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InterGO - the Product
InterGO is the fastest, safest and easiest way to use all the resources
on the Internet. With InterGO you can quickly compose, send, and receive
electronic mail. Join and contribute to mail lists on the subjects that
interest you. Put your favorite newsgroups in the Newsroom where
they're just a click away.
Cruise the World Wide Web or use the Research Resource or
InterGO's search to find the site containing exactly what you want. Then
store your favorite Web sites in the Library for instant access next time.
InterGO lets you point and click instead of typing esoteric commands,
making it easy to refer to its enhanced encyclopedia, dictionary, and
thesaurus. And with KinderGuard you can block locations containing
objectionable materials. InterGO, the future of the Internet!
InterGO is the first Internet access product to give you a truly integrated
solution for Internet access. When you run InterGO, the first thing you
see is the Desktop. It has everything you need to get started using the
Internet:
Dialer
Browser
E-mail
Address Book
File Transfer
Telnet
INTERNET DIALER
Just click the telephone on the Desk and InterGO lets you connect to
your Internet provider. If you don't have a provider yet, InterGO helps
you select one.
WORLD WIDE WEB BROWSER
The InterGO Browser is all you need to surf the Internet because it's
faster than existing browsers and can handle everything you find out
there. You can find exactly what you need in the millions of pages
available on the Internet using the Research Resource and InterGO's
search.
The Research Resource holds thousands of Internet sites that we have
visited, described, sorted, and rated. We use the same rating system
used by video game manufacturers to determine if the site is appropriate
for ages 3+, 6+, 13+, 17+, or 21+.
Our powerful Internet search tool works 24 hours a day finding sites on
the Internet. It checks all sites for offensive words and assigns an age
rating to protect youngsters from inappropriate Web sites.
ELECTRONIC MAIL
InterGO E-mail lets you easily choose who you want to send mail to.
The built-in spell checker tames your typos. Create personal folders to
organize your messages. Automatically route incoming mail to folders and
look at them at your convenience.
This robust E-mail client lets you compose, reply, reply to all and
forward messages. You can also send and receive attachments.
ADDRESS BOOK
The InterGO Address Book lets you keep track of name, address,
company, title, department, multiple telephone numbers, and E-mail
address for each person in your book. With the Address Book, you only
have to type complex E-mail addresses once!
To contact a friend or the CEO, just type the nickname you put in the
Address Book.
NEWSROOM
You can get the latest news from the InterGO Newsroom. Choose the
news you want and read it when it is convenient for you. Each monitor
can contain Internet sites, newsgroups, and mail lists about topics that
interest you. Unlike many programs InterGO lets you view both text and
images in news messages. In addition, news messages broken into
several parts are displayed as one message.
LIBRARY
The InterGO Library comes ready to go with your very own enhanced
encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and scores of online books. Based
on subjects you select, it also has books and Internet sites that match
your interests. Create personalized bookcases and add books that link to
your favorite Internet sites and search results so they are just a click
away.
Links to the Internet in the encyclopedia
Maps and more in the world atlas
Books with encyclopedia links
Books you can buy online
TRANSFERRING FILES
You can use InterGO file transfer to get files from FTP sites on the
Internet, including documents, software, and images. Use the Sites button
to see a selection of popular FTP sites. You can also add your favorite
FTP sites to this list. Drag and drop files from a remote computer to your
hard disk. Use the Find option to search Internet FTP sites for the file
you want.
Take the InterGO Tour to get started! Open the Help menu and click InterGO
Tour.
SCREENING TECHNOLOGY
InterGO incorporates the exclusive KinderGuard security screening
and the SafeSurf rating system to filter inappropriate material.
These features allow a parent or administrator to set parameters
defining the types of materials which will be accessible to
children or employees. KinderGuard screens material from Web and
gopher sites, ftp archives, news groups, and even mailing lists.
When used in the home, the screening mechanism enables parents to
prevent children from accessing inappropriate material. In the
office, the screening device can be used to prevent employees
from accessing objectionable sites via a corporate Internet
account.
KinderGuard rates Internet sources for sexual and violent content
through in-house editorial review, a web crawler that searches for
objectionable terminology, and an automated customer feedback system.
The company then applies a rating code established by video game
manufacturers (EC - Early Childhood; KA - Kids to Adults; T - Teens;
MA - Mature Audiences; and AO - Adults Only). Different age ranges
can be set for each user based on a unique profile and password,
ensuring that children are only able to access age-appropriate material.
InterGO users who prefer a more conservative approach to screening
can restrict access exclusively to sites rated using the SafeSurf rating
system. This emerging standard gives parents and educators explicit
control over access to sex, violence, profanity, and other types of
objectionable material.
How Parents Use KinderGuard
The InterGO administrator (who should be an adult) assigns an
appropriate age for each person using InterGO. The age need not reflect
the person's actual age. For example, you might choose to permit a
12-year-old to see sites rated 13+, or to omit sites rated 21+ for an
adult. As administrator, you type a password that you should keep secret
from others. Change your password frequently and store it privately
away from the computer.
InterGO Browser
When you use InterGO to search for and show sites, it only
shows those appropriate for the assigned age. For example, a
14-year-old cannot see sites rated 17+ or 21+, and an adult who is
assigned an age of 17+ does not see sites rated 21+.
The Research Resource
When you use the Research Resource to locate Web or gopher
sites by subject, only those rated for the child's age will display on the
page. She won't see even site addresses rated for older children and
adults.
Private URL Rating List
When you see a Web page that you do not want your child to be
able to access, click the right mouse button to see a menu of commands,
and click the KinderGuard command. In the Rate URL dialog box, drag
the slider to the age rating you want to assign for that page on your
computer. When you do this, you have your own private rating list that
no one can change but you. (You can also use your private list to change
ratings assigned by InterGO Communications.) If you update the
InterGO KinderGuard list, it will not change any settings on your Private
URL Rating List. With these tools, as well as SafeSurf support, InterGO
helps you control the material your children see on the Internet.
Note: This multiple screening provides significant assistance in
determining what kinds of material to access. Because of the constantly
evolving nature of the Internet, no program can guarantee that you and
your children will be protected from all offensive material. You can share
the responsibility for protecting children by supervising their access to the
Internet.
PREMIUM FEATURES
For 30 days--absolutely free--you get to enjoy these additional premium
features included with InterGO:
╖ Multiple user support: each person has personal E-mail, Library, Address
Book, and News
╖ KinderGuard
╖ Full Web searches
╖ Narrow a Web search using plain English
╖ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition, fully searchable and with links
to Web pages
╖ The American Heritage« Dictionary, Third Edition, fully searchable;
highlight any word on the Internet and get automatic lookup in the
dictionary!
╖ Enhanced Roget's Thesaurus
╖ Spell Checker for E-mail and searches
╖ Virus Scanner
If you decide to keep the premium features, you only have to pay a one-time
fee of $49.95!
If you choose not to keep the extra features, you can still use InterGO's
basic features that include E-mail, browsing, FTP, and storing your favorite
links.