Network 1: General

On this settings page, you can change some general settings regarding the network access.

Image loading

This chooser lets you select if you want AWeb to load images:

All images: AWeb will start loading every image as soon as it is encountered in a page. This could consume a lot of bandwidth, especially if you are using a slow connection.
Maps only: This option doesn't load all images, but only clickable maps. This can save a lot of traffic, and still lets you use clickable maps, as these are often essential navigation tools.
Off: AWeb will never load images automatically. If you want to see an image, you have to click on its icon.

Max. network connections

AWeb is capable of handling an unlimited number of parallel network connections. You might want to limit this number to a reasonable maximum, to avoid overloading your network line.

Note that if the maximum is reached, image loading will be queued, but not document. A document will always be loaded immediately, so the actual number of connections could be somewhat higher if you are retrieving a page.

The status of all connections can be viewed in the network status window.

Home page

This is the URL of your home page as far as AWeb is concerned. It doesn't need to be the same as your home page on the WWW. It is merely the page that will be shown if you select Navigate / Home document from the menu, or click the Home

button.

You can type in the address, or click the button to copy the current URL from your first (or only) browser window.

Local index

If the name of a local file requested ends in a slash (/), this name is appended to the file name. This allows setting up your own WWW pages locally without having to change the names.

Browse anonymously

Normally, if you follow a hyperlink, AWeb sends the address of the page that link appeared on to the server. This allows servers to generate lists of back-links for interest, logging, optimized caching, tracing obsolete or mistyped links, etc. Some servers, like chat servers, actually need this information to let you get the page.

Because the source of a link may be private information, or may reveal an otherwise private information source, AWeb allows you to disable this feature. If the checkbox is selected, AWeb doesn't send this address, and you are browsing anonymously.

Ignore server MIME type

As explained in the MIME types and external viewers section, most servers send the MIME type along with the data. Unfortunately, some servers send the wrong MIME type if they fail to recognize the true type of the data. This may lead to a file being saved instead of passed to an external viewer as expected.

In those cases, it is best to ignore the MIME type as reported by the server, and let AWeb identify the MIME type by the file name extension.

If this checkbox is selected, the MIME type as reported by the server is ignored.

Allow Shell commands in links

AWeb offers a powerful facility to excute Shell commands just by clicking a hyperlink or submitting a form.

Although this feature can be very useful, it could also cause severe damage if an undesired command like FORMAT would be executed. Therefore this feature is disabled by default. Select this checkbox to enable it.

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