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WebZinger(tm) Shareware (Version 0.75) Information
8 May 1997

WebZinger(tm) is Shareware. Please see the legal agreement in the
attached file IMOL.TXT for the license and the limitations on 
distribution per that agreement.


What is it?
WebZingertm is a Web utility that combines "Intelligent Agent" 
and "Data Push" technologies to assist users of the Internet.  
The user interface is based on the tape deck analogy of Recording 
and Playback.  During recording, a commercially available Web 
search engine is employed to locate potential Web sites that are 
likely to contain the search topic.  Sites are then automatically 
visited and inspected.  In the default settings, if a site has an 
image of over 8 kilobytes in size, and under 100 kilobytes in size, 
the image is downloaded along with the title of the page and an 
associated paragraph of text.  The site's address is also recorded.  
This data set of image, title and text is referred to as a "snapshot".  
During playback, a slideshow-like presentation of each saved 
snapshot is presented from within the user's browser.  At any time, 
the user can pause playback and go directly on-line to the Web site 
from which the snapshot was taken.

Features
Easy to use
Finds information using search engines or from any URL
Easy to use to quickly summarize an entire web site for quick viewing
Run searches in the background
Find images and their descriptions automatically
Play Web page "slideshows"
Go directly from playback to the web page whose snapshot is seen
Make multiple recordings in parallel to optimize your data channel
Play back a recording in progress after only 3 snapshots
Play back a previous recording while a new recording is in progress
Easy to use settings via a graphical interface

System Requirements:
You will need...
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or Netscape Navigator 3.0
A Java environment
An IBM PC or clone with a Pentium Processor
16 MB of DRAM, or more
A 14.4 kilobaud modem, or faster
An Internet service provider (ISP) account
150 Kbytes of drive space for WebZinger itself and 1 or more megabytes for 		WebZinger recordings
10 megabytes or more of free hard drive space for temporary files


Installation from a Win 95 Executable (.exe) file.
Copy WZ075.exe from the distribution floppy or Web site to the disk drive 
you wish to install it on.  Then change to that drive and double-click 
on WZ075.exe.  The files will be decompressed and two icons will be 
placed on your desktop: WebZ Recorder and WebZ Player.  
If you do not have a Java environment (ie. you get a "bad command" 
message from DOS because DOS can not find jview or Java), you can 
get a free one from our Web site or by installing the Microsoft 
Network and downloading their latest ActiveX drivers.  Even after 
uninstalling MSN, the Java environment remains.

Installation from a (.zip) file.
If your copy of WebZinger is enclosed in a zip file, then to install 
it follow these directions:
1) Make a directory with recommended name webzinger on your local hard
disk.
2) CD (or move) to that directory.
3) Place the zip file wz075.zip into that directory.
4) Unzip it into that directory (the zip file is flat and will place all
files into the directory named in the unzip directory field).
5) On Windows 95 systems, run the executable file wzinstall.exe. This will
create icons for WebZinger Recorder and Player on your desktop.
6) Enjoy WebZinger.

Recording
From the Win 95 desktop, double-click on the WebZ Recorder icon.  
Read the Shareware License.  If you agree, click to to so on the 
"I Agree" button.  If you are not already connected to the Internet 
via modem and ISP, connect now.  When the WebZingertm Recorder 
screen opens, type the topic you wish to obtain information about.  
Separate words with spaces and try phrase the terms naturally.  
For example, Chicago hotels.  One or two-word search terms work best.  
Do not use +, & or other symbols unless they are part of the topic 
you are searching for.  Type in a name for the folder that will be used 
to hold the Web snapshots.  If you do not type anything "Default" 
will be used.  Each new recording will use, and thus overwrite the 
"Default" folder, unless a name is typed-in for the playback folder.  
The status of your search will be displayed on-screen unless you 
minimize the window.

(For your information, the file that starts up the recording process 
is RECORDER.BAT in the WebZinger directory.  From a DOS Window prompt 
in the WebZinger directory, type RECORDER and then the Enter key.)

Playback
From the Win 95 desktop, double-click on the WebZ Player icon.  
Read the Shareware License.  If you agree, click to to so on the 
"I Agree" button.  If you would like the ability to go online during 
playback, and you are not already connected to the Internet, do connect 
now.  Select the name of the folder to play back, then click on OK.  
After about 10 seconds, snapshot slideshow playback will begin.  
To hold a snapshot on-screen longer, click the mouse.  Clicking twice 
will pause playback and present a dialogue box that contains buttons 
for selecting "go on-line" or "resume playback".  Clicking on resume 
continues playback.  Clicking on go online causes the browser to attempt 
to connect to the Web site from which the current snapshot was derived.  
To return to playback from a Web site, close the browser window, then 
click on the resume playback button.  To quit playback, click on the 
"Quit" button.  To quit WebZingertm Playback, close the window.

(For your information, Playback is a Java Applet that can be started 
from within Navigator or Internet Explorer by typing the following line 
in the Address Window:
file://c:\webzinger\imoplay.html)

Directory grooming
To eliminate playback folders, use the Microsoft Windows 95 Explorer 
delete function.  The list of available folders shown by WebZinger 
Playback is only updated during recording, so make a new recording 
after deleting folders.  To remove WebZinger from your system, delete 
the Webzinger folder and all of its contents.  Then, drag the WebZinger 
icons from the desktop to the Recycling bin.  When the recycling bin 
is emptied, removal will be complete.

Known bugs, idiosyncracies, and their workarounds
Occasionally, Internet Explorer does not initialize when called by 
WebZingertm Playback and is immediately terminated by Win 95.  Try 
again and it usually restarts fine.  Netscape Navigator does not have 
this bug.

During playback of snapshots, Internet Explorer causes a page fault 
due to IE mishandling of an image file.  Delete the image file 
following the last snapshot viewed from the folder.  If IE still 
page faults, delete the next image.

The "go online / resume" dialogue box disappears.  Make it visible by 
clicking on its icon in the Win 95 Task Bar at the bottom of the screen.

Hard drive space seems to be disappearing and does not become available 
even after deleting all the temporary files in windows\temporary 
internet files and windows\history.  Surprise!  Internet Explorer makes 
hidden copies of images when it downloads images or plays images from 
disk that were previously downloaded.  Restart Windows and the drive 
space will magically reappear.

Nothing happens when WebZingertm is connected to the Internet via 
America On Line or Spry Mosaic.  Both AOL and Spry Windows 95 drivers 
use a 16-bit Winsock to connect to a network.  Use a Web browser that 
calls a 32-bit Winsock, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

Contact
Questions and comments should be addressed to info@imaginon.com.