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- Quarterdeck WebCompass (TM) v2.0
-
- Thank you for using our WebCompass 2.0. Please read
- through this short README file so you can find out the latest
- information about the WebCompass 2.0. If you don't want to read
- the complete README, at the very least please refer to the KNOWN
- OUTSTANDING ISSUES section below before using WebCompass.
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- Quarterdeck WebCompass 2.0 is, in part, an intelligent search tool that
- allows you to find exactly what you are looking for on the Internet.
- Working in conjunction with popular search engines such as AltaVista,
- Yahoo, WebCrawler, Excite and Lycos, as well as many others, WebCompass
- 2.0 makes it easy to sort through the millions of pages of text
- currently existing on the Web. However, WebCompass 2.0 is NOT JUST a
- search tool. It's a complete research assistant, summarizing and
- categorizing your information based on your own personal preferences,
- and making it permanently available in a robust database.
-
- There are a growing number of "search tools" being made available, but
- most are simply front-ends to search engines, allowing you to type in a
- search query that will go to all the supported engines at once.
- WebCompass 2.0, however, is the first program of its kind that makes its
- own summaries of the downloaded pages, and allows you to categorize your
- search results exactly the way you want to organize the information.
- Also, while most search tools have built-in support for specific search
- engines, WebCompass 2.0 allows you to configure any search engine.
- We've already added support for about 20 search engines, but if you find
- another you like, simply add it to the list!
-
- For information on how to use Quarterdeck WebCompass, please refer to
- the on-line help.
-
-
- INSTALLATION AND COMPATIBILITY NOTES
-
- The following browsers are currently supported: - Netscape Navigator
- v3.0 - Microsoft Internet Explorer v3.0 (for Windows 95 and NT 4.0) and
- v1.5 (for Windows NT 3.51)
-
-
- KNOWN OUTSTANDING ISSUES
-
- 1. If you are on a network within a firewall and are unable to add new
- search resources due to an error message stating that
- "http://localhost.<your domain name>:<a port number>" is not accessible,
- follow the steps listed below:
-
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: Go to the Connection tab in Internet
- Explorer's Properties/Options. Click on Settings and add the word
- "localhost" (without the quotation marks) to "Exceptions" area. Restart
- the browser.
-
- Netscape Navigator: Go to the Proxies tab in Navigator's Network
- Preferences. Click on View and add the word "localhost" (without the
- quotation marks) to the "No Proxy For" area. Restart the browser.
-
- 2. The Agent queries for the Topic Name even if the name is not
- included in the list of query terms.
-
- 3. The WebCompass doesn't save the location or sizes
- of toolbars between sessions.
-
- 4. If the Agent status bar is indicating search and summarization times
- that are out of sync with your desktop clock, modify the TZ environment
- variable to match the time zone settings of the desktop clock or
- eliminate the TZ time variable.
-
- 5. The WebCompass 2.0 database contains a more comprehensive and
- up-to-date list of search resources than what was shipped with the beta
- releases. However, if you choose to install WebCompass 2.0 over an
- already installed beta and choose not to replace the WebCompass
- database, you will not get the new search resources. If, on the other
- hand, you create a new database with the WebCompass 2.0, the latest list
- of search resources will be contained in the new database. At this
- time, no method exists for incorporating new search resources or
- databases other than those created using WebCompass 1.0x into the
- existing databases. Future versions of WebCompass will allow users to
- merge or import existing databases into new ones.
-
-
- CONTACTING QUARTERDECK
-
- If you just need information about our products, you can contact us at:
-
- Quarterdeck Corporation
- 13160 Mindanao Way
- Marina del Rey, CA 90292
-
- Product Information:
- Phone: 310-309-3700
- Fax: 310-309-4217
- World Wide Web: www.quarterdeck.com
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