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Q:
Will WebRunner Web Accelerator speed up everything I do
on the web?
A: WebRunner
Web Accelerator accelerates certain text and graphics on
web pages. With WebRunner Web Accelerator you will notice
a significantly faster experience when you visit web sites,
send and receive your e-mail, and perform many other Web-based
activities. WebRunner Web Accelerator will not currently
accelerate file downloads such as music files, or streaming
video or audio media.
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Q:
How fast is WebRunner Web Accelerator?
A: The
exact amount of acceleration can vary but with WebRunner
Web Accelerator you will notice a significantly faster experience
when you visit web sites, send and receive email, and perform
many other web-based activities.
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Q:
What other features does WebRunner Web Accelerator include?
A: WebRunner Web
Accelerator offers the following value-added service in
addition to speeding up your web and email usage:
Pop-Up Blocker - block annoying pop-up advertisements while
surfing!
Banner-Ad Blocking - Stop the ads, and surf faster!
Integrated Diagnostic Support Tool
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Q:
How does WebRunner Web Accelerator work?
A: WebRunner
accelerates your Internet access through proprietary text
and image compression, content caching and other network
optimizations.
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Q:
Will I benefit from using WebRunner Web Accelerator?
A: If
you have a slow Internet connection (such as a dial-up or
wireless connection) with bandwidth of less than 300Kbps,
you will experience a significant degree of acceleration
using WebRunner.
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Q:
What types of content does WebRunner Web Accelerator speed
up?
A: WebRunner 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.
WebRunner also accelerates email traffic (POP3 and SMTP)using
lossless compression.
WebRunner does NOT speed up file downloads (over FTP or
file sharing programs), streaming audio/video and HTTPS
(secure web sites).
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Q:
Can I use WebRunner Web Accelerator with Netscape Navigator?
A: Start
Netscape Navigator and browse as you normally would. WebRunner
Web Accelerator is launched automatically every time Windows
starts. It operates in the background to accelerate your
web connection. No user intervention is required.
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Q:
Can I use WebRunner Web Accelerator with other browsers
such as Opera or Mozilla?
A: Yes.
WebRunner Web Accelerator works with any web browser that
allows you to specify an HTTP proxy. You must set the HTTP
proxy host to be "localhost" and the port number
to be "5400" (without quotes). Consult your browser's
documentation for additional information.
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Q:
How do I use Internet Explorer with WebRunner Web Accelerator?
A: Start
Internet Explorer and browse as you normally would. WebRunner
Web Accelerator is launched automatically every time Windows
starts. It operates in the background to accelerate your
web connection. No user intervention is required.
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Q:
Where can I get product information on how to use WebRunner
Web Accelerator?
A: Please
visit the "Using WebRunner Web Accelerator" section
for detailed information on using the product and discovering
its useful features.
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Q:
Where do I go if I have problems with WebRunner Web Accelerator?
A: Detailed
Installation Instructions
Using WebRunner Web Accelerator
Troubleshooting
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Q:
Does WebRunner Web Accelerator speedup email?
A: Yes.
WebRunner Web Accelerator can reduce the amount of time
it takes to send and receive email. WebRunner 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.
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Q:
Does WebRunner Web Accelerator speedup my secure (HTTPS)
transactions such as my web-banking?
A: WebRunner
Web Accelerator does not accelerate secure transactions.
Secure web sites will continue to work by bypassing the
acceleration component.
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Q:
What operating systems or platforms can WebRunner Web Accelerator
be installed on?
A: Windows
and Mac Systems.
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Operating Systems:
Windows 95b w/ Winsock2
Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Millennium Edition
(Windows ME), Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows
XP
Pentium 200MHz (or equivalent)
64MB RAM
at least 5MB of hard-drive space.
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Macintosh Operating System:
OS X 10.2 or later
PowerPC G3 processor
333MHz
128MB RAM
6MB of hard drive space.
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Web Browser: Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later) Netscape
Communicator 6.0 (or later)
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Web Browser: Safari 1.0 or later
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Q:
What system requirements are necessary to use WebRunner
Web Accelerator?
A: The
recommended system requirements are a Pentium PC 200MHz
with 64MB of RAM and at least 5 MB of hard-disk space.
On a Macintosh computer a PowerPC G3 processor with OS X
10.2 (or later) with 333Mhz and 128MB RAM and 6MB of hard
drive space is the minimum requirement.
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