WorldFlash News Ticker      Readme.txt file
October 1997
WorldFlash Software         Version 1.10


Welcome to the newest release of WorldFlash News Ticker!  I hope you
enjoy this program and find it to be useful.  This is the fifth release;
earlier releases were a big success with few bugs found.  However, there
may still be a few lingering problems, so if you find any please mail me
at kensh@well.com.


Program Requirements:
Pentium or similar, Windows 95 or Windows NT4.0, 16Meg RAM, 28.8K Modem 
recommended.  Minimum supported resolution 640x480 256 colors, minimum 
recommended resolution 800x600, 256 colors or better.


Once WorldFlash News Ticker is running, it will attempt to get information
from the Internet.  If you have your Win95 Autodial settings, you will be 
prompted to connect to your ISP.  If you are on a LAN or already have an 
active TCP/IP connection, WorldFlash will start up with quotes, news 
headlines and weather.

You can double-click on anything to activate your Internet browser
with a link to that item.  WorldFlash uses your default browser as 
its default browser, but you can change that if you like in the 
Preferences dialog box.

You can single-click and move the mouse left and right to drag a pane.  
The pane at the bottom (or in the middle for the "wide" window style" 
is the ad pane.  You can't drag or move this pane.

Right-click with the mouse to bring up the WorldFlash menu.

You should use the Preferences dialog box to customize the program.
You can set the speed of the scrolling panes, and some other window
variables, and you can change the news headline groups or the local news
feeds, etc.  You can also choose Internet Explorer as your Web
browser instead of the default Netscape.  See the on-line help page
for information on using the Preferences dialogs.

If you have a POP3 compatible mail account, you can have WorldFlash
scan periodically for your incoming mail.  You need to fill in the
appropriate information in the Preferences dialog box.  Also, WorldFlash
will use the path to your preferred email client program (e.g. WEUDORA.EXE
if you are using Eudora Lite) when you double-click on a mail header
in the scrolling pane.  If this is confusing, email me and tell me
why at kensh@well.com.

Sounds!  This release includes some sound effects that are triggered
by incoming information from the Internet.  The sound effect wave
files are located in the Resources folder.  If you don't like the
sounds, feel free to delete the files, or mute the sound effects
(in the Preferences/Program Options dialog box).  Better yet,
replace the sounds with your own personally recorded ones!  It's fun.
Problems?  Email me at, you guessed it, kensh@well.com.

If you are running through a Proxy/Firewall server, you may not be
able to run this program (or many others) unless you have your Proxy
information entered in the Windows Control Panel.  Choose Internet,
select the Connection tab, and make sure your Proxy server settings
are correct... they should be the same as the Netscape settings.

That about covers it till next time.  
Thanks, Ken Shapiro, CTO, WorldFlash Software  -- kensh@well.com

http://www.worldflash.com
For technical support-- http://www.worldflash.com/techsupport.html
