Anawave Software Introduces Final Version of Anawave WebSnake 1.2; Powerful Off-Line Browser Provides Innovative Intelligent Pull Technology.NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 1997--In a world where information of every shape and kind is pushing its way onto the desktops of reluctant users, Anawave Software is introducing the final version of Anawave WebSnake 1.2, a powerful and innovative off-line browser that offers a whole new approach. The program, using intelligent pull technology, lets users stem the flow of unwanted data and intelligently invite resources onto the system. 1) The final version of WebSnake includes new features such as an Express Add Project, allowing advanced users to immediately add new projects, bypassing the Project Wizard. Users will also be able to move Web sites from one place to another while links are still maintained, offering portability. Finally, the option to obey Robot Exclusion Standard robot exclusion standard - standard for robot exclusion feature will tell the application querying it, which files to stay out of, complying with netiquette (NETwork etIQUETTE) Proper manners when conferencing between two or more users on an online service or the Internet. Emily Post may not have told you to curtail your cussing via modem, but netiquette has been established to remind you that profanity is not in good form over standards. 2) The final version of WebSnake includes an enhanced feature set which includes an option to obey the Robot Exclusion Standard to stay out of certain files, complying with netiquette standards. Advanced users can now create projects immediately, bypassing the Project Wizard using the new Express Add Project. Finally, a downloaded site is now portable- moving information from computer to computer, maintaining all links. Designed exclusively for Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , WebSnake supports off-line browsing, searching and retrieving files, creating graphical site maps, website mirroring and retrieval of e-mail addresses. Getting started with the program is simple using the friendly WebSnake Wizard, which guides users through the process of creating and running a WebSnake project. Users can select from five project types: The Off-line Browsing Project copies a remote web site onto a local hard drive for local viewing using a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . This method speeds Web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. since most files are directly accessed from the hard drive rather than from the Internet. WebSnake also supports the industry-standard File Transfer Protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. (FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ). A Search and Retrieve Project lets users search for any HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. file that contains keywords. Users can choose to look for keywords in the file name or search by file type, as well as automatically download all files identified by the search. Using the Properties dialog, users can customize each project type to suit their specific needs. Using the Snake E-Mail Addresses Project, users can copy all e-mail addresses referenced in a Web sites HTML files. Addresses can then be exported into a comma or tab-delimited file. The Site Map Project builds a map of the HTML files referenced from a starting address or URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. and a Mirroring Project lets Webmasters and Web designers copy a remote Web site, including the complete directory structure of the site. In addition to allowing users gather information significantly faster, WebSnake provides viewing capabilities that are considerably faster than a standard browser. The program supports 64 simultaneous threads (or connections) compared to 20 threads offered by other browsers. Once a site has been retrieved, WebSnake can be programmed to view new files only. WebSnake can also retrieve, in some instances, other information such as the date a file was created or last modified. The Snake Status Bar, which appears as a project is run, displays useful real-time information such as server messages, files received or searched and transfer rates. The final version of Anawave WebSnake 1.2 is now available for $29.95 and may be downloaded from http://www.anawave.com . The program requires a 486/33 or higher PC, Windows NT or 95, 8MB of RAM and 5MB of available hard disk space. As with all Anawave Software products, users can download WebSnake for a 30-day free trial. The retail version of Anawave WebSnake 1.2 will be available in August for an estimated street price of $29.95. The retail version includes a manual and free trials of Earthlink Network TotalAccess+, Kiss Modem Wizard 97, Gravity and FTP Icon Connection Software. For more information, contact Anawave Software at 714/250-7262, Fax at 714/250-7265, or visit the company's Web site at http://www.anawave.com . -0- Note to Editors: Anawave Software, Inc., a leading developer and publisher of Internet-related products and services, offers users the "complete Internet solution" by providing cost-effective, easy-to-use solutions and services. Anawave also provides AnaServe Web Hosting, a full-featured Web hosting service A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing , which allows users to publish Web pages on the Internet both quickly and easily. With over 4,000 clients, AnaServe is one of the fastest growing and largest Web hosting services in the world. CONTACT: S&S Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most for Anawave Software, Inc. Maurissa Frost, 847/291-1616 Ext. 268 Steve Conrad, 847/291-1616 Ext. Ext. 255 |
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