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Depending on the selected option, you can set different attributes. Clicking on the "OK" button stores these settings temporarily. Clicking on "Store settings" store all present settings permanently, so that they are used when the WebAssistant is started again. With "OK" and "Store settings" close the dialogues. With "Apply" the dialogue is still open and the attributes are stored temporarily.
It can be chosen between German and English.
The chache of the WebAssistant are displayed as a HTML-page or a about a applet through the command "ls".
It is also possible to display the cache in the in the search window of the MS Internet Explorer. The URL needed for this has to be entered in.
This URL can be found out by using the WebAssistant in the offline mode and opening the search window. The error message issued will contain the URL. This URL can also be found in the browser protocol.
Use of dynamic sites of the WebAssistant with Java Script. So that the web pages are loading faster, e.q. by the command "ls".
The HTTP protocol between WebAssistant (browser) and server is displayed in an additional window.
These settings are taken at the next start of the WebAssistant!
The WebAssistant communicates with the browser via a port. The port 8080 is used per default.
This option decides which surface is used by the WebAssistant. It can be switched between AWT and Swing. Swing is only available on the java platform 2.
WebAssistant Professional is represented only as an icon.
A proxy inserted after the WebAssistant can be specified here.
Selection of HTTP protocol versions.
The fastest data transmission is obtained with HTTP 1.1. This protocol version is only supported by the WebAssistant Professional. The Browser should also be configured with this option. You find this option for the Microsoft Internet Explorer with:
Tools/Internet options/Extend/Parameters for HTTP 1.1. You find this option for the Netscape (Mozilla) with:
Edit/Preferences/Advanced/HTTP connections (see Proxy-Configuration).
Standard setting causes the browser to transmit the present URL (reference) at requesting another URL. This setting can be kept, or can be set so that no reference can be transmitted, or a reference can only be transmitted if it is in the same domain. You can thus limit the process of passing on data on your browsing habits.
At standard setting, the browser will transmit its name to the HTTP server. This setting can be kept, or can be set to transmit a different name or no name at all. You can thus limit the process of passing on data on your browsing habits.
If the options activated, cookies will be transmitted to the browser respectively to the server. You can thus limit the process of passing on data on your browsing habits.
With the HTTPS-protocol are transferring as encoded files are storing as decoded files! There a URL is transformed from https://abc... to http://mywebassistant.net.abc... .
At the transmission of confidential data, due to storing of decoded files we don't advise to use this option. For deactivation switch off the HTTPS-proxy in the browser (see Proxy-Configuration).
The implementation of the protocol only consists of a subset. Therefore some HTML-pages cannot be displayed.
For use one of the two following options has at least to be activated.
It is recommended to use both options.
Absolute references of URLs with the HTTPS-protocol are transformed in HTML-pages. This option is efficient, but not possible at all pages.
With the above option not workable URLs are transformed by the local SSL-server of WebAssistant Professional. The port 8888 is used for the server per default. If this port is already busy, the port number has to be changed.
A security note of the browser signals the respectively first transformation with the SSL server of a URL from a domaine.
The safety notes are reduced, if the certificate "MM3-WebAssistant" is installed. The certificate can be installed by every note of the browser.
A proxy inserted after the WebAssistant Professional can be specified here.
A proxy inserted after the WebAssistant can be specified here.
This functionality can be switched on and off.
At Private Edition there are reductions at all functions due to the simpler treatment.
The Frett (Ferret) traces additional links, starting from the HTML site currently visible, to be able to offer them from the cache when further browsing is executed. However, this takes up a large proportion of bandwidth and memory space. Depending on the application the links to be retrieved can be specified as follows:
At Private Edition there are reductions at all functions due to the simpler treatment.
Starting from the start URL you can mirror complete HTML sites in an adjustable depth with this option. After starting, the loaded HTML sites are protocoled in a new window. Delete the output of the protocol window by pressing the "Clear" button and cancel mirroring by pressing the "Cancel" button.
Please note that herefore the settings of the Options/Frett option will also be used. Changes in settings will be effected only after they have been saved (button OK or Store Settings).
Additonal protocol:
HTML pages loaded newly can be logged in addition HTML-List. You can navigate in this list
The list can be saved under one of the two URL's in the cache-archive of WebAssistant:
Second URL uses the domain name of start URL and the date of the mirroring as file name.
At Private Edition there are reductions at all functions due to the simpler treatment.
The WebAssistants cache consists of up to five folders (subdirectories) where the Internet sections can be filed. For operation it is vital that at least the directory used for installation is used here again. Within this directory lies domain www.MM3Tools.de which holds the
WebAssistant. Depending on your individual configuration, it may contain other domains.
Never change the directory structure of MM3Tools as the WebAssistant presupposes the structure provided.
Other folders may be added to the cache using the "Add" key, and deleted using "Del". We recommend to use one of these folders as a read/write-enable working directory. All other folders could then be assigned read-enable only. Simply by copying from the working directory you can then compile folders for specific tasks or subjects.
With the button "Browse" the directories can be indicated in a addition window with the Swing userinterface.
In the example above, five folders are given: The working directory, three folders specified by subject (job, financial, hobby) and the Cache Folder with the domain www.MM3Tools.de and any other sites of interest. By exchanging the entries you can compile any number of specific folders, which can also be stored on another storage device, like CD ROM. Moreover, the WebAssistant itself can also be started from a CD ROM. It is not necessary to install it on a harddisk! Only a virtual machine must have been installed on the computer or in the network.
At activation of the option "Store web pages" the files are put down in the directory with right of write. With WebAssistant Professional text files can be compressed.
Ressources not relevant to you can be filtered to avoid unnecessary costs for data transmission and memory space. For automated filtering, restrictive operation has been chosen to make sure you are not denied contents you may find interesting. According to our analysis it may make sense not to select the general browser setting not to load images. We would rather advise to specify subdirectories and subdomains from which GIF images must not be loaded. If there are contents of entire domains or subdomains you are not interested in, you can also specify these.
The WebAssistant can be used for many different purposes. It is difficult therefore to give any specific recommendations for filter settings. Possible applications may concern family filters or ad filters. For advertising purposes, GIF images are often loaded from specific subdirectories (e.g. advertising, adverts, ads, werbung, anzeige) or other files from specific subdomains (e.g. ad.). The filter setting prevents files to be loaded from the areas specified.
To configurate your application area, take note of the areas from which undesired files are loaded and specify these as filters.
Please note:
Providing a large variety of options, the WebAssistant has not been conceived as an ads filter. It must also be noted that advertising today is a considerable driving force for the development and maintenance of many products and does provide information. We have therefore refrained from a pre-configuration as an ad blocker. This is also why the program has no option to use image sizes for filtering: These same sizes are sometimes used to serve the offer. Filtering in this respect will therefore not contribute to a more efficient use of the Internet.
To identify users, some providers use temporary identifiers in the URL. If a cache is used, these sites can therefore not be used to full extent. In simple cases WebAssistant recognises this, it generates identifiers that can be re-used. For this, activate the field Profile.
Moreover, this session or profile information can, if necessary, be avoided with the following filter:
DOMAIN STRING
When the domain specified is saved into the cache, all characters of a subdirectory or file name to the right or to the left of the STRING specified will be eliminated.
This option specifies the behaviour if a requested URL is not available in the browsing mode off-line.
The protocol files can be deleted using the del function on the HTML site of the protocol concerned.
Spezification of clients (computers) with access to the WebAssistant:
Following functionallities are available:
With the professional edition a check about a new version will be carried out weekly or monthly by activation. The check cannot be deactivated in the evaluation time.
With the private edition a check will be carried out monthly.
The following information is displayed:
We like to inform you about the further developments around the WebAssistant by e-mail. Please, if you are interested in this, register yourself.
You can also specify the standard browser which is to be started with the WebAssistant. In particular if no browser appears when you start the
WebAssistant, specify the browser here.
This information on the WebAssistant is displayed when you click on the Help button.
Please feel free to use the Message button to inform us about occuring errors and any suggestions for the development of the WebAssistant. We look forward to your suggestions and requests.
Your WebAssistant Team
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