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Sherlock Plug-in

If you use an Apple Macintosh computer with OS 8.5 or higher, you can search the internet directly using the Sherlock aplication. This application usually resides in the Apple Menu Items folder. Sherlock searches the internet using a collection of existing internet search engines, such as Yahoo, Excite and the like. Now you can add the VisionScience search engine to this collection.

To use the VisionScience Sherlock plug-in, follow these simple steps.
  1. Download the plug-in.
  2. Decompress the plug-in. This may be done automatically by your browser and its helper applications. If not, find the downloaded file "visionscience.src.hqx" and decompress it using Stuffit Expander or the like. Place the resulting file "visionscience.src" in the folder "Internet Search Sites" in your System Folder.
  3. Start Sherlock (which is usually in your Apple Menu), and click on the tab "Search Internet". Under the Search heading, you will see a list of Search Engines, each with a check box. Check the box next to VisionScience.
  4. Try searching for "gabori" (the subject of some recent mail postings). Or try searching for "sherlock".
  5. Enjoy.

Additional Details

Currently, the VisionScience search engine searches all the contents of the VisionScience site, including mailing list archives, but but does not venture outside the site. We are investigating the possibility of also searching one or two clicks away from the site. If this would be useful to you, drop us a line.

Sherlock automatically checks for updates to resident search engine files (.src files), so if you may see an occasional message asking whether you want to update.

Please report any problems or suggestions to sherlock@visionscience.com.

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To add an item to this page, submit it to vslist, or send it to contact@visionscience.com
Copyright © 1997-2001 VisionScience
To add an item to this page, submit it to VisionScienceList, or send it to contact@visionscience.com
Copyright © 1997-2001 VisionScience
To add an item to this page, submit it to VisionScienceList, or send it to contact@visionscience.com
Copyright © 1997-2000 VisionScience

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