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The Global News, Stocks, Sports, and Information Ticker for your Mac!
Content
Ñ What does MacHeadlines do?
Ñ Requirements
Ñ Which Version is This?
Ñ Where can I find the Latest Version?
Ñ Using MacHeadlines
Ñ Shareware Notice
Ñ Registration
Ñ How to Purchase
Ñ Author
Ñ Archive Location
What does MacHeadlines do?
MacHeadlines is a specialized Internet browser that gathers and displays headlines from web sites around the world. It puts up a floating window where the headlines scroll by. Double-clicking a headline will open your browser to show the full story.
It can also track web pages, showing when they have changed.
MacHeadlines uses a built-in parsing engine, which describes the format of web pages, and ╥teaches╙ MacHeadlines which parts of the incoming HTML page are the headlines.
Since the format of web pages may change, MacHeadlines sometimes displays more information than you might want (or even less than what you expect), but it╒s still much better than having to launch your browser every time you want the news headlines...
Currently, the limit is 32 Tracked Web Sites, and a total of no more than 100 headlines.
NOTE: At this time, MacHeadlines does not support HTML frames. this means web pages that are comprised by including or referring to other web pages are not parsed for headlines.
Requirements
Ñ Mac OS 7.5.1 or better.
Ñ Open Transport 1.1 or better.
Ñ For headline launching, Internet Config 2.x or the Internet Control Panel (available with Mac OS 8.5 or better) are required.
Which Version is This?
MacHeadlines 1.7
Released August 16, 1999
Where can I find the Latest Version?
The latest version of MacHeadlines can be found at http://www.macalive.com.
Using MacHeadlines
The first time you run MacHeadlines, you will be presented with the Preferences dialog (which you can later access from the Edit menu, or by holding down the Control key while clicking on the Ticker window).
The Preferences dialog has three panels, which control different aspects of MacHeadlines:
1. Miscellaneous
2. Tracked Web Sites
3. Ticker Appearance
Move the cursor over an item in the Preferences dialog to get an explanation for that item.
If your network uses an HTTP Proxy Server, be sure to configure the HTTP Proxy section of the Miscellaneous panel.
Apart from that, there is no setup you must do, though you may wish to change the appearance of the Ticker window (in the Ticker Appearance panel) or the names of tracked sites (in the Tracked Web Sites panel).
You may also want to add new sites to the Tracked Site List.
For that you╒ll have to first read the attached ╥MacHeadlines Site Format╙ document, and even then you may have to contact me for help╔
Note: In most cases, for most sites in which the headline of interest is an HTML link, the Site Format can be (<A HREF).
How often does MacHeadlines update it╒s headlines?
If the ╥Delayed circulation╙ checkbox is not checked, MacHeadlines will check for new headlines every 20 minutes. If the ╥Delayed circulation╙ checkbox is checked (and MacHeadlines is circualting sites), each site gets 20 seconds for each of the headlines retrieved from that site.
Shareware Notice
MacHeadlines is Shareware. You may freely distribute MacHeadlines as long as it is not modified in any way.
Registration
MacHeadlines 1.7 is Shareware, $19.95 US. To encourage registration, this evaluation copy expires after 20 days. Upon registration, you will receive a License Key to remove the Shareware notices.
How to Purchase
You can purchase a MacHeadlines License Key On-line (or by Phone, FAX, or Mail) via our website at:
