Freeware for Windows 95/98/NT, WebLauncher, the Internet speed-demon's toolbar, provides convenient access to common Internet functions, including http, ftp, telnet, gopher, ping, tracert, whois, and finger. As a universal address bar, WebLauncher floats above other windows and easily replaces the Run panel of Windows and the address boxes of Web browsers.
In addition to facilitating standard Web queries, WebLauncher incorporates basic news-retrieval functions and interfaces the babelfish.altavista.com translation engine and the enhanced GoTo.com search engine. With WebLauncher, search results are only a click away from any application!
With a movable, customizable interface only 17 pixels in height, WebLauncher seeks to be an accessible but inconspicuous component of your desktop and does not bloat itself by including banner advertisements or other unnecessary elements of the sort.
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Basic Usage
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To access a Web page, simply type the address, with or without "http://". Examples:
http://somesitesomewhere
somesitesomewhere
To view the code of a Web page without executing or displaying the page, simply type "peek" and the address. Examples:
peek:somesitesomewhere
peek somesitesomewhere
Protocols which must be specified include "ftp://", "gopher://", "news:", and "telnet://". Examples:
ftp://somesitesomewhere
gopher://somesitesomewhere
news:somenewsgroupsomewhere
telnet://somesitesomewhere
To compose e-mail, simply type the recipient address. Example:
someone@somesitesomewhere
To search the Web, simply type the search keyword(s).
To run an application, access a file, or open a folder, simply type the path. Examples:
c:\
c:\somedirectory\
c:\somedirectory\somefile
To finger an account, simply type "finger" and the address. Examples:
finger:someone@somesitesomewhere
finger someone@somesitesomewhere
To ping a site, simply type "ping" and the address. Examples:
ping:somesitesomewhere
ping somesitesomewhere
To tracert a site, simply type "tracert" and the address. Examples:
tracert:somesitesomewhere
tracert somesitesomewhere
To whois a site, simply type "whois" and the address. Examples:
whois:somesitesomewhere
whois somesitesomewhere
To move the WebLauncher to another location, click and hold the blue panel next to the newsreader.
To restore WebLauncher to its original location, double-click the blue panel next to the newsreader.