Arnolda home page. It will be opened if you do not specify an URL or filename.
webdev.html
Web development information for Arnolda.
progress.html
Arnolda HTML/Web Browser progress plan.
datetime.html
Demonstration in-browser clock and calendar that will automatically refresh every 5 seconds
blank.html
Blank page. Opened when you specify about:blank URL.
license.txt
Arnolda HTML and Web Browser's license
cache.dat (in 1.1+)
Internet disk cache
wget.exe (in 1.1+)
Tool that is used by Arnolda 1.1+ to download files from the Internet.
wgethelp.txt (in 1.1+)
Wget.exe help. You can delete this file.
openurl.bat (in 1.1+)
Tool that allows you to open a website from its URL without using command prompt.