Cachet


Finding an old web page with Cachet


When you run Cachet, a floating toolbar appears on your screen.

Click the center to bring up the search dialog.





The search dialog consists of three panels. The top panel allows you to select which directory you wish to search. Normally, you would search the Netscape cache directory. If so, you need never change this panel. However, you can also search through archives of saved documents, or directories of documents you have created for your own web site.

The second panel selects the timeframe for the search. You can use the arrow to select predetermined dates such as today, yesterday, the past week, or month, or you can enter a specific date and time. If you want to see the web pages you viewed last Thursday afternoon, just enter the appropriate date and times. To see all of the documents in the cache, use any date older than the oldest document available as a starting point.

The third panel allows you to select documents based on a word or string that is found in the text of the document. This is incredibly handy for finding documents that you viewed days or even weeks ago. Press OK to retrieve documents viewed recently which made reference to Microsoft somewhere in the text. If no text is entered in the search text box, all of the pages will be shown.



The Cache Browser




The documents Cachet finds in the cache will be displayed in a scrollable window for selective viewing. It takes less than 10 seconds to search the average cache.

Double click on the document you want to view.


Cachet will rebuild the document and insert images from the cache. As soon as the rebuilt document is available, it will be transferred automatically to Netscape for viewing.





The floating toolbar will still be there in your Netscape window. Click on the arrows to see the next or previous matching document from the cache. The documents are in chronological order as you originally viewed them.

Click on the center button to bring back the Cache Browser. If you have not browsed before, the Search Dialog will appear first.

Use the right mouse button with the cursor on the center panel to bring up the menu.

Hold down the left mouse button to drag the toolbar around the screen. Next time you run Cachet, it will remember where it was left.



The Cache Browser


The Cache Browser is popped up by pressing the left mouse button with the cursor over the center panel of the toolbar. It shows the documents found by the last search. To start a new search, or browse all of the documents in the cache, select Search from the menu popped up by pressing the right mouse button on the toolbar.

The central scroll box shows the time and date that you originally viewed the page followed by the name of the file in the cache and the title as obtained from the original document. Documents that you have already viewed will be marked with a bullet.

The original URL of the selected document is shown in a text box which you can copy and paste directly into other applications.

Clicking on the WWW button will tell Netscape to retrieve the original document from the web, (if it is still available, and if you are connected to a network).

Below the list box are three panels showing the number of matching documents found, the number of files in the cache, and the total space used by the documents in the cache directory. At the left, the green "recycle" button will refresh the display if the cache has changed since the list was generated. On the right (not visible here) is a "STOP" button for aborting the cache search before it has finished searching.

The buttons along the bottom of this window let you look at the document in various ways:

The View File button will cause Netscape to load the file directly from the cache without searching the cache for images or links.. If you are browsing a directory of archived files, you should use this button to show the documents correctly. This option is also useful for quickly checking a document without waiting for it to be rebuilt.

The View Images button pops up a list of GIF and JPG files from the document. These files may be viewed individually using Netscape, from which you can save them for your collection of clip art, photography, or erotica.

The View Document button is the equivalent of double-clicking on the desired document. It will rebuild the document and display it using Netscape. As it rebuilds the document, Cachet shows the individual image files that are used and whether they are available in the cache or not. Images may not be available if they are too old and Netscape has cleared them away on a first in first out basis. Images that were not downloaded in the first place will also show as "not found" during the rebuild process.

The Copy button copies a document along with all of its JPG and GIF images to a new folder or diskette. The usual Windows save dialog will be presented. Note: It is tempting to create a subdirectory under the Netscape cache directory to save these files. Do not do this. Netscape will erase files saved in subdirectories under the cache directory without notice!

The Close button closes the browser window. Clicking on the center button on the toolbar will bring it back at any time.

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