How To View Arabic Pages under Arabic Windows
Please read this before you proceed in viewing Arabic pages in this site.
If you are using Arabic Windows 95 you can use:
| Browser | Supported encodings | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Internet Explorer [1] |  |
Microsoft Corporation |
| Communicator [2] | Netscape Communications Corporation | |
| Tango |  |
Alis Technologies |
| Sindibad | |
Sakhr |
Notes
[1]We recommend MSIE Arabic version 3.02
[2]We recommend Version 4.0.
To view Arabic text (CP-1256 encoding ONLY) with Netscape on Arabic Windows, you have to
configure your browser as follows:
- Go to Edit->Preferences->Appearance->Fonts.
- Set the dialog For the Encoding to User Defined.
- Set the dialog Variable Width Font to Arial (Arabic) - or any other variable width Arabic True Type Font (TTF).
- Set the dialog Fixed Width Font to Courier New (Arabic) - or any other fixed width Arabic True Type Font (TTF).
- Press OK
- Then go to View->Encoding and select User-Defined.
How To View Arabic Pages under Windows 95 or NT
To enjoy fully the Arabic browsing experience, we recommend that you install one of the
below browsers to enable you to read and write Arabic on the web. However at sometime you
may have various retsrictions that do not allow you to install all the customized
software. For those cases, we recommend that you install Internet Explorer version 4.01 with Arabic
support, in conjunction with an Arabic font, (try the Cyberbit font available at Bitstream's
website) and you will be able to view Arabic webpages on the net.
If you are using non-Arabic Windows 95 you can use:
| Browser | Supported encodings | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Sindibad |   |
Sakhr |
| Internet with an Accent |  |
Accentsoft |
| Tango [1] | |
Alis Technologies |
If you are using Arabic Windows 3.1x you can use:
| Browser | Supported encodings | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Navigator [2] | |
Netscape Communications Corporation |
Notes
[1] Please follow these steps in order to read in Arabic using Tango:
1.Run Tango browser.
2.Go to any of our Arabic pages..
3.Choose LANGUAGE --> Character Sets from the main menu.
4.Choose ARABIC to be the document language.
5.A list of available Arabic character sets will be displayed to the right of the
languages list.
6.Choose Arabic ISO-8859-6 from the list.
7.Click SELECT , then APPLY.
8.Again Choose LANGUAGE
9.Choose PREFERENCES and let the Arabic be the Promote language. Click ok.
10.Choose DIRECTION and select Direction to be Right To Left.
[2]Using Netscape Navigator 3.01, some text may be displayed incorrectly.
How To View Arabic Pages under MacOS
Please read this before you proceed in viewing Arabic pages in this site.
If you are using MacOS you can use:
| Browser | Supported encodings | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Communicator[1] | |
Netscape Communications Corporation |
Notes:
[1] To use Arabic with a MAC you need to get the Arabic Language kit
which can probabaly be downloaded from Knut Vikors WEB site. There is a Language Kit
system extension bundled with Nisus Writer. Even with the language kit, you need to
use Macintosh SW which is "Language Kit" aware, for the most part. Perhaps as
good an explanation of how to use Arabic on the Mac can be found at his web site.
Once you have the "language Kit" installed as a system add-on (extension is the technical Mac terminology) then with Netscape you can create under the Options menu a setting which uses one of your Arabic fonts and you get to read Arabic with the RTL-ness.
Our deepest thanks to Mr. Andy Freeman, Ph.D. student Arabic Linguistics,
University of Michigan, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, for his contribution on the Mac How
to section.
How To View Arabic Pages under UNIX
Please read this before you proceed in viewing Arabic pages in this site.
If you are using UNIX you can use:
Browser Supported encodings Company Aramosaic LangBox International Pmosaic Global Publishing Group