Fact200
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:10 pm
From http://www.fact200.com/:
Fact200 is both an Internet search client and a news feed reader that concentrates on finding, sifting, and browsing information while filtering out noise and junk. It is ideal for browsing through massive amounts of web pages (e.g., browsing news feeds) or for researching esoteric subjects.
The download contains a zipped .exe file which is the application itself. The application self-installs and un-installs without the aid of an external installer.
In order to run in portable mode: create a blank file in the same directory as the .exe named "prefs.ini". When launched, the .exe checks for the presence of this file and indicates "portable mode" in the window title. It also looks for/creates a library directory (Default Library) in the same directory as the .exe.
When in portable mode it does its best to avoid writing to the system. However, it relies on certain portions of IE to do HTTP requests and HTML rendering and despite explicit flags to prevent caching/history it nonetheless leaves a little bit of a trace behind.
It has full Unicode support.
In testing with my 256MB USB2.0 stick, it runs rather slowly when performing loads. It does quite a bit of r/w access to the library which the stick doesn't seem to like. Larger ones may fair better. My recommendation is to do any loading on the home computer and copy the library to the stick as a portable,searchable internet library.
Fact200 is both an Internet search client and a news feed reader that concentrates on finding, sifting, and browsing information while filtering out noise and junk. It is ideal for browsing through massive amounts of web pages (e.g., browsing news feeds) or for researching esoteric subjects.
The download contains a zipped .exe file which is the application itself. The application self-installs and un-installs without the aid of an external installer.
In order to run in portable mode: create a blank file in the same directory as the .exe named "prefs.ini". When launched, the .exe checks for the presence of this file and indicates "portable mode" in the window title. It also looks for/creates a library directory (Default Library) in the same directory as the .exe.
When in portable mode it does its best to avoid writing to the system. However, it relies on certain portions of IE to do HTTP requests and HTML rendering and despite explicit flags to prevent caching/history it nonetheless leaves a little bit of a trace behind.
It has full Unicode support.
In testing with my 256MB USB2.0 stick, it runs rather slowly when performing loads. It does quite a bit of r/w access to the library which the stick doesn't seem to like. Larger ones may fair better. My recommendation is to do any loading on the home computer and copy the library to the stick as a portable,searchable internet library.