Server: Apache-nbfp/1.1.1 Content-type: text/html MetaCrawler Configuration
METACRAWLER
Configuration Options

This page is for users who wish to personalize MetaCrawler. Many features can be tailored to function the way you desire.

To configure MetaCrawler, simply select the options you prefer, and then click the Save Configuration button. MetaCrawler will remember the options you choose, and next time you visit our site the configuration will be the same.

Technical note: If your browser does not support Cookies, the configuration will not be saved properly. The solution is to bookmark the link produced after saving the configuration and using this bookmark to access MetaCrawler in the future.

Extra Functionality

Enable
Some features supported by MetaCrawler are not displayed by default. This option will allow the user to utilize this extra functionality.

Dynamic Status Displays

Enable
If you have a Java capable browser, you may wish to view your search results with the MetaCrawler control applet. This allows you to request results updates at any time during a search. Java capable browsers include Netscape Navigator version 2.0 and greater and Internet Explorer version 3.0 and greater.

Note for Internet Explorer users: Internet Explorer version 3.0 will crash when it tries to run our applet. Please either turn off Java just-in-time compilation or upgrade to Internet Explorer version 3.01.

Frame Support

Enable
If Dynamic Status Displays are enabled above, the display applet may be located in a frame of its own, which allows the user to scroll through search results while still viewing search progress.

Note that some versions of Netscape will not save your place after following a link out of a frame, a potential annoyance.

Link Targets


If frame support is enabled above, the default is to replace the search page with the target page when links are followed. You may optionally choose to display these results in the same frame as the followed link, or even in an entirely new window.

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