Web Whacker Demo
Published by Blue Squirrel

Age Group: Adults
Type: Computer Toolbox
License: free demo
 
Description:

WEB WHACKER DEMO

Control Web content viewed by children by "whacking" specific content onto your own computer. This provides a stored copy of the original pages which can be viewed and navigated locally with any Web browser. Specify the number of levels of a site to capture. Save (small) favorite Web sites or specific content pages from them, organize them into folders, and use your Web browser to surf subsets of the Net offline.

View specific pages on the Internet without an Internet connection, for example in the car or for a class presentation. Note that there are limitations to what you can do offline. You will not be able to follow links to other sites or do anything interactive, like play online games or fill in forms. This is best used for information pages like Kids Domain crafts and reviews and for pages with heavy graphics content that take a long time to load online.

The program monitors specified sites and updates changes. It can also be used to schedule unattended content delivery. Subscribe to a URL and specify how often the information is to be renewed, then receive a new copy whenever the text and graphics of the original page changes. The demo software expires after 15 Whacks (can be multiple web pages) or 30 days after installation, whichever occurs first. In the Education Edition, enter the url for a desired page and click on 'Get It'. Click on the Stop button if it seems to be downloading more than you want. Click 'Launch It' to look at the pages locally in your browser.

Note that, while individual pages are captured quickly, whacking a large site will take a long time, and should be avoided if you don't have a high speed net connection. Also make sure that you have enough space on your hard drive to store whacked pages. Status feedback is given on progress of site download and the amount of space being used on your computer. If there is an active Internet connection, links outside of the set of whacked sites will still work from Web Whacker, so to limit a child's use to local whacked pages, the connection must be disabled.

There is a great deal of interesting online information, storybooks and lessons that could be downloaded with Web Whacker and looked at without a net connection. This is especially useful: with portable computers for long car trips or holiday situations without Internet access; and for classroom presentation and discussion.

Download Details

Requires:
Win 95+, Internet connection

Filename: wheesetup.exe, ww2k.exe

Filesize: 2.2 Mb, 4 Mb

Download Sites:

US : Educator's edition

US : Regular version