just passing this on.....will check out later..... a new tool........ rick
http://www.ferretsoft.com/netferret/products.htm This is really a GREAT "search engine"--WebFerretPRO. It's so much better than Yahoo. You don't have to submit an URL to the Ferret folk, to get a site listed with them. I tried listing with Yahoo several months ago. I've tried several times. But they will not list the site I submitted. I'm really disappointed in Yahoo, because I thought they would represent all the sites. They will list some not-so-nice sites, but others they will not list. I really have lost a lot of respect for Yahoo. Anyway, this Ferret service is really great--and it's freeware. -- Jackie Engle Drive smart ... Drive SOBER ... in memory of Mark Engle, 6-29-77 to 12-31-91Title: FerretSoft - Product Information
The fastest, most powerful search utility for finding web pages on the Net. WebFerretPRO queries popular Web-based search engines, quickly and efficiently finding web pages the user is looking for on the World Wide Web. 
The fastest, most powerful search utility for finding information on the Net. InfoFerretPRO queries Web-based databases, returning relevant results that the user is looking for. The fastest way find someone's Email Address on the Net. EmailFerretPRO seeks out email addresses, querying Web-based email directories. Addresses can then be added to your address book, copied or mailed to, using your standard email client. The fastest way to find and fetch files from the Net. FileFerretPRO searches both Web-based file databases and the Archie protocol databases for shareware, public domain software and other files. The files can then be downloaded using built-in FTP. The fastest way to find a chatter's Channel on the Net. IRCFerretPRO is the easiest way to locate other users of various Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks. Searches are specified by the keywords, matching them against every IRC user's details in the chosen channel. It will search most of the major and a few minor IRC networks around the world. White Pages Info without the book. PhoneFerretPRO locates telephone numbers by searching the most popular phone number directories. For users with the Dialer software installed, numbers can be directly dialed from the search results. The Usenet Newsgroup find and fetch speed champ. NewsFerretPRO searches multiple newsgroups to locate Usenet articles, automatically joining multi-part messages together and decoding binary attachments. The articles can then be retrieved and displayed, or saved for later review. Now you can launch any FerretSoft product you have installed on your system with a simple click of a button using the FREE Remote Control Toolbar. The Remote Control Toolbar launches with your browser and resides in the system tray so your Ferrets can quickly and easily be called up and put to work. And did we mention that it's FREE!
The FerretSoft Concept....
The Internet provides us with a wealth of information right at our fingertips. Finding the information we need, however, isn't always easy. That's why FerretSoft has developed some of the most powerful, easy-to-use, Internet search tools available.With FerretSoft utilities new Internet users can execute searches for a wide range of Internet resources within seconds of installation without needing to learn any new jargon or applications. Experienced users will find the tools are powerful time-savers.
A unique aspect of FerretSoft utilities, are their phenomenal speed and responsiveness combined with their simplicity. The time required to launch the software, enter the search keywords, and receive meaningful results only takes seconds!
A major design goal was to produce a set of utilities that conform to the true definition of a software utility: compact, highly responsive, single-step tools that can be brought instantly into action throughout the day with very little system overhead. Complex configuration of bloatware-type features have been purposely omitted. Other design goals included simple installation, portability, and common core components in order to produce "new" ferrets easily.
The Internet is dynamic and constantly changing, with new search engines appearing, and existing engines changing their own interfaces and adding features regularly. FerretSoft utilities cope with this dynamism in a unique way: The instructions for understanding a search engine are separate to the actual software implementation. Each time a utility is run, it automatically checks the FerretSoft configuration server for any updates. Updates and new search engine configurations are extremely small and the entire update process is fast and unnoticeable. The net result is a maintenance-free set of utilities that keep pace with the growing and changing Internet.
Making extensive use of the multithreading capabilities of Windows95, Windows 98 and Windows NT, all FerretSoft utilities query multiple databases or search engines simultaneously. Query results are made available immediately and can be acted upon by a simple double-click on the result of interest. This will open up the user's default browser or tool associated with the URL, while the query can continue in the background.
We could go on and on but seeing is believing. So download any or all of the FerretSoft Freeware versions and see for yourself.
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