After connecting to the Internet it seems to settle down; it definitely doesn't
give up until it gets there <g>.
Dave Symington
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 19:53:24 -0500, Phil Schnyder wrote:
> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 19:53:24 -0500
> From: Phil Schnyder <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: SurfSaver 2.0 Beta
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dave,
>
> I'm not seeing the same thing on my machine, but I'm running Win95. I'll
> have some one check it out on Win 2000.
>
> We've tested the speed of both SurfSaver and the Pro version -- and there's
> very little difference in searching or saving.
>
> Phil
>
> At 07:34 PM 1/9/2000 +0000, David A Symington wrote:
> >Phil,
> >
> >What you haven't said, though, is that the TimeSink ad gateway runs all the
> >payment takes up 70% of CPU resources. Obviously, this is not acceptable. For
> >information, this is running under Windows 2000. Apart from going back to the
> >previous version of SurfSaver, what can be done about this?
> >
> >Dave Symington
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> >Sun, 09 Jan 2000 19:32 GMT
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> >On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 10:47:00 -0500, Phil Schnyder wrote:
> > > Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 10:47:00 -0500
> > > From: Phil Schnyder <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: SurfSaver 2.0 Beta
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > The ad-enabled version never dials and does not require you to be connected
> > > to the Internet in order to use it.
> > >
> > > When you connect to the Internet, new ads are it grabs ads. If you're not
> > > connected, it displayed 3 "pre-saved" ads which are included with the
> > software.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > At 07:19 PM 1/8/2000 +0000, you wrote:
> > > >I use the current version of SurfSaver and was interested enough to
> > > >download the beta of version 2.0. When installing it I was informed
> > > >that it contained ad-enabled software that would, apparently, make
> > > >uncontrolled use of my Internet connection. This has put me off
> > > >installing the beta.
> > > >
> > > >I know from your email announcement that when the product comes out of
> > > >beta you will be offering a Professional version upgrade without the
> > > >advertising. However, as a paying customer, I would like the
> > > >opportunity of evaluating version 2.0 without having to put up with the
> > > >annoyance of advertisements and without having to pay for the cost of
> > > >rogue software dialling my Internet connection whenever it feels like
> > > >it.
> > > >
> > > >It would be helpful if you could let me know whether and how it is
> > > >possible to prevent the beta software from dialling the Internet and
> > > >whether, if one does this, the functionality of SurfSaver version 2.0
> > > >is affected.
> > > >
> > > >Dave Symington
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> > > >Sat, 08 Jan 2000 17:49 GMT
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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>
>
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