Launching GOIN XL Web
Accelerator
GOIN XL Web Accelerator launches automatically each time you start
Windows. It operates in the background to accelerate your Internet connection.
No user intervention is required.
If GOIN XL Web Accelerator is not running and you need to launch
it manually, an icon titled "GOIN XL Web Accelerator" is located in
the Windows Start Menu under the GOIN XL folder.
The GOIN XL taskbar icon appears in the Windows taskbar to you show
you it is running.
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Accessing the User Interface
Once launched, GOIN XL Web Accelerator will remain in the system
tray. For the most part, during web browsing there will
be no need to access the user interface. You can use the user interface
to change settings, view connection status or acceleration statistics.
To access the user interface features, click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator
icon in the system tray. A pop-up menu will appear,
providing access to all the features of the product. Selecting
and single-clicking any of the menu items will access that particular
feature.
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Changing the Image Quality
Setting
The image quality setting changes the quality of images that appear
in your GOIN XL Web Accelerator. The higher the quality you select,
the longer it will take the image to load. For slower Internet connections,
it is recommended that you lower your image quality. This slider can be
adjusted anytime while browsing.
You can easily obtain full image quality for a particular image (described
below), so don't be overly conservative about lowering your image quality
setting.
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Right-click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator system tray icon.
See the product guide if you are
unsure how to do this.
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Select "Settings...".
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Select the "Image Quality" tab.
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Use the slider bar to adjust the image quality setting.
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Press OK to save the settings.
Getting Full Image Quality
Note: The following information applies only when browsing with Internet
Explorer.
While browsing, if you would like to request the full quality image,
simply right-click on the desired image from within Internet Explorer
and select "Show Original Image" from the menu.
The full quality image will appear in place of the lower quality image.
If you want to see the full quality version of all images on the current
page, simply right-click on any image from within Internet Explorer and
select "Show All Original Images" from the menu (shown below).
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Changing the Pop-Up Blocker
Settings
GOIN XL Web Accelerator can prevent pop-up windows and floating flash
advertisements from appearing while you browse the Internet. This behavior
is enabled by default, and no user-intervention is required. However,
you can disable these features at any time.
A limited number of web sites require pop-ups to function correctly.
GOIN XL Web Accelerator allows you to specify a "White List" of sites
where pop-ups will not be blocked.
You can also see a list of all pop-ups that were blocked. This information
is useful if you suspect a web site is not functioning properly because
pop-ups are being blocked.
Enabling and Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker
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Right-click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator system tray icon.
See the user interface section
of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".
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Select the "Options" tab.
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To hear a beep whenever a pop-up is blocked, check "Notify blocked
pop-up by PC speaker beep".
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To disable the blocking of floating Flash advertisements, uncheck
"Block Floating Flash-Ads".
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To disable all pop-up blocking for all sites, uncheck "Enable PopUp
Blocker".
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Press OK to save the settings.
Disabling the Pop-Up Blocker for Specific Sitesp
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Right-click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator system tray icon.
See the user interface section
of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".
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Select the "White List" tab.
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Use the "Add", "Remove" and "Remove All" buttons to manipulate the
White List.
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Press OK to save the settings.
Viewing the Pop-Up Blocker Log
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Right-click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator system tray icon.
See the user interface section
of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Pop-Up Blocker...".
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Select the "Logging" tab.
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To add a web site to the "White List" so that pop-ups are no longer
blocked from that site, right-click on the site and click "Add to
Whitelist".
Adding Sites to the White List
You can add sites to the White List within the Pop-Up Blocker dialogs,
shown above, or from within Internet Explorer.
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Right-click on any text while browsing within Internet Explorer.
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Select "Add to Whitelist" from the menu to add the current site
to the White List.
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Starting and Stopping
When GOIN XL Web Accelerator is launched it automatically connects.
Occasionally, you may need to stop or start manually.
To Stop:
If you are connected and you want to manually disconnect, right-click
on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up
menu. Select the menu item "Stop GOIN XL".
