Optional Settings:
By right clicking on the red BrowseBlast system tray icon, you can adjust the settings of the Joink BrowseBlast software installed on your machine.

• Changing Your Connection Settings (Username and Password)
  
• AutoUpdate Setting
  
• Proxy Exclusion Setting
  
• View Your Acceleration Statistics
  
• Accessing Product Version Information
  
• Uninstalling BrowseBlast Web Accelerator

1. Click on the BrowseBlast Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu.
2. Select "Settings...".
3. Click on the "Connection" tab.
4. Change you settings and press OK to save them.

   

Back to Top

1. AutoUpdate will inform you of any major or minor software upgrades to Joink's BrowseBlast Service. By default, you will be notified of all software upgrades.
2. Open the "Settings" dialog
3. If an Update is available, you will have the option to click on the "Update Now" button.
4. If you want to receive a product update, just click on the "Update Now" button and Browseblast will update itself.
5. To exit, click "OK."

   

Back to Top

1. If you have already defined a proxy exclusion list in your web browser, then the setting automatically applies to Joink's BrowseBlast Accelerator.
2. You may also "Specify a proxy exclusion list" by selecting this option. In the given text field, list all the web sites, separated by semicolons, that you wish to bypass Joink BrowseBlast Web Acceleration.
3. Stop and then start Joink's BrowseBlast Accelerator. Note: In step 1, Netscape does not support the wildcard (*) operator.

   

Back to Top

1. You may view the acceleration statistics and how they change dynamically using the Statistics dialog.
2. Click on the Joink BrowseBlast Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up menu.
3. Select "Statistics...", to display the Statistics Summary dialog.
4. Click "Reset" to reset the statistics. You may do so at any time while browsing without affecting the Web Accelerator's performance or operation.
5. Click the "Details" button to view more detailed statistics information (see below).

   

6. Consult the following table for a description of the values.
   
   

   Original Data	Size of the original (uncompressed) data.
   Actual Data	Amount of data sent by Joink’s BrowseBlast Accelerator .
   Savings Ratio	Factor of reduction in data. E.g. A savings ratio of 4.00 means your connection is 4 times faster than a normal connection on average.
   Text-based	This row contains compression information regarding text-based content.
   Graphics	Contains compression information regarding graphical content.
   Others	Contains information regarding content that is neither text nor graphical.
   Total Downstream	Lists the total original and compressed amounts of data downloaded.
   Total Upstream	Lists the total original and compressed amounts of data uploaded.

Back to Top

1. Right-click on Joink's BrowseBlast Accelerator taskbar icon to access the pop-up menu.
2. Select "About" to display the About dialog (see below).

Back to Top

1. Under the Control Panel, select "Add or Remove Programs".
2. Select BrowseBlast Web Accelerator and click Remove.
3. The uninstaller will launch and guide you through the uninstallation procedure.

Back to Top