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Non-Tech : BrowseMaster for Silicon Investor -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Craig Richards who wrote (17)	2/20/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: CatLady	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1169

Hi Craig, I put an entry for Browsemaster.exe in my startmenu, under programs, not startup and put the link to 127.0.0.1:3456/home.pl on my Netscape toolbar, so I can start it up when I want to, not necessarily on every reboot. I actually prefer running it this way. Cool program, I hope SI buys it from you, or hires you to work for them. ( With GNET options, of course ) CL

To: Craig Richards who wrote (17)	2/20/1999 10:11:00 PM
From: Marc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1169

Well i guess, no being able to install it is a problem. I'm running a french version of Win95 OSR2, and it seam that the program will only install in the windows/start menu/programs/ which i obviously don't have , first time this has happen to me, most of my software are in English and i never had problem installing them ...any suggestions ??? Regards , MArc

To: Craig Richards who wrote (17)	2/20/1999 11:29:00 PM
From: Curbstone	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1169

Craig, installed the program and really like it so far. Would like more detailed information on giving me the option of starting the program instead of it starting automatically on a reboot. Also, does Brad and/or GNET know about this? Wouldn't it be a borderline copyright violation or something? Just wondering if they have seen it and what their respose is? Mike

To: Craig Richards who wrote (17)	2/21/1999 12:46:00 AM
From: Curbstone	Respond to of 1169

Craig, I have a suggestion for a minor improvement in the BrowseMaster interface. The word "ignore" after the posters name is quite annoying after awhile. It sort of jumps out at me and I can't quite ignore its presence. I would like to suggest something a little more subtle, like an (X) after the posters name, or maybe move the phrase "ignore this author" to someplace less obtrusive on the page, or perhaps put it on each persons profile page. I don't want to go on and on about it but seeing the word ignore over and over again subconciously leads me in the direction of ignoring the content of the post. When a persons posts get to the point where you want to block him, believe me, your will search everywhere imaginable for that link, it quickly becomes annoying to be reminded in every post that the author can be blocked. I very much like this program. Good luck with GNET.

To: Craig Richards who wrote (17)	2/21/1999 7:49:00 AM
From: Craig Richards	Respond to of 1169

Here's some general instructions for people having trouble getting a connection to the server after running BrowseMaster setup: After you run the BMaster113.exe setup program, you need to restart Windows. When Windows is restarted, you should see that a BrowseMaster DOS box has started up. If you look at this DOS box, it should say: "BrowseMaster background task version 1.1.3 successfully started Hit Ctrl-C to exit" If this DOS box is running, then you need to go to the BrowseMaster home page. You can access the BrowseMaster home page by clicking here: 127.0.0.1:3456/home.pl. Remember that the DOS box must be running when you access SI through BrowseMaster. Once you access the BrowseMaster home page, I'd recommend adding it to your favorites so it's easy to find again. If the BrowseMaster DOS box is NOT running, check #reply-7938001. (This reply is for Win 95, if you're an NT user the paths are slightly different.) Here's a little bit about how BrowseMaster works, which may help you understand what's going on (or maybe it will confuse you more): BrowseMaster runs in the background, and all accesses to SI through the BrowseMaster program goes through the BrowseMaster background task (which is the annoying DOS box running in Windows). The URL's for BrowseMaster point to the the hardware loopback address of 127.0.0.1, and I listen on port 3456 to avoid conflicts with a possible web server or other application running on the user's machine. Once the BrowseMaster program gets an HTTP request, it then processes it, or passes it through to SI. When it gets a response from SI, it then adds appropriate links or other HTML codes to the page before sending it back to the user's browser. Craig

To: Craig Richards who wrote (17)	2/23/1999 4:02:00 AM
From: jlib	Respond to of 1169

I'll bet the WIN98 problem stems from the fact that the setup program puts the second copy of browsemaster.exe in the default \windows\start menu\programs\startup instead of \windows\profiles\username\start menu\programs\startup were it should have gone. If the user logs into windows then the profile startup folder is used instead of the default startup. Also, I like the great suggestion someone made to delete the browsemaster.exe program from the appropriate startup folder (save half a meg of space in the process) and instead put a shortcut icon there (or on the desktop for manual control) pointing to c:\program files\browsemaster\browsemaster.exe. The shortcut can then be made to startup the dos box in minimized mode via the properties menu. The user can also edit the URL in the browsemaster URL shortcut to include name and password to allow automatic login. Some very clever work, Craig. Great job! Best, Jimmy Liberato