"no files, no registry keys, simple, fast"
I apologize for last days confusing version updates. You can now download version 1.4.0
-------[ 1. Disclaimer ]--------------------------------------------------------
QFS is provided AS IS. So, as you may have read many other times, there's no guarranty on data lost, computer malfunction, etc..
However, as you can read in [2. What is QFS?], QFS does very few things and does not interoperate with other programs (only with the OS), so it's very dificult to QFS to damage anything anyway.
-------[ 2. What is QFS? ]-------------------------------------------------------
QFS is a tiny program that searches on the "Favorites" directory for a string in the name of the Internet's shortcut files.
I've done it because the fact that, altought maintaining a structured and kindly sorted favorites, it's lots faster to search for a favorite than navigating the long structured favorites tree.
If you have hundreds of favorites, and usually use it most, try QFS!
-------[ 3. What is not? ]------------------------------------------------------
QFS is not a websearch engine, portal, spider, program, etc...
QFS is not a favorites manager. You manage your favorites and QFS just search.
QFS is not a database of your favorites. No files nor registry keys are created.
QFS is not a virus, not a trojan, not a worm, not a backdoor.
QFS doesn't search in the "META" of the HTML pointed by the Internet's shortcut.
-------[ 4. How to install? ]---------------------------------------------------
Unzip and run. No installation required.
QFS does not create extra files, nor configuration files, nor registry keys.
You must have VB6.0 runtime libraries. (msvbvm60.dll)
-------[ 5. How it works? ]-----------------------------------------------------
QFS is a text box where you type any string you want. When you hit <Enter>, QFS searches in your favorites folder for any file wich contains that string.
Note that the file will "contain" and not "begin with" the string. So, for a string like "new" any of the following are correct:
"www.thenews.com", "newswired.com", "The new stores", "wahtelsenewyoucanimagine"
If only one file with the string is found, then your favorite is launched in your browser.
If more than one is found, then a sorted dropdown combo with all the files is shown. You can move between them with <up> and <down> keys, or <Alt+down> to see the full combo, and hit <Enter> when you have found the right shortcut. Then the shortcut is launched in your browser.
When Combo is shown, its ToolTip (the label that appears when you stop your mouse over it) is the full URL of the Favorite listed
If you don't want to launch the browser with any of the files in the combo, you can hit <Esc> to return to the search text box.
Hitting <Esc> from the text box will exit QFS.
-------[ 6. Known bugs ]--------------------------------------------------------
Still none. But I expect you to found something going wrong... :-)
-------[ 7. ToDo list ]---------------------------------------------------------
· Integrate as a bar in Internet Explorer (difficult to do with a VB project)
· Faster directory reading (I think I'ts almost impossible)
· Search in URLs (lots slower if I finally do it)
-------[ 8. System requirements ]-----------------------------------------------
Windows 9x, NT, 2k
VB6.0 runtime libraries (msvbvm60.dll)
Windows Favorites folder (QFS does NOT work with Netscape HTML bookmarks)
-------[ 9. License information ]-----------------------------------------------
QFS is absolut freeware.
But if you like and use QFS, please, feedback me!
And if you don't mind, zip and email me your favorites
-------[ 10. Contact the author ]-----------------------------------------------
You can found me at: mailto:kikerl@excite.com
Visitor:
Enjoy QFS...