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Features:

Show File Types: When checked, a window pane is displayed, showing which files are downloadable and which files that you do not want displayed.
if you right click, you can even add a new type of file extension for you to download.

Normalize File Names: When checked, file names such as  artist_-_i_love_you_baby.mp3 ,  will now be displayed as " artist - i love you baby.mp3 " .  it converts the mp3 or file in a simple format.

Use Similar Folder:  When you download a song, it will be automatically put in the folder the song was originally in, from the users computer.  For example if madonna - frozzen, was in the folder "new hits" , when you download madonnas song.  On your computer it will be stored in the folder "new hits:

Select Search:  Click the "down arrow" on the right side of the Search button. Then go to the "connect" tab, then highlight a server by clicking a server once with your mouse.  Then go back to the "search" tab, and click 'select search', this will only searth the server or server(s) you have highlighted.  You can highlight 2 servesr by holding down your 'ctrl' key on your keyboard and clicking the servers you want.

Clear On New Search:  When checked each search criteria which you send will clear the list, otherwise the new seach results will be appended to the old list.

Find Within:  This is a very handy and easy to use feature.  You just type in the word(s) you would like to see searched within the search results you get.  Then all the files with the name you searched with will be hightlight.

Clear Queries: This will delete all the search criteria entered in the drop down list, when you search for files.  Just click on "More".

Display 1000: This option lists the maximum amount of returns you can recieve. By default it is set to 1,000.

Terms and Definitions

Folder Column:  Shows the folder that the mp3 is currently held in the other person's computer.
 

File Name Column: Name of the file
 

@ User Column: Name of the user who has the file. Select this and RIGHT click to send the user a message, add them to your "Users" list, etc.
 

Link Type:  Shows the speed the other person CLAIMS to have.
 

Size Column:  Size of the file in bytes.
 

Bitrate Column:  The bitrate of the mp3 file you are viewing. In general, the higher the bitrate, the better the quality and the larger the file size. Most people feel that 128 is acceptable, but many now encode their mp3s much higher (256 or 320) because the quality, they feel, is near CD quality.
 

Play Length Column: The length of the song. TIP: If you get a return of 10 songs of the same title listed at between 3 minutes to 9 to 11 seconds, and another song with the same title is listed dramatically differently, the one song with a different length is NOT the song you are looking for.
 

Server Index Column: The number of the server that the user is connected to as shown in the "#" column of the "Connect" screen.
 

Deep Search Button: This button will search all of the servers you are connected to 11 times. You can also place a minus key "-" within your searches. This will EXCLUDE a word from your search.
 

Copy Button: This copies the search result listed to your clipboard, so you can paste it within another application.  This is found when you click "More".
 

Bitrate & LineSpeed Restrictions: These options filter your searches in accordance to the Bitrate and Speed that you set.  Keep in mind, however, that bitrates below 128 sound fairly bad and are not cd quality.
 
 
 
 
 

Line Speed
Note: The lightest green color of the username is the highest speed such as T3 or greater.

T3 or greater
T1
DSL
Cable
ISDN - 128k
ISDN - 56k
56k
33.6k
28.8k
14.4k or unknown

Note:  In Chat Rooms it says if the user is on what connection such as 56k and so on.