Paraben's Surf-Jolt Readme

Surf-Jolt® 2.0.6 ReadMe

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About
What is Surf-Jolt?

Paraben's Surf-Jolt® 2.x is a real-time web surfing accelerator specifically designed for Internet Explorer® (version 4 or above) to achieve a faster and more effective approach to the internet.

It enhances your web navigation by predicting your need for web pages with a sophisticated algorithm to anticipate hyperlinks and to retrieve web pages before the browser needs to display them. You can also drag & drop links into the Surf-Jolt® control window and it will download your links in the background while you are surfing.

Moreover a built-in TCP-IP transport protocol optimizer increases your modem or network bandwidth by efficiently taking full advantage of each unused instant of your internet connection.

Paraben's Surf-Jolt® works automatically "behind the scene" without user interaction. It is fully integrated with Internet Explorer® and does not require any user settings. If a Web page has changed since the last time you visited it, Surf-Jolt®, using its auto-refresh background function, will refresh it automatically. Here are some key features:

Drag & drop of user links, auto-refresh of current page, compatibility with Internet Explorer® 4/5/6 on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP and performance improvements.

Surf-Jolt® makes surfing the Internet a good exerience with a fast or slow connections.

Key Benefits

  • A faster and more effective approach to the Internet.
  • Money saving through reduced connection time.
  • It is specifically designed for Internet Explorer® 4/5/6 on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
  • It works automatically "behind the scenes" without user interaction.

Key Features

  • Predictive read-ahead caching with a sophisticated algorithm to anticipate hyperlinks and to retrieve web pages before the browser needs to display them.
  • Drag & drop and download your links in the background while you're surfing.
  • Full integration with Internet Explorer®
    • Integrated cache with Internet Explorer®, no waste of disk space.
    • Auto-setting on Internet Explorer® and WinInet® cache and proxy settings.
    • Auto-tuning on Internet Explorer® and WinInet® parameters.
    • Auto-tuning on browser content-type capability.
    • Internet Explorer® multi-instance control.
  • Background control of current page with auto-refresh if needed.
  • Multi-threading execution for simultaneous caching up to 50 pages.
  • It increases your modem bandwidth with built-in TCP-IP transport protocol optimizer.
  • It caches every type of page contents (html, images, Java® applets, etc..) and filters banners and cookies.

How it Works

This section is graphical and it is available only online; please take a look at Help page online.

Installation
Requirement

Surf-Jolt® is based on VB5 Run-Time Service Pack 3. Therefore, if you don't have the VB5 Run-Time, the Surf-Jolt® setup program will inform you. Only in this case download the VB5 Run-Time and install it before you install Surf-Jolt®.

Surf-Jolt® needs Internet Explorer® 4/5/6 with Active Desktop component installed, Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP, 10 MB HD free space and WinZip 6.3 or above.

Running Setup

Extract the Surf-Jolt® zipfile in a temporary directory and read the ReadMe.htm file first. If you have a previous version of Surf-Jolt® already installed in your system you must uninstall it before install Surf-Jolt® 2.x.

Then, double-click on the SJSetup.exe file which will begin the installation. All files in the temporary directory may be deleted once the installation is complete.

Startup Folder

Surf-Jolt® setup will add a link to SJ.exe into your startup folder. Surf-Jolt® will start on system startup and will stay resident without user interaction. During the waiting status the resource usage of Surf-Jolt® is minimal.

Installation Files

The Surf-Jolt® setup program will install and/or replace these files in your system :

  • Surf-Jolt® Files (Surf-Jolt directory) : SJ.exe, ReadMe.htm.
  • Surf-Jolt® Files (windows system directory) : TELib.dll, ComCtl32.ocx.

The VB5 Run-Time setup program will install and/or replace these files in your system :

  • Visual Basic 5 Run-Time Files (windows system directory) : Asycfilt.dll, Comcat.dll, Ctl3d32.dll, Msvbvm50.dll, Oleaut32.dll, Olepro32.dll, Stdole2.tlb.

Cautions

Like any other setup programs Surf-Jolt® involves making changes to your registry. Whenever registry changes are made, it is always advisable to backup your registry first.

Uninstallation

Like any other Windows program you can uninstall Surf-Jolt® from the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel. Don't try to delete the Visual Basic Runtime files manually.

Configuration
Auto-Settings

As it is strongly integrated with Internet Explorer®, most of Surf-Jolt's settings are automatic. The Surf-Jolt® project aims at being easy-to-use. Thus, despite the complexity of Surf-Jolt®, only few manual settings are provided. Our suggestion is to use the default settings and tune only "Concurrent Links" based on the throughput of your internet connection. If you give a look to the How It Works section you will be able to understand the meaning of following manual settings.

Manual-Settings

From the Standard Settings folder you can change these settings:

  • Concurrent Links : Is the number of concurrent page download. Set this value on the throughput of your internet connection. A value of 5-10 concurrent downloads is for a standard modem connection, increase it with faster connection (ISDN etc..).
  • Max Length Files : Is the maximum length of files allowed to be downloaded. Decrease it if you prefer not to download large files or, vice versa, increase it if you have a fast internet connection.
  • Start On Page Completed : This sets the start for the download. If this flag is checked (default) Surf-Jolt® will start following the link on the page after the page will be complete.
  • Follow Remote Links : It sets the path for the download. If this flag is checked (default) Surf-Jolt® will follow the remote link (to a page which is on a different server from that of the starting page..). If this flag is unchecked Surf-Jolt® will follow only local links (to a page which is on the same server of the starting page).
  • First Follow Local Links : It sets the sequence for the download. If this flag is checked (default) Surf-Jolt® will follow the local link (to a page which is on a different server from that of the starting page..) and after will follow the remote link. If this flag is not checked, the sequence will depend on the page structure.
  • Save Files Into Cache : It sets the storing mode of downloaded link. If this flag is checked (default) Surf-Jolt® won't delete links not yet visited by the Surf-Jolt® cache at the shutdown. This mode of operation doesn't waste your hard disk space because Surf-Jolt® uses the same cache mechanisms of Internet Explorer®, therefore you can delete the Surf-Jolt® cache from the Internet Explorer® cache menu, whenever you want.

From the Advanced Settings folder you can change these settings:

  • Load When Filter Is OFF: In this frame you can set which types of files Surf-Jolt® will download when the filter function is disabled ( normal condition.. ). Of course at least one type must be selected; for default, when filter is off all file types are downloaded.
  • Load When Filter Is ON: In this frame you can to set which type of files Surf-Jolt® will download when the filter function is enabled. For default when filter is on only text files are downloaded.
  • Cache Acceleration/Page Refresh: It sets the WinInet® cache mode and, consequently, the Internet Explorer® and Surf-Jolt® cache mode. This setting is equivalent to the Internet Explorer® cache settings available from the Options function of Internet Explorer® and have the same meaning; if you want faster navigation select "Max/If Needed" otherwise if you need frequent page refresh (every Internet Explorer® session..) select "Medium/Every Session". If you select "Min/Always" Internet Explorer® and Surf-Jolt® must refresh the page every time and navigation could be slow. If you change this settings it will have effect after the next reboot.
    If you select "Max/If Needed" the auto-refresh function of Surf-Jolt® will update the page if needed. NOTE: This feature is available if the web server is able to send the expiration time of pages.
  • Max Links Page: Is the maximum amount of links allowed for every page; this limit is necessary because a large amount of links on a page can require high download. You can decrease this value if your preferred sites have page with a lot of links.

License Agreement

You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this software. Your use of this software indicates your acceptance of this license agreement.

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FAQ & Support

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