Contents of the Online World
Monitor newsletters

1994-1997

Newsletter 4, Volume 4 - November 1997

1. Trends: Searching mailing list archives
2. Trends: Finding things on the Internet
3. Email that never arrives
4. Language developments
5. Email for free
6. Update Internet Trends
7. Finding European money

Newsletter 3, Volume 4 - August 1997

1. Stay away from my mailbox!
2. Practical hints: The new Lynx
3. Mailing list software
4. Privacy & Safety
5. Update Internet Trends

Newsletter 2, Volume 4 - April 1997

1. Privacy & Safety: Don't exaggerate!
2. Update Internet Trends
3. Practical hints: Email from your Browser
4. Internet's languages
5. One day on the Internet.
6. Web Watch

Newsletter 1, Volume 4 - January 1997

1. Kidlink (Managing a large virtual organization)
2. Update Internet Trends
3. Practical hints (Cache, Html Post-processing)
4. Web Watch

Newsletter 5, Volume 3 - November 1996

1. European focus on communication
2. Update Internet Trends
3. Slipr (replacement for The Internet Adapter)
4. Web Watch

Newsletter 4, Volume 3 - August 1996

1. Have Netscape lost its momentum?
2. Update Internet Trends
3. Finding information about communication
4. Web Watch

Newsletter 3, Volume 3 - June 1996

1. Indexing the Web
   • What is the whole Web?
   • How good are they?
2. Internet Trends
   • Access to the Net
   • Languages
   • Conferencing
   • News
   • Software
   • The Web computer
3. Best in Test
4. Web Watch

Newsletter 2, Volume 3 - April 1996

1. Will Internet collapse?
2. Exploiting the FAQ resource
3. Alta Vista by email
4. Finding mailing lists
5. Web Watch

Newsletter 1, Volume 3 - February 1996

1. Searching the handbook online
2. Be prepared to pay for the good things
3. World Wide Web by email
   • Applications and tricks
4. Update on Internet trends
5. Web Watch

Newsletter 5, Volume 2 - December 1995

1. The Alta Vista search engine
2. The travelling modem

   Odd de Presno reports from trips to Japan, Uruguay, Argentina, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Getting the email is not always that easy!

3. Update on Internet trends
4. Web Watch

Newsletter 4, Volume 2 - October 1995

1. Update on Internet trends
2. Netscape hints

Newsletter 3, Volume 2 - July 1995

1. Special issue: Internet trends.

Newsletter 2, Volume 2 - April 1995

1. Online to India
2. Test, practical hints
   • The SlipKnot Web browser. The Free Agent news reader.
   • To CompuServe by OzWin. Telnet to CompuServe.
   • Telnet "back home" from CompuServe. Automated monitoring of news.
3. Important developments.

Newsletter 1, Volume 2 - February 1995

1. Focus on China
2. Test, practical hints

   About: File transfers, finding files, efficient netnews, information finding strategies, email software. . .

3. Spotlight on important developments.
4. Interesting conferences, newsgroups, discoveries.
5. Important changes.

Newsletter 4, Volume 1 - December 1994

1. Focus on Africa
2. Update: Europe
3. Spotlight on important developments
   • Patent searches on the Internet
   • Trend - commercial services on the Internet
4. Pointers 5. Interesting conferences, newsgroups, discoveries. 6. Important changes

Newsletter 3, Volume 1 - October 1994

1. Accessing the World Wide Web from a Unix shell account
   • Odd de Presno tests two interesting utilities.
   • You don't need a direct connection to the Internet to run Mosaic!
2. Test result: Mosaic out, Netscape in?
   • Which one is the better of the two products?
3. Spotlight on important developments
   • Searching the Web by email
4. Pointers
5. Tracking Changes - sic transit gloria mundi.

Newsletter 2, Volume 1 - August 1994

1. Tapping the World Wide Web resource
   • Tests of the Lycos WWW search engine.
   • Pointers to other "find your way through the maze" of services.
2. Accessing the World Wide Web
   • Some points that you may have missed.
   • Tests of a service that lets you access the Web by email.
3. Spotlight on important developments
   • Newsbytes reports on online services
4. Pointers to interesting conferences, newsgroups, and resources
5. Changes - sic transit gloria mundi.

Newsletter 1, Volume 1 - June 1994

1. The batch approach to networking

   Odd de Presno's favorite findings since the last update of The Online World shareware book.

2. Spotlight on important developments
   • Telnet to CompuServe
   • SimTel
   • Live voice conversations over the Internet
3. Pointers to interesting conferences, newsgroups, and resources.
4. Changes - sic transit gloria mundi

   Services come and go, change names, move to other "homes". What the heck is going on?