Sept 8, 1996
WorldFlash Software  Version .95
Ken Shapiro, Programmer/Designer


Welcome to the final pre-release of WorldFlash News Ticker!  I hope you
enjoy this program and find it to be useful.  This is the third release,
the first release was a big success with few bugs found.  However, there
will still be a few lingering problems, so if you find any please mail me
at kensh@well.com.


Program Requirements:
Pentium or similar, Window 95, 16Meg RAM, 28.8K Modem recommended.
Minimum supported resolution 640x480 256 colors, minimum recommended
resolution 800x600, 256 colors or better.


Once WorldFlash News Ticker is running, it will attempt to connect to
the Internet.  If you have your Win95 Autodial settings, you will be prompted
to connect to your ISP.  If you are on a LAN or already have an active
TCP/IP connection, WorldFlash will start up with quotes, news headlines
and weather.

You can double-click on anything to activate your internet browser
with a link to that item.  WorldFlash comes with Netscape set up
as the default browser, but you can change that if you like (to
Microsoft's Internet Explorer, for example) in the Preferences
dialog box.

You can single-click and move the mouse left and right to drag
a pane.  The pane at the bottom (or in the middle for the "wide"
window style" is the ad pane.  You can't drag or move this pane.

Right-click with the mouse to bring up the WorldFlash menu.

You should use the Preferences dialog box to customize the program.
You can set the speed of the scrolling panes, and some other window
variables, and you can change the news headline groups or the local news
feeds, etc.  You can also choose Internet Explorer 3.0 as your Web
browser instead of the default Netscape.  See the on-line help page
for information on using the Preferences dialogs.

If you have a POP3 compatible mail account, you can have WorldFlash
scan periodically for your incoming mail.  You need to fill in the
appropriate information in the Preferences dialog box.  Also, WorldFlash
will use the path to your preferred email client program (e.g. WEUDORA.EXE
if you are using Eudora Lite) when you double-click on a mail header
in the scrolling pane.  If this is confusing, email me and tell me
why at kensh@well.com.

Sounds!  This archive doesn't include the .WAV files used by the program.
So, you won't hear the sound effects, including a tinkly bell navigation
cue, occasional voice announcements and a "swoosh" effect when
you drag a pane with the mouse.  If you want them, you should be able
to download another file called "NFSOUNDS.ZIP", which can be found at
http://www.scroller.com/NFSOUNDS.ZIP.  This file contains the
.WAV resources used by WorldFlash.  To use them, unzip them to a
subdirectory of your WorldFlash program directory called "Resources".
You will need to create this directory first (the DOS command "mkdir
resources" works fine).  Problems?  Email me at, you guessed it,
kensh@well.com.

If you are running through a Proxy/Firewall server, you may not be
able to run this program (or many others) without special external
software.  You can get it at http://www.socks.nec.com/download.html.
Get SocksCap32.

That about covers it till next time.  Thanks, Ken, CTO WorldFlash Software