Kling and Elliott reading:
I do not understand what exactly Mosaic is. Does it work the same way as internet browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. It sees like Gopher would be confusing to use due to all the submenus.
Saracevic reading:
I agree with Saracevic's statement, "A major difficulty was establishing boundaries: what to include/exclude as to the first criterion? What falls under a 'digital library'" (2).
It is difficult to come up with an evaluation system for a digital library because digital libraries fall under such a broad scope.
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Mosaic is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. It was also a client for earlier protocols such as FTP, Usenet, and Gopher. Its clean, easily understood user interface, reliability, Windows port and simple installation all contributed to making it the application that opened up the Web to the general public.[2] Mosaic was also the first browser to display images inline with text instead of displaying images in a separate window. While often described as the first graphical web browser, Mosaic was preceded by the lesser-known Erwise[3] and ViolaWWW.
ReplyDeleteFifteen years after its introduction, the most popular contemporary browsers, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, retain many of the characteristics of the original Mosaic graphical user interface (GUI) and interactive experience.
If you want to see more information, you can go Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28web_browser%29
Frankly speaking, I do not use Gopher web browser at all, I think this browser is used in Linux operation system. And Gopher itself is a protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_%28protocol%29