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What do the
statistics displayed in the Statistics dialog
mean?
You may view the acceleration
statistics and how they change dynamically using
the Statistics dialog.
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Click on the WebRunner Web
Accelerator taskbar icon to access the pop-up
menu.
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Select
"Statistics...", to display the
Statistics summary dialog.
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Click "Reset" to
reset the statistics. You may do so at anytime
while browsing without affecting WebRunner Web
Accelerator's performance or operation.
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Click the "Details"
button to view more detailed statistics
information (see below).
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Consult the following table
for a description of the values.
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Original
Data
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Size of the original
(uncompressed) data.
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Actual
Data
|
Amount of data sent by WebRunner
Web Accelerator.
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Savings
Ratio
|
Factor of reduction in
data. E.g. A savings ratio of 4.00
means your connection is 4 times
faster than a normal connection on
average.
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Text-based
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This row contains
compression information regarding
text-based content.
|
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Graphics
|
Contains compression
information regarding graphical
content.
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Others
|
Contains information
regarding content that is neither text
nor graphical.
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Total
Downstream
|
Lists the total
original and compressed amounts of
data downloaded.
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Total
Upstream
|
Lists the total
original and compressed amounts of
data uploaded.
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Can I use WebRunner
Web Accelerator with Netscape Navigator?
Yes. Start Netscape
Navigator and browse as you normally would.
The WebRunner Web Accelerator is launched
automatically everytime Windows starts. It
operates in the background to accelerate your web
connection. No user intervention is required.
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Can I use my WebRunner
Web Accelerator with other browsers such as Opera
or Mozilla?
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 "5500" (without quotes).
Consult your browser's documentation for
information on how this can be done.
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How do I use
Internet Explorer with WebRunner Web Accelerator?
Start Internet Explorer and browse
as you normally would. The WebRunner Web
Accelerator is launched automatically everytime
Windows starts. It operates in the background to
accelerate your web connection. No user
intervention is required.
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Does WebRunner
Web Accelerator speed-up email?
The current software release does
not include the WebRunner email acceleration
component. Future versions will include email
support.
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Does WebRunner
Web Accelerator speed-up my secure (HTTPS)
transactions such as web-banking?
The WebRunner Web Accelerator does
not accelerate secure transactions. Secure
websites will continue to work by bypassing
the acceleration component. If you have a Secure
application that you would like accelerated,
inquire about the WebRunner Secure product.
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What operating
systems can WebRunner Web Accelerator be installed
on?
WebRunner Web Accelerator can be
installed on any of the following operating
systems:
WebRunner Web Accelerator
works best with Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape
4.0 or any later version of either browser
(Internet Explorer 5.0 is recommended).
Newer versions of Microsoft
Internet Explorer are available for free through
Microsoft.
Note for Windows 95 users: Currently, Microsoft
does not permit Windows 95 users to install
Internet Explorer 6 or greater, however Internet
Explorer 5.5 is available.
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What system
requirements are necessary to use WebRunner Web
Accelerator?
The recommended system
requirements for the WebRunner Web Accelerator are
a Pentium 200MHz with 64MB of RAM and at least 5
MB of hard-disk space.
Regardless, WebRunner Web
Accelerator will work within your current system
configuration to provide you with the best content
acceleration.
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Why does my
downstream "Bandwidth Savings Ratio"
appear to go below 1.0?
Accelerating your bandwidth
channel incurs a small amount of transmission
overhead. In most cases, this overhead is
negligible when compared to the actual bandwidth
savings provided by WebRunner Web Accelerator.
However, strange interactions
between Internet Explorer and certain plugins
(such as the old versions of the Adobe Acrobat
Reader plugin) may cause documents to be
unnecessarily downloaded twice. It is important to
note that this type of behavior occurs regardless
of whether WebRunner Web Accelerator is used. The
Accelerator is merely showing the download
statistics in these situations.
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Why do some
Java-applets (such as certain games on
www.pogo.com) not work?
Older versions of the Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) cannot display certain image
types (such as 'PNG'). To fix this problem, simply
set your image slider to the maximum
quality level or upgrade to the newest JRE. http://www.microsoft.com
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