BillSaver v1.00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents: 1 Welcome ! 2 BillSaver is Shareware 3 Program Installation 4 Overview of BillSaver's features 5 Technical support and feedback 6 Registration 7 Contact Information ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 WELCOME ! You are probably wondering "What the heck is BillSaver?" Well, this program does exactly what its title suggests: it SAVES you from those huge TELEPHONE BILLS you get every month after spending hours and hours surfing the Net, downloading programs and games and chatting to friends on IRC. Let's face it, Internet can be a very addictive thing and if suddenly you start to lose control of your online time, things can go Very wrong at the end of the month ;-} That's where BillSaver comes in. At the beginning of each month you will specify a limit on how much you can afford to spend on a telephone bill, and BillSaver will try to balance your on-line time so that it will be below the limit you have set. This means there will be no more "Hey, I didn't spend THAT much" moments when you receive your telephone bill. To go even further, with a single mouse click you can access a complete log of all calls you have made during the current month, as well as a report containing the total amount of time you have spent on-line, how much you will have to pay for it and the ESTIMATED size of the phone bill you are likely to receive at the end of the month if you keep spending more or less the same amount of time on-line every day. You will be given textual warnings every time you stay on-line for a longer time than you can afford. All of you Internet addicts, this utility is for You! 2 BILLSAVER IS SHAREWARE This program is distributed as Shareware. This means that you may freely distribute it anywhere you want! You may copy this program to your friend, upload to software archives on Internet, to bulletin boards, or whatever. . . You may NOT, however, charge any money for this program. Thus you may NOT include this file on shareware CD-ROMs, magazine cover discs, etc. without asking my permission first. You have 30 days to evaluate and test BillSaver to see whether it suits your needs. By the end of that period you will either have to register this program for a small fee, if you like it, or remove it from your system. It's something like test-driving a car before you buy it: At the end you will either have to pay for it or return it. VIOLATION OF SHAREWARE CONCEPT IN ANY WAY IS AGAINST THE LAW !!! 3 PROGRAM INSTALLATION NOTE: No installation routine is provided with this version of BillSaver, to keep the size of the distribution file down. Anyway, installation is so straightforward that you don't even need it. Just unzip the contents of the ZIP file into a fresh folder and start the program. You will be presented with a first-use configuration screen and a help file containing detailed information about program's features and interface. It is Highly recommended that you read at least some part of the help file before you start using BillSaver. 4 OVERVIEW OF BILLSAVER'S FEATURES Please refer to the on-line help file (Billsaver.hlp) for detailed information about program's features and interface. 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK In case you experience any problems with BillSaver, or if you have some suggestions, please e-mail the author of this program (me) using this e-mail address: ande@aknet.is All comments, suggestions, bug reports are highly welcomed! Drop me a line even if you don't have anything to say and just tell me whether you liked the program or not (and if not, then WHY ?) Maybe I will even make you a new beta-tester for my future programs! Who knows?! 6 REGISTRATION No, BillSaver will not COST you a fortune. In fact it will SAVE you a fortune if you register it. The full version of BillSaver will only cost you $15 (fifteen US dollars) or £10 (10 British pounds), whatever you prefer. Please select the "Registration" topic from the on-line help file for detailed information on benefits you receive when you register this program, as well as how to register. Please e-mail me if you have any further question concerning the registration. REMEMBER: If you don't register BillSaver, you will have to remove it from your system within 30 days. 7 CONTACT INFORMATION NOTE: This information is also available in the on-line help file (Billsaver.hlp) My address: Andrey Ermolinskiy Höfðabraut 12 Akranes, 300 Iceland. E-Mail: ande@aknet.is Tel, Fax: (+354)-431-4442 All comments, suggestions, bug reports are highly welcomed! Drop me a line even if you don't have anything to say and just tell me whether you liked the program or not (and if not, then WHY ?) -----------------------------------------------------------------------