Demos of tkWWW multimedia capibilities

tkWWW recognizes many different file formats

Directories

tkWWW can be used as a directory browser. The neat thing about tkWWW is that these directories do not have to be on the local machine, but rather can be used to browse ftp directories such as the tkWWW archives at harbor.ecn.purdue.edu.

DVI files

tkWWW can recognize and "do the right thing" and display DVI files. For example, here is the DVI file which documents gnats, the bug tracking system used for tkWWW.

Postscript files

tkWWW also recognizes postscript files

Still images

tkWWW can view still images. These still images can exist on the local filesystem, or can be grabbed over the network. They can be of many different formats include GIF, X window dump, and bitmap format, and sense you can scan directories. tkWWW can be used as a handle GIF browser. Click here for an example.

Moving images

tkWWW can also view moving images that are encoded in mpeg .