IMSI announced
NetAccelerator Version 2 Deluxe, the latest version of it speed surfing
product that now allows users to block advertising.
NetAccelerator pre-fetches links while users browse, anticipating the jumps
to other pages that users are likely to make. It uses the “idle time” of
the modem to search out and download these pages, which include users’ most
commonly visited sites.
One of NetAccelerator’s key features is called AdsOff, an advertising blocker
that works together with another program, OnTrack, to create a barrier
against the download of ad text, graphics, pop-up windows, and banner ads
on the Internet.
“By blocking Web site advertising from being downloaded, AdsOff and OnTrack
cut down on unwanted downloads that would otherwise hog the users’ modem,”
Stern said. “AdsOff frees up the modem, allowing
NetAccelerator to work even harder.”
Other features include Web Sleuth from Prompt Software that lets users
conduct online searches efficiently, using five powerful search engines; and
Jackhammer, which penetrates busy web sites by working in the background
to make the connection.
NetAccelerator Version 2 Deluxe will not be available until February, 1999,
and will then be available in computer software stores throughout the United
States at an estimated street price of $39.95.