Quick Browser
Latest Version - 1.1, Released August 14, 1998
What is Quick Browser?
Quick Browser is a tiny (24k) application that sits in your Windows 95, 98, or NT 4 Taskbar tray. It is intended to make launching your browser easier, especially when the Desktop is covered with open windows or going throught the Start Menu is not convenient. Quick Browser will load your default Web Browser with a double click of its icon. The icon takes the appearance of the application icon of your web browser's executable file. In other words, if you use Internet Explorer, an IE logo will be displayed, same for Netscape Navigator or any other browser. The only requirement is that your default web browser must be the same as the application registered as the default association for "html" documents in Windows Explorer.
Download Quick Browser
The most up to date information can be found at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/7116/qbrowser.html
Installation/Uninstallation
Installation is very simple. Just extract qbrowser.exe and the qbrowser.htm (this document) files from the Quick Browser Zip file to the desired directory and run qbrowser.exe. It is suggested that a shortcut to Quick Browser be placed in the Startup menu. Uninstallation is as simple as deleting the executable and html file and any shortcuts to Quick Browser on your Desktop or Start Menu. This application does require the MFC runtime DLL's but are not distributed with the application. Most likely the required files are already resident on your system. If not they are available from Microsoft or WinFiles.com. Quick Browser uses no registry entries or ini files.
How to Use Quick Explorer
Double click the browser icon in the Taskbar tray. Your browser will startup just as if you had selected it from the Start Menu or a Desktop shortcut.
Right clicking on the icon will give you a popup menu of several items.
- Run Browser
- Same as double clicking on the icon.
- (New) Run URL on Clipboard
- If a URL is present on the clipboard, Quick Browser can load the browser with that URL, similar to putting a URL in the "Run" under the Start Menu.
- Internet Properties
- This will load the Internet control panel extension.
( Navigator or other browser users may or may not find this useful )
- Help
- Loads the Quick Browser documentation
- About
- Information about Quick Browser
- Cancel
- Cancels the popup menu
- Exit
- Closes Quick Explorer and removes it from the Taskbar tray
If Quick Browser is unable to locate a default web browser on your system the taskbar tray icon and ToolTip will indicate this and the Run Browser option will be disabled
(New) Shortcut Command Line Switches
The following switches may be used in any combination on the command line of a shortcut to Quick Browser.
- /d
- This switch causes the web browser to activate with a double-click of the tray icon,
rather than the default single-click.
- /i
- Displays Quick Browser's icon in the tray, rather than the default browser.
Cost
Quick Browser is free! Enjoy it without obligation that being said the software is provided as-is with no warranty. However comments, questions, suggestions, praise are most welcome. It may be be distributed freely for students and faculty of academic institutions, Federal, State, and local government and non-commercial home users. It may not be repackaged or resold with out express consent of the author. Commercial users, please contact the author for permission to use and/or distribute.
Quick Browser is being made available on an "as is" basis, and without warranties, express or implied. The author shall in no way be held liable for any damages resulting from the use of this program or the media on which it is distributed, including, without limitation, loss of business profits, interruption of business, loss of information, damage to equipment, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any other incidental or consequential damages.
Registering
Your are not required to register Quick Browser, but sending the author an e-mail would be appreciated, as well as letting me know that Quick Browser is being used.
Feel free to use the registration form at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/7116/register.html to register your copy of Quick Browser. If requested, e-mail updates will be sent when an updated version of the software has been posted.
Technical Data
Quick Browser was my first attempt at a complete MFC application and was developed with Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0
Contacting the Author
To contact the author for comments, suggestions, bug reports or just to let me know you're using Quick Explorer and find it useful e-mail rbish@geocities.com. Since the program is freeware there is no technical support, however I will make every effort to help out with any problems with using the software.
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