NetAccelerator Version 1.0 README.TXT Thank you for trying NetAccelerator! Please visit our web site at http://www.imsisoft.com for product updates and information on new developments. Quick Start Guide ================= After you have installed NetAccelerator and run the program, the following instructions will help you get started quickly. 1. If your browser is already running, close it before starting NetAccelerator. 2. When the main NetAccelerator screen starts, click "Run Internet Explorer" or "Run Netscape Navigator" to start your browser and enhance its performance with NetAccelerator. 3. From the NetAccelerator screen, you can also click "Test Drive" to compare your browser's performance with and without NetAccelerator. 4. You may want to add NetAccelerator to your Startup folder so it opens automatically when you start your system. Version 1.0 Release Notes ========================= In this version of NetAccelerator, you must first start NetAccelerator and then start your browser. NetAccelerator does not automatically recognize your browser if you start your browser first. (Use the Update button to check our web site regularly for an newer release that automatically detects when you start your browser.) If you wish to start your browser automatically when you start NetAccelerator, modify your NetAccelerator shortcut and add the following command line parameter: For Internet Explorer: /start=I For Netscape Navigator: /start=N Here are basic instructions for modifying a shortcut. These instructions assume you accepted the suggested default options when you installed NetAccelerator. Consult your Windows 95 documentation if you need more details. 1. Close NetAccelerator. 2. In My Computer, open the folder C:\Win95\Start Menu\Programs\IMSI. 3. Position your mouse over the NetAccelerator icon and click the right mouse button. 4. Choose Properties. 5. Go to the Shortcut tab. 6. Place your mouse at the end of the Target line and add either /start=I or /start=N. 7. Click OK. From now on, your selected browser will start automatically when you start NetAccelerator. Browsers and systems supported ------------------------------ NetAccelerator 1.0 works reliably with Netscape Navigator versions 3.x and Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.x. NetAccelerator does not support Netscape Navigator 2.0. Support for forthcoming products (such as Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer 4.0) will be added as those products are made commercially available. NetAccelerator 1.0 does not support NT. Please continue to visit our web site to read news of more fully certified NT-compatible versions. Performance variation --------------------- On different kinds of sites, NetAccelerator 1.0 performance may vary depending on which browser you are using. Pages with frames, for example, will pre- load more reliably when you use Netscape Navigator than they will with Internet Explorer. If performance at a site is unsatisfactory, try viewing the site using the other browser. For more information on factors that affect NetAccelerator performance, see the User’s Guide. Netscape Navigator users may experience better performance if they increase the size of their disk and memory cache (from Netscape Navigator, choose Options | Network Preferences | Cache). ========================= Last updated May 19, 1997