a.k.a. FAQ
Q: I don't understand how to use
more than one window to visit several sites at the same time from one spot Here! Can you
explain that more clearly?
A: Sure. Go to "Simultaneously Visiting Multiple Sites."
Be sure to run through
the example exercises we provide there. Once you've done that, you'll not only understand,
you'll be a pro.
Q: What's the best screen area or resolution to use with
Here!?
A: 1024 x 768 pixels. Good resolution, less scrolling, more
page content visible at one time. A higher resolution is fine, too.
It's pretty easy for a Windows
user to experiment with this and adjust it to his or her taste. Just go to Start |
Settings | Control Panel | Display | Settings (tab) | Screen Area (slider).
If the text looks smaller than you'd like, increase its size in your
individual software programs (e.g., your email client, word processor,
browser, etc.).
Q: Who is your directory for?
A: If we understand your question correctly, Here! is for
whomever
wants to use it and for whomever can use it. That's the broad answer.
The narrow answer is
that it's for regular folk. You, us, the guy next door, Aunt Emma down the block.
Anyone who wants to save
some time and find relevant stuff with a reasonable degree of
accuracy and directness.
Q: What's your
privacy policy?
A: Privacy means privacy. Basically, that's our policy.
For
elaboration, see Privacy
Policy.
Q: Do you host
domains and web sites, provide e-mail addresses, design and maintain web
sites -- stuff
like that?
A: We're more interested in serving Elm Street and Main Street than we are
Wall Street -- small
businesses and nonprofits of all types interest us far more than large
corporate businesses. We're particularly interested in those who really
need help. These are regular, everyday people whom we'd like to see keep
up with the tech revolution at least enough not to be overwhelmed or
victimized by it. And we're just now in the process of updating our services to
them. Follow
this link to get the latest info.
Q: Can't you do anything about
those bloody pop-up ads? Is there any way to get rid of them?
A: Irritating, aren't they? And that's putting it
mildly. Sorry, though. They're not ours, we don't use them, we hate them, and
there's nothing we can do about them except sympathize with you. They're at
some of the sites
you're visiting from Here! You might try emailing those site-owners and let them
know how you feel. Meanwhile, a pop-up killer or blocker is your best bet.
The latest versions of most browsers now include this feature.
Q: What does IME stand for?
A: Truth, justice, and common human decency.
Or did you mean
the actual letters I, M, and E?
Q: As a small businessperson, I
have two questions. First, should I get on the Web? Second, when?
A: This isn't really our area of expertise, and we don't know your
circumstances, but if you'd like merely an informed general opinion ... First:
yes. Second: yesterday.
Q: Hey! What's the deal,
man? How come you send everyone to your competitors? You don't see Yahoo! or
MSN or any of those guys sending their visitors to each other. Or to you.
A: Nah, you're right, man. Those guys are Big
Business. If there's an Establishment in the midst of this tech revolution, they're big,
big parts of it. Each one of the major portal companies has its own interests, and
those interests usually include stuff other than just websearching. Each wants you to
use that portal exclusively so it can promote other stuff from which the company can make
a few bucks. You'll probably find reviews, recommendations, and/or links to the other
guys buried on some page at each company's site, but they don't actively promote each
other because they're competing against each other for your attention and, ultimately,
your money. If they're trying to get your attention and your moola, it just doesn't
make sense to send you elsewhere.
Of course, we want your attention, too.
We want
you to use Here! We want every online person in the world to use Here!, to have it as
a start page. Despite this, however, the other, major portal companies aren't really
our competitors. While its usage is broad in scope, Here! is actually very narrowly
focused as a business: our primary concern is to get online users to where they want to go as
quickly and as simply and as accurately as possible. A lot
of these other guys, the good ones, have some wonderful stuff. Our service -- why we'd like to have you Here! and believe
Here! has
value for you -- is to send you
there
when appropriate, to all of these other guys --
to all of these good, major players -- to
take advantage of each one's strengths and each one's special features in a fast, easy,
useful, and occasionally simultaneous manner.
Q: You used to
have quicklists for three or four times more directories than you have
now. Why do you now use only Google, LookSmart, Yahoo!, and sometimes About?
A: Only a few directories provide the
listings for all of them. Review all the major ones and notice how
many are identical to each other. About the only differences among the
links nowadays are the fonts, colors, sizes, and who's presenting
them. We use Google, LookSmart, and Yahoo! because each one either 1.) provides
the directory info to begin with or 2.) is the best search guide using info
gathered from elsewhere. About is an entirely different animal, so we include
it when it has appropriate information because it's unique, useful,
informative, and
gives a different slant to things.
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