Voyager Browser

This technote describes how to configure the Voyager browser; for information on starting it, see voyager in the QNX 6 Utilities Reference.

To configure Voyager Browser, choose Preferences from the Edit menu. Voyager displays the WWW Configuration dialog:

WWW Configuration

WWW Configuration dialog

This dialog includes the following tabs:

Cache tab

The Cache Verify Policy options are:

Option	Description
Never	Voyager never verifies the web page in the cache with the Internet; it always downloads the web page from the cache.
Always	Voyager always downloads the web page from the Internet.
Once per session	During a session, Voyager will check once to see if a web page on the Internet has been updated. Voyager does not update the files on your network (e.g. you typed `file` in the Site input field instead of `http`). If a file has been changed, click on Reload to see the updated version.

The other cache tab options include:

Option	Description
Cache n Pages	Voyager may run faster if you have a large number of web pages cached; however, increasing the number of cached pages will use more memory.
Image Cache Size	The image cache holds all images rendered to the screen. If you find web pages with images not displayed, or you have a high-color monitor with a high-color graphics driver running and the "Use 256 colors only" button is disabled, you may need to increase the image cache size.

Option	Instruction
Use Proxy Server	Enable if you use a proxy server(s) for HTTP, FTP, or Gopher or if you use a SOCKS host to connect to the Internet.
Max Connections	Enter the maximum number of connections to the Internet allowed at any one time.
HTTP Proxy	Enter the IP address of the HTTP proxy server and the port number in the adjacent field.
FTP Proxy	Enter the IP address of the FTP proxy server and the port number in the adjacent field.
Gopher Proxy	Enter the IP address of the Gopher proxy server and the port number in the adjacent field.
SOCKS Host	Enter the IP address of the SOCKS host and the port number in the adjacent field.
Proxy Overrides	Enter the IP addresses of host computers that shouldn't go through the proxy server(s). Separate the hosts with commas. Wildcards are supported.

Option	Instruction
Home Page	Enter the complete URL of the web page you'd like to appear each time you start Voyager. Restart Voyager for the new home page to take effect.
Email Address	Enter your email address.
Email Server	Enter the IP address of your SMTP server (e.g. `news.qnx.com` or `10.0.0.100`).
Underline links	Enable if you want the links on web pages to be underlined.
Display server errors	Enable if you want error messages to be generated by the host server.
Use 256 colors only	Enable if you want to reduce the amount of image cache required to store images while running your monitor in a high-color or true-color mode.