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Web Accelerator PC Set-Up and Help

Information on installing and using the Web Accelerator for your PC

1. Installation.

2. Using the Web Accelerator.

3. Advanced Options.

4. General Questions.

Detailed Installation Instructions

The minimum system requirements are a Pentium 200MHz with 64MB RAM, and at least 5MB of hard-drive space. It works with Internet Explorer 4.0 as well as Netscape Communicator 4.0 or any later releases of both browsers.

1. Install.

  1. After downloading the Web Accelerator installer locate the file on your compute. In most situations the downloaded file will be on your desktop . Double-clicking on the icon will launch the installer.

  2. After launching the installed follow the on screen instructions to complete the set-up of the Web Accelerator

  3. After installing Web Accelerator, an icon as shown below is placed in your system tray. Opening your web browser launches the Web Accelerator.

2. Browse the Web.

  1. Browse the web as you normally would.

  2. When finished, simply close your web browser, as you normally would, and the Web Accelerator will remain idle in your system tray.

  3. If you want to stop the application after browsing select Stop from the pop-up menu, or if you desire to exit the application completely, click Exit from the pop-up menu.

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Launching The Web Accelerator

The Web Accelerator launches automatically each time you start Windows. It operates in the background to accelerate your Internet connection. No user intervention is required.

If The Web Accelerator is not running and you need to launch it manually, an icon titled Web Accelerator is located in the Windows Start Menu under the Accelerator folder.

The icon will then appear in the Windows taskbar to you show you it is running.

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Accessing the User Interface

Once launched, the Web Accelerator will remain in the system tray. For the most part, during web browsing there will be no need to access the user interface. You can use the user interface to change settings, view connection status or acceleration statistics.

To access the user interface features, click on the Web Accelerator icon in the system tray. A pop-up menu will appear, providing access to all the features of the product. Selecting and single-clicking any of the menu items will access that particular feature.

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Changing the Image Quality Setting

The image quality setting changes the quality of images that appear in your browser. The higher the quality you select, the longer it will take the image to load. For slower Internet connections, it is recommended that you lower your image quality. This slider can be adjusted anytime while browsing.

You can easily obtain full image quality for a particular image (described below), so don't be overly conservative about lowering your image quality setting.

  1. Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon.

  2. Select 'Settings...' .

  3. Select the 'Image Quality' tab.

  4. Use the slider bar to adjust the image quality setting.

  5. Press OK to save the settings.


Getting Full Image Quality

Note: The following information applies only when browsing with Internet Explorer.

While browsing, if you would like to request the full quality image, simply right-click on the desired image from within Internet Explorer and select "Show Original Image" from the menu.

The full quality image will appear in place of the lower quality image.

If you want to see the full quality version of all images on the current page, simply right-click on any image from within Internet Explorer and select "Show All Original Images" from the menu.

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Changing the Pop-Up Blocker Settings

The Web Accelerator can prevent pop-up windows and floating flash advertisements from appearing while you browse the Internet. This behavior is enabled by default, and no user-intervention is required. However, you can disable these features at any time.

A limited number of web sites require pop-ups to function correctly. The Web Accelerator allows you to specify a "White List" of sites where pop-ups will not be blocked.

You can also see a list of all pop-ups that were blocked. This information is useful if you suspect a web site is not functioning properly because pop-ups are being blocked.

Enabling and Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker

  1. Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon.

  2. Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".

  3. Select the "Options" tab.

  4. To hear a beep whenever a pop-up is blocked, check "Notify blocked pop-up by PC speaker beep".

  5. To disable the blocking of floating Flash advertisements, uncheck "Block Floating Flash-Ads".

  6. To disable all pop-up blocking for all sites, uncheck "Enable PopUp Blocker".

  7. Press OK to save the settings.

Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker for Specific Sitesp

  1. Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon.

  2. Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".

  3. Select the "White List" tab.

  4. Use the "Add", "Remove" and "Remove All" buttons to manipulate the White List.

  5. Press OK to save the settings.

Viewing the Pop-Up Blocker Log

  1. Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon.

  2. Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".

  3. Select the "Logging" tab.

  4. To add a web site to the "White List" so that pop-ups are no longer blocked from that site, right-click on the site and click "Add to Whitelist".

Adding Sites to the White List

You can add sites to the White List within the Pop-Up Blocker dialogs, shown above, or from within Internet Explorer.

  1. Right-click on any text while browsing within Internet Explorer.

  2. Select "Add to Whitelist" from the menu to add the current site to the White List.

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Starting and Stopping

When the Web Accelerator is launched it automatically connects. Occasionally, you may need to stop or start manually.

To Stop:

If you are connected and you want to manually disconnect, right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Stop".

 

To Start:

If the accelerator is stopped and you want to manually start, right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu. Select the menu item "Start".

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Closing the Web Accelerator

To close Web Accelerator:

  1. Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon and select "Exit" from the pop-up men. The Web Accelerator will disconnect and close. Doing this will not close any open browser windows.

    Note: The Web Accelerator will automatically launch again the next time you reboot your computer.

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Bypassing the Web Accelerator for Selected Sites

If you wish to bypass the Web Accelerator for certain web sites, then simply select the 'Proxy Exclusion' tab on the 'Settings' dialog. You have two options for bypassing sites:

  1. If you have already defined a proxy exclusion list in your web brower, select 'Use browser's proxy exclusion settings' to configure the Web Accelerator to exclude these sites as well.

