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Practical tips http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/12.html Favorite Internet tools Winsock What web browser to select? Lynx Electronic mail Chat Usenet netnews Speed and safety Surfing strategies. Using email gateways to Internet resources Coping with other languages Also see Chapter 14: Desinformation, myths, hoaxes, fraud, deception and errors. The Online World resources handbook Chapter 12: Practical tips [INDEX] [Expanded Index] [Search] [NEXT] [BACK] The World Wide Web by email Searching GDWDEDVHV E\ PDLO Searching today's news Searching Alta Vista Searching Google Groups Usenet by email More Usenet by email tricks Handling email overload Getting off that mailing list Favorite Internet tools Copyright notices and legal stuff Unwritten laws about personal conduct File transfers through the Internet Transfers by email Transferring binary files Binary files transferred as text codes Transfer of pictures FTP by email Fax services weigh less than a printer Free telephone calls More Working smarter is a matter of having the right tools, and being able and willing to use their features. The programs below are my current favorite tools for tapping the Internet resource. They all work under Microsoft Windows. Winsock If you're using Windows 3x versions or DOS, then Trumpet Winsock is what you need. I have used it successfully on dial up SLIP, PPP, SLiRP, and TIA (Internet Adapter) lines. If you need help setting it up, consult the alt.winsock newsgroup. See Chapter 15, and Appendix 2. The program can be retrieved from libraries all over the Internet. Users of Windows 95 and later do not need this! What web browser to select? My current favorites are Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Opera. They have different strengths relative to my needs. Examples: A considerable amount of my private information has been stored as local web pages on my PC's harddisk for fast access. MS Internet Explorer beautifully understands all kinds of absolute and relative links on my harddisk, while Opera will often say "File not found." When writing articles, I often want to retrieve many web pages as fast as possible, and then study their contents offline. Opera is the fastest, hands down, because of it's ability to handle multiple pages. Click Window, Clone Window to make a quick copy of the current window, for example a menu of articles. Press Ctrl TAB to quickly go from window to window. Hint: Consider leaving the graphics behind to travel the Web at much higher speeds. In Internet 1 of 13 23.11.2009 15:48
Practical tips http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/12.html Explorer, click at "Tools," "Internet Options," select "MultiMedia," and unmark "Show pictures" (and maybe some other stuff while you're at it. Have a Macintosh? Why not check out the iCab browser out of Germany? For a long list of alternatives for many platforms (including Windows and Macintosh), click here. Lynx When I was using DOS, most of my Web accesses were done using Lynx. It lets you enjoy the Web using DOS and your old communications program. I called my Internet provider, got the Unix prompt, and just entered "lynx URL" to get it at lightening speed. See Appendix 6 for details. Electronic mail Eudora Pro is my favorite email program. It has stronger filtering features (much needed), handles html mail well, and around 100 incoming mails per day. There is a free (advertising supported) version available, which works nicely. Other great email programs with html handling and strong filtering features include Netscape Messenger, Microsoft Outlook, Netscape (after 3.0). You should also check the free Pegasus Mail. Chat Check out the mIRC VKDUHZDUH SURJUDP IRU :LQGRZV [ DQG :LQGRZV 0DQ\ ,5& OLQNV DUH EXLOW into mIRC for you. Just click and go. Usenet netnews A growing number of people use web services like Google Groups to browse Usenet netnews, read and search resent postings, and look up things posted years ago. A specialized news program will give you other things: Free Agent allows dialup modem users to set it for online or offline operation in order to balance convenience and economy. I have used my Microsoft Windows version successfully both over a PPP, SLIP, SLiRP, and TIA/SLIP dialup connection. Having a color screen is important. The program t lets you quickly sample threads and newsgroups. You can browse articles in one newsgroup while retrieving headers for another at the same time, or download long articles while continuing to browse. It does multi level article threading, using both the subject and the article ID. You always know exactly what posting an article is responding to. It offers Watch and Ignore commands for threads, and rapid navigation within and among threads. You can post and receive articles with binary attachments, with automatic splitting and combining to span multiple messages. If the attachment is viewable (images or sound), then you can view it from within the news reader. To hear what others think, check alt.winsock, news.software.readers, and the CompuServe WINCON forum. Speed and safety Read about MNP, ITU TSS V.42, and V.42bis in Appendix 2. These are popular methods for automatic error correction and compression of data. Compression gives faster transfers of data. To use them, your modem must have these features built in. They must also be enabled in the modem of the service that you are calling. Compression is particularly helpful when sending or receiving text, for example news stories and conference messages. It gives faster transfers. They are not of much help when transferring precompressed texts and programs. They may even make file transfers with protocols like ZMODEM, Kermit, and XMODEM impossible. If this happens, temporarily turn off the MNP and V.24/V42bis settings in your modem (more about this in Appendix 2). The more advanced your software is, the more time it may take to learn how to use it efficiently. The rewards are lower telephone costs, faster transfers, and less time spent doing technical online work. Pegasus Mail and Eudora for Internet mail let you retrieve your full mailbox in one batch, and reply to your mail offline. When finished, you can shoot them back to your mailbox for distribution in one shot. Some BBSes and online services let you retrieve conference messages using a get or grab function. This function often comes in two versions: Grab to display: New messages and conference items are received in an uninterrupted stream without stops between items. Retrieval of text can happen at maximum speed. Grab to compressed file: New messages and conference items are selected, automatically compressed and stored in a file. The file is then transferred automatically using ZMODEM or 2 of 13 23.11.2009 15:48
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