the new way to experience the Web

User's Guide

 

Welcome to Envision: the new way to experience the Web. The World Wide Web is over a decade old, but until now we've been "browsing" it pretty much the same way we did 10 years ago. No more! Envision is the new way to experience the Web. Instead of Web pages in browser windows surrounded by text,

With Envision you can:

What's new in Envision 1.1

Along with various minor enhancements and bug fixes, Envision 1.1 introduces


Table of Contents
Getting Started
  • System requirements
  • Installation
  • Purchasing Envision
  • Entering a serial number
  • The Welcome show
  • Getting started
  • Online help
  • Mini-tutorial
Watching a Show
  • Opening a show
  • Play & pause a show
  • Display mode - single images & thumbnails
  • Window size
  • The Info drawer & image information
  • Sequential navigation
  • Random access navigation
  • Jump to the first image
  • Going to an image's Web page
  • Viewing multiple shows
Making a Show
  • Make a new show from the Web
  • Make a new show from a folder
  • Make a new show from an image search
  • Make a new show from a single image
  • Web Show of the Week
  • Saving a show
  • Opening a saved show
  • Preferences
Customizing a Show's Content
  • The Settings dialog
  • How Envision looks for images
  • Choose the best page to start from
  • Specify where (and when) Envision looks for images
  • Specify criteria for the download & display of images
  • Delete images from a show
  • Un-delete images in a show
  • Re-scan a site
Customizing a Show's Display
  • Visual effects
  • Window size
  • The poster image
  • Shuffle play
  • Automatic starting and stopping of a show
  • Hiding the toolbar and status bar
Saving & Using Images
  • Saving individual images
  • Screensaver images
  • Desktop image
  • Envision Everywhere support
Tips on Making a Good Show
  • Make a show & customize its content
  • Customize the show's appearance
Troubleshooting
  • Solutions to common problems
Appendices
  • Notes on installation
  • Limitations with Envision on Jaguar
  • Supported image formats
  • Envision and AppleScript
  • Power-user shortcuts
  • The Envision image cache
  • The Envision scan log
  • The Colors window

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