Elephant Software Announces Elephant Tracks "The Cure for Internesia".MANCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 1998--Elephant Software, Inc. today announced Elephant Tracks 1.0, an innovative solution for Internet users who have difficulty re-finding web pages. "Internesia" is a contraction of "Internet amnesia amnesia (ămnē`zhə), [Gr.,=forgetfulness], condition characterized by loss of memory for long or short intervals of time. It may be caused by injury, shock, senility, severe illness, or mental disease. ", the problem of finding information again which has been previously located on the Internet. Elephant Tracks is a reliable extension of a user's own fallible fal·li·ble adj. 1. Capable of making an error: Humans are only fallible. 2. Tending or likely to be erroneous: fallible hypotheses. memory, enabling them to re-find visited web pages quickly without the need to bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. every place they have been. "I was wasting hours rummaging through online search engines, my History folder, and Bookmarks," said Ed Staub, President of Elephant Software. "I searched for days for a product with this capability and was unable to find anything. Knowing there were so many other internesia sufferers out there, I decided to develop one myself." Elephant Tracks tightly integrates with an Internet Browser See Web browser. to "remember" web pages that have been accessed in the past. Elephant Tracks uses the familiar search engine user interface and is conveniently accessed from the search button on the Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the . A user simply clicks on the search button, types in a few key words, presses Enter, and a list of likely web pages is presented. About Elephant Software, Inc. Founded in 1998 and based in Manchester, NH, Elephant Software develops innovative products to help individuals be more productive. Elephant Tracks is the company's premier product. Pricing and Availability A free trial copy of the Elephant Tracks 1.0 final beta for Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. 4.0 is now available at http://www.elephantsoftware.com (the beta expires in 30 days). The final product will ship end of June 1998 and will be available at http://www.elephantsoftware.com for a 30-day free trial, with an on-line registration price of $24.95. The Netscape version of Elephant Tracks will be available in September 1998. Elephant Software, the Elephant Software logo, "The Cure for Internesia", and Elephant Tracks are trademarks of Elephant Software, Inc. Microsoft and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape.
CONTACT: Elephant Software, Inc.
Ed Staub, (603) 624-4775
estaub@elephantsoftware.com
http://www.elephantsoftware.com
info_bw@elephantsoftware.com
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