Netscape Netcaster delivers information to you automatically, and gives you the following advantages:

• Using Netcaster, you can subscribe to just the channels you want and get just the information you need (Channels are Web sites that are automatically delivered to your desktop). This way, you do not have to search the Web on your own and look through irrelevant information. Netcaster can also update your channels automatically so you can always see current information.
• You can make any channel into a full-screen WebTop. In Windows, a WebTop always remains on your screen underneath other windows that you're working in.
• With offline browsing, you can download any Web site and view it when you're offline.
• Netcaster's Channel Finder provides a ready-made list of interesting channels on the Web.

1/3-  GETTING STARTED

Start Netscape Netcaster in one of the following ways:

• In any Communicator window, open the Communicator menu, and then choose Netcaster.
  
• From the Communicator personal toolbar, choose Netcaster.

2/3-  GETTING AROUND

Finding Channels and Sites

With Netcaster, you can collect both channels and Web sites. Channels are built with the same tools, such as HTML and JavaScript. However, instead of navigating to the site where you want information, you subscribe to a channel by adding it to Netcaster. Then the desired information is delivered automatically to Netcaster at predefined intervals.

In the Netscape Netcaster window, you find channels and Web sites in two places:

• Channel Finder contains a ready-made list of interesting channels. You can preview channels in the list; when you find a channel that you like, you can add it to your personal list of channels in My Channels. Channel Finder is regularly updated; check it often for new channels.

To open Channel Finder, click the Channel Finder bar.

• In My Channels, you can collect links to your favourite channels and sites. When you find a channel that you like, just add it to My Channels.

To open My Channels, click the My Channels bar.

 

Channel Finder and My Channels also provide the following information about each site:

• Each site's name is listed on a bar. To see a description of the site, move the mouse cursor over the site's bar. The bar expands to show more information.

• You can see the last time a site was updated inside its description.

• If you've specified a channel as a WebTop, look for a small, square WebTop indicator to the right of the channel's name. If a channel is currently running as a WebTop, its WebTop indicator glows.

 

 

3/3 GETTING HELP

You will find a full documentation in the Netscape Netcaster online documentation by hitting the F1 key whilst in the software.