The GOIN XL system tray icon will now have a red "X" through it.
To Start:
If GOIN XL is stopped and you want to manually start, right-click
on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator system tray icon to access the pop-up
menu. Select the menu item "Start GOIN XL".
The red "X" through the GOIN XL system tray icon will disappear.
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Closing GOIN XL Web Accelerator
To close GOIN XL Web Accelerator:
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Right-click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator system tray icon and
select "Exit" from the pop-up menu (see below). GOIN XL Web Accelerator
will disconnect and close. Doing this will not close any open browser
windows.
Note: GOIN XL Web Accelerator will automatically launch again
the next time you reboot your computer.
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Bypassing GOIN XL Web
Accelerator for Selected Sites
If you wish to bypass GOIN XL Web Accelerator for certain web sites
(web sites on your local corporate intranet, for instance), then simply
select the "Proxy Exclusion" tab on the " Settings" dialog (see below).
You have two options for bypassing sites:
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If you have already defined a proxy exclusion list in your
web brower, select "Use browser's proxy exclusion settings" to configure
GOIN XL Web Accelerator to exclude these sites as well.
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You may also "Specify a proxy exclusion list" by selecting this
option. In the given text field, list all the web sites, separated
by semicolons, that you wish to bypass GOIN XL Web Acceleration.
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Stop and then start GOIN XL Web Accelerator.
Note: In step 1, Netscape does not support the wildcard
(*) operator.
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Accelerating Email
GOIN XL Web Accelerator can reduce the amount of time it takes to
send and receive email. GOIN XL Web Accelerator accelerates email transparently
without any user intervention, so you can use your mail program exactly
as you normally would. It is compatible with any POP3/SMTP client, including
Outlook Express, Eudora and Netscape Mail. Email acceleration is disabled
by default.
To enable email acceleration:
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Right-click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator system tray icon.
See the user interface section
of the product guide if you are unsure how to do this.
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Select "Settings...".
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Select the "Email" tab.
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Select "Enable for all applications".
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Press OK to save the settings. The changes will take effect the
next time GOIN XL Web Accelerator and your mail client are restarted.
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View Your Acceleration
Statistics
You can view the acceleration statistics and how they change dynamically
using the Statistics dialog.
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Click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator taskbar icon to access the
pop-up menu.
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Select "Statistics...", to display the Statistics summary dialog.
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Click "Reset" to reset the statistics. You may do so at anytime
while browsing without affecting GOIN XL Web Accelerator's performance
or operation.
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Click the "Details" button to view more detailed statistics information
(see below).
Consult the following table for a description of the values.
| Original Data |
Size of the original (uncompressed) data. |
| Actual Data |
Amount of data sent by GOIN XL Web Accelerator. |
| Savings Ratio |
Factor of reduction in data. E.g. A savings
ratio of 4.00 means your connection is 4 times faster than a
normal connection on average. |
| Text-based |
This row contains compression information
regarding text-based content. |
| Graphics |
Contains compression information regarding
graphical content. |
| Others |
Contains information regarding content that
is neither text nor graphical. |
| Upstream |
Lists the total original and compressed amounts
of data uploaded. |
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Accessing Product Version
Information
You may view the product version in the About dialog.
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Right-click on the GOIN XL Web Accelerator taskbar icon to access
the pop-up menu.
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Select "About" to display the About dialog.
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Updating Software
AutoUpdate will inform you of any major or minor software upgrades to
the GOIN XL Service. By default, you will be notified of all software
upgrades.
If you want to manually update GOIN XL Web Accelerator:
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Open the "Settings" dialog.
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Click on the "Update" tab.
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Select "Update Now" to upgrade to the latest version.
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Press OK to save the settings.
Uninstalling GOIN XL
Web Accelerator
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Under the Windows Control Panel, select "Add or Remove Programs".
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Select GOIN XL Web Accelerator and click Remove.
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The uninstaller will launch and guide you through the uninstallation
procedure.
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