GetRight 5.2d Online Manual
- Internet
- Anti-Spam Tools
- Bookmark Manager
- Browsers
- Chat
- Communication
- Dial-up & Connectivity
- Download Manager
- File Sharing / P2P
- Firewall
- Ftp
- History Erasers
- Network Tools
- News Reader
- Offline Browser
- Online Privacy
- Other
- Ping & Trace Tools
- Popup/Ad/Spyware Blockers
- Searching Tools
- Telephony / SMS & GSM
- WebCam
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The GetRight Browser lets you browse FTP or HTTP servers. The GetRight Browser acts much like a cross between Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, and Netscape Navigator. If you've used any of those tools, it will seem quite familiar.
Getting There:
You can open the GetRight Browser from any "Tools" menu. Right click on the GetRight tray icon 
and pick "Tools" then "GetRight Browser".
Quick Info:
| • | Just type in a URL into the address bar to start browsing! |
| • | Double-click any files to download them (or open the directory). |
Menus:
[File] [Edit] [View] [Go] [Favorites] [Tools] [Help]
Other Items:
[Toolbar] [Address Bar] [Main Display Area] [Keyboard Shortcuts]
Note on Uploading: For now, the GetRight Browser is just for browsing or downloading. It does not upload files at this time. A future version of GetRight (or a future product--"ftpRight"?) is expected to add uploading and other cool features...
| • | Open File: You may browse HTML files on your hard drive as if it were a web server. Use this to pick a HTML file to start. You may also type in a path on your hard drive to open a local file too. Something like: C:FilesWebMichaelpictures.html |
| • | Open in Web Browser: When browsing a web page, use to open the page in your default web browser. |
| • | Download: Simple download options. If one file is selected, it will do the normal GetRight "Save As" window. If several items are selected GetRight will prompt for a directory where they all should be saved. |
NOTE: Double clicking a file in the list will do the same as picking the "download" menu. (Unless you double click a single README or *.TXT file when browsing a FTP server--that will open the file so you can view it!)
TIP: An even better way to start downloads from the GetRight Browser: just drag-and-drop files from the list of files to an open folder in Windows Explorer!
| • | Download (As Alternates): If all the files are really mirrors of a single file (such as the results of a FTP Search) use this to easily add them all as alternates. With this option, it is not required that the files be named the same. |
| • | Download (Advanced): This shows a window with advanced downloading options (such as renaming all the files, etc.) |
| • | FTP Search for File: Lets you easily use one of the services to let you search for files on FTP servers. |
| • | Disconnect from FTP Server: Closes a connection to a FTP server. |
| • | Start Downloading on This FTP Connection: Re-uses this GetRight Browser connection to the FTP server to start downloading files from the server. This is especially useful if the server is busy and difficult to connect to. The browser acts as if you have disconnected from the server, but the download windows starts. |
| • | Reconnect to FTP Server: Disconnects and reconnects to a FTP server--returning you to the same directory location. |
| • | Properties: This gives you some information about the file selected. |
| • | Copy URL(s) to Clipboard: Copies the URLs for all the selected items to the clipboard. If more than one is selected, each URL will be on its own line. |
| • | Select->Select All: Select everything in the list. |
| • | Select->Unselect All: Select nothing in the list. |
| • | Select->Toggle XXX: This switches the selected/unselected state for files by the file type. |
Downloads = .EXE .BIN .ZIP .SIT .HQX .TAR .TGZ .ARJ .LZH .GZ .Z .FML .VSL
Images = .GIF .JPG .JPE? .TIF? .BMP .MPG .MPE? .AVI .MOV
Inline Images = For HTTP only, images that show in the page. (IMG FIG OVERLAY IFRAME)
Pages = .HTM? .?HTM? .ASP .TXT .TEXT
Sounds = .MP3 .WAV .AU .RA .RAM .AIF? .MID .LAM
| • | Select->Reverse: Select the opposite of what's selected now. |
| • | Select->Custom: This shows a window with some advanced options for selecting files. |
| • | Filter: This shows a window with some advanced options for filtering (hiding) files from the list. |
| • | Find: This shows a window with some options for searching for items in the list. |
| • | Find Next: Find the next item which fits the "find" criteria set earlier. |
| • | Toolbar->Standard Button Bar: Show or hide the main toolbar. |
| • | Toolbar->Address Bar: Show or hide the address bar. |
| • | Toolbar->Sets of Buttons: Show or hide different groups of buttons from the toolbar. |
| • | Reload: Refreshes the current page by reloading from the server. |
| • | Stop: Stops loading the current page. |
| • | List: View in a list that just shows the file names. |
| • | Report: View in a report that shows the file names, sizes, dates, HTML tag type, or other information. |
| • | Arrange Icons->Options: Changes how the report is sorted. Picking these works the same as clicking the headers of the report columns. |
| • | View Page Source: View the HTML of a page, or the directory contents returned by the FTP server. |
| • | View Page in Web Browser: Opens the current page in your default web browser. |
| • | Clear Web Sites: Removes all web sites from the tree-view on the left of the window except the current web page. This cleans up the display if you have visited many sites. |
| • | Clear Log: Clears the communication log at the bottom of the window. |
| • | Tag Items in Download List: This will add a small arrow next to any items in the current list which are already stored in the download list in GetRight (shown on the Download Status.) Since this can be slow if you have a large list of files, or many files are in the directory listing, you will need to redo this function on any new or refreshed directory listing. |
| • | Back: Go to the last page. |
| • | Forward: Go to the next page. |
| • | Up One Level: Go up one level in the directory tree. |
| • | Force Directory Change: Lets you treat any item as if it were a folder and change directories into it. This is useful for web pages that use "odd" types that the GetRight Browser does not recognize, etc. |
| • | The Rest: Pick the other items to open popular web sites or FTP servers. |
| • | Add to Favorites: Add the current page to your list of favorites. |
| • | Edit Favorites: Change your favorites. You can change the menu order, create sub-menus, change icons and more. |
Advanced Trick: If you hold CTRL when picking this, it opens the Go menu items so you may change them. There is no guarantee that your changes to the Go menu won't get lost if you upgrade GetRight.
