Installation
- Point your browser at the jHound page
- Install the plug in when prompted
- Sign the MarkySoft applet so files can be downloaded to your machine
- jHound will appear in your browser window
User's Guide
A typical search:
The Search Window
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- Enter Search Criteria
- Type in the words you wish to search on, or the web address you
wish to search.
- Maximum Sites to Search
- Sets the maximum number of sites jHound will scan for images
- Simultaneous Downloads
- Set the maximum number of images downloaded simultaneously.
Users with a slow connection may want to reduce the number to 2 or 3.
- Go
- Starts the search
- Stop
- Cancels all downloads
- Slideshow
- Starts a basic slideshow. This displays each file in the download
directory for 5 seconds in the default web browser
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The Progress Window
The progress window lists the websites that were returned from the search.
There are four states a website goes through:
- Wait
- The site is in queued waiting to be processed
- Scanning
- The site is being searched for images
- Downloading
- The images are being downloaded. The progress is shown
as a percentage
- Done
- jHound has completed searching the site
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Clicking on the address will launch the website in the default browser
Clicking on the progress button will cancel the download for that web site.
The Results Window
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The results window shows thumbnails of all images downloaded.
Images can be launched into the default browser by clicking on the thumbnail.
Right-clicking on the thumbnail displays a pop-up menu that allows the user
to delete the image.
Hovering over the image with the mouse pointer will display the website the image
has come from.
All images shown can be found in the 'downloads' folder in the installation directory.
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Hints and Tips
You may get better results by adding the word 'gallery' or 'pictures' to your
search criteria.
Enclosing a persons name in double quotes will give more accurate results, i.e.
"kylie minogue"
rather than
kylie minogue
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