1. Preliminary remarks

Emacs/W3 once was the most popular web browser on Emacs. However, it worked so slowly that we wanted a speedy alternative. On the other hand, w3m was a pager with WWW capability, developed by Akinori ITO. Although it was a pager, it was possible to use it as a text-mode WWW browser, so we started developing an Emacs interface to w3m.

Our special thanks go to Akinori ITO and the w3m team for the excellent w3m program. We would also like to thank everybody who has submitted comments, suggestions, and bug fixes. Even though we’re not aware of any problems, all responsibility for this program is ours (the emacs-w3m development team), but there is absolutely no warranty. The emacs-w3m program was first created by TSUCHIYA Masatoshi in June 2000.