  2. You may also 'Specify a proxy exclusion list' by selecting this option. In the given text field, list all the web sites, separated by semicolons, that you wish to bypass the Web Acceleration.

  3. Stop and then start the Web Accelerator.

Note:  In step 1, Netscape does not support the wildcard (*) operator.

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Accelerating Email

The Web Accelerator can reduce the amount of time it takes to send and receive email. The Web Accelerator accelerates email transparently without any user intervention, so you can use your mail program exactly as you normally would. It is compatible with any POP3/SMTP client, including Outlook Express, Eudora and Netscape Mail. Email acceleration is disabled by default.

To enable email acceleration:

  1. Right-click on the Web Accelerator system tray icon.

  2. Select "Settings...".

  3. Select the "Email" tab.

  4. Select "Enable for all applications".

  5. Press OK to save the settings. The changes will take effect the next time the Web Accelerator and your mail client are restarted.

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View Your Acceleration Statistics

You can view the acceleration statistics and how they change dynamically using the Statistics dialog.

  1. Click on the Web Accelerator taskbar icon to access the pop-up menu.

  2. Select "Statistics...", to display the Statistics summary dialog.

  3. Click "Reset" to reset the statistics. You may do so at anytime while browsing without affecting the Web Accelerator's performance or operation.

  4. Click the "Details" button to view more detailed statistics information

    Consult the following table for a description of the values.

    Original Data

    Size of the original (uncompressed) data.

    Actual Data

    Amount of data sent by the Web Accelerator.

    Savings Ratio

    Factor of reduction in data. E.g. A savings ratio of 4.00 means your connection is 4 times faster than a normal connection on average.

    Text-based

    This row contains compression information regarding text-based content.

    Graphics

    Contains compression information regarding graphical content.

    Others

    Contains information regarding content that is neither text nor graphical.

    Upstream

    Lists the total original and compressed amounts of data uploaded.

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Accessing Product Version Information

You may view the product version in the About dialog.

  1. Right-click on the Web Accelerator taskbar icon to access the pop-up menu.

  2. Select "About" to display the About dialog.

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How do I turn off the Pop-up Bocker?

Click on the accelerator icon in the taskbar, click on Pop-Up and disable it.  If you are going to websites that you need the windows to pop-up, you could add them to the white list so you won't need to disable the pop-up blocker every time you go there.

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How do I see the original graphic quality of specific image or Web page?

If you are using Internet Explorer, simply move your mouse over an image on a Web page and click the right mouse button. You'll see that two new options are available:

Refresh Page with Full Quality.
Refresh Picture with Full Quality. When your mouse is over a graphic.

If you select one of these options, the Accelerator will replace the compressed graphic image with an original quality version. When the  icon stops changing, the new image is in place.
Note: When you first install the Accelerator, it is necessary to close and then restart IE in order to have the Refresh Page and Refresh Picture right-click menu options available. 

These menu options are not available in Netscape, Opera or Mozilla. Please follow these steps.
1. Click on the Accelerator icon located near your system clock. Go to Options and adjust the Graphics Acceleration Level completely to the right (original quality) and click OK.

2. Hold down the Ctrl key and select R OR Select Reload from the View menu. The compressed graphic image will be replaced with an original quality version.

3. Repeat step one and adjust the Graphics Acceleration Level back to its setting.

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How do I use other browsers with my Web Accelerator?

Netscape Navigator is automatically configured to use the Accelerator.  Use Netscape as you normally would.

For other browsers such as Opera and Mozilla, the Web Accelerator works with any web browser that allows you to specify an HTTP proxy.  You must set the HTTP proxy host to be "127.0.0.1" and the port number to be the local listening port of the acclerator Client (5400 by default).  Consult your browser's documentation for information on how this can be done.

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What types of Web content is accelerated?

The Web Accelerator significantly speeds up web page access.  To achieve this speed up, proprietary lossless compression is applied to text, html, xml, javascript and style sheets  Proprietary image compression is applied to gif images, jpeg images and Flash content. 

The Accelerator also accelerates email traffic (POP3 and SMTP) using lossless compression.

It does NOT speed up file downloads (over FTP or file sharing programs), streaming audio/video and HTTPS (secure web sites).

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What are the system requirements for the Accelerator?

System Requirements

Below, please find the suggested and minimum system requirements beyond the basics of an analog modem, a telephone line, and an active Internet connection.

THe Accelerator can be installed on any of the following operating systems:

The Web Accelerator requires at least Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape 4.0 or any later version of either browser.

Note that Email Acceleration component requires Windows 98 and above, and that the Pop-up Blocker component requires Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.

Newer versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer are available free of charge through Microsoft.

For Windows 95 users:  Currently, Microsoft does not permit Windows 95 users to install Internet Explorer 6 or greater, however, Internet Explorer 5.5 is available.

The recommended system requirements for the Web Accelerator are a Pentium 200MHz with 64MB of RAM and at least 5MB of hard-disk space.

Internet connection line speed in Kbps (kilobits/second)
Minimum: 14.4 Kbps
Maximum: 200 Kbps

Regardless, the Web Accelerator will work within your current system configuration to provide you with the best content acceleration.

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