| • | The Rest: Pick the other items to open web sites or FTP servers you have added to your favorites. |
| • | GetRight Configuration: The usual GetRight Configuration window. |
| • | GetRight Browser Configuration: Some setup items that are specific for just the GetRight Browser. More Help. |
| • | GetRight Download Status: Show the list of your in-progress downloads. |
| • | GetRight Browser: Open a new GetRight Browser window. |
| • | GetRight Dialer: Dial your modem to connect to the Internet. |
| • | GetRight Drop Target: Show the GetRight Drop window (can use it to drag-and-drop links from your web browser.) |
| • | Check for a Newer Version of GetRight: GetRight can check to see if a newer version than you have is available for you to download. A small window will display to show the status of the checking. If there is a newer version, a "More Information" button will appear on the small window so you may find more information and download the newer version. |
| • | Clear Cache: The GetRight Browser saves web pages and FTP directories on your hard drive so it can more quickly display them later if you go back (so it doesn't have to communicate over the network to get the information again.) You may pick this item to remove all this stored information so the browser will re-get the data from the Internet. |
| • | Clear Browser History Lists: Clears the drop-down list contents for items in the GetRight Browser. (Such as the Address bar items, Filter, Select, etc.) |
| • | Help: This help page. |
| • | About: About GetRight. The about form also includes some statistics about what GetRight has done for you (number of files downloaded total MB downloaded, MB saved by resuming.) |
| • | Getting Started Web Page: Open the Getting Started with GetRight page in your browser. Has some basic information to get you going with GetRight. |
| • | Support Web Page: Open the GetRight Support page in your browser. Has lots of links to information to help you. |
| • | Frequently Asked Questions Web Page: Open the GetRight FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page in your browser. More help about common problems. |
| • | GetRight Home Page: This item will open the GetRight home page in your web browser. |
Shortcuts to many common menu choices. Icons for the toolbar items are shown in the menus to help you tell which button will do which function. Or hold the mouse cursor over the button to get a short tool-tip description.
This is very similar to the address bar in your web browser. Just type in a URL to open a web page or browse a FTP server. The Login button lets you easily enter a username and password for logging into FTP servers. When the Login button is pressed, spaces for the username and password will be shown.
Some of the formats accepted include:
ftp://ftp.xyz.com/
ftp://ftp.xyz.com/path/path/
(To start in a specific directory.)
ftp://ftp.xyz.com:###/
(To give the port number ###.)
ftp://user:pass@ftp.xyz.com/path/path/
(To login with a username/password. The username and password will be automatically transferred to the Login button items.)
http://www.xyz.com/index.htm
The main part of the window is made up of a 3 pane display. This display is much like that in Windows Explorer with the addition of a view at the bottom that shows information about the communications with the FTP or web server. The left side shows a tree view of the folders for the current server. The right side shows a list of all the files in the current directory. The bottom shows the list of command sent to the server (most people won't need to view this and can leave it sized so it is not showing).
Double-clicking an item in the list on the right will add the item to GetRight's download list (prompting you as needed) or open the directory.
Directory Tree Status Icons:
The folders will be gray if you haven't visited the page/folder, normal if you have, and red if there was an error visiting that page/folder.
Directory List:
| • | You may click the column headers to sort the report by that column. |
| • | Drag items from the list to Windows Explorer to download them to that directory! |
Most of these are the same as your web browser or Windows Explorer.
Alt+, or Alt+<
Go Up One Level
Alt++ or Alt+=
Add to Favorites
Ctrl+A
Select All
Ctrl+B
Edit your Favorites
Ctrl+C
Copy URL(s) to the Clipboard
Ctrl+F
Find
F3
Find Next
Ctrl+O
Open the selected item
Ctrl+T
Custom Select
Ctrl+U
View Source
ESC
Stop loading the page
Alt+Enter
File Properties
Alt+Left Arrow or Ctrl+Left Arrow
Go Back
Alt+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Right Arrow
Go Forward
F5 or Ctrl+R
Reload (Refresh) the current list.