Derrick
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This little applet is listed as “thank-you-ware,” which is to say that, if you like it, the author would appreciate an e-mail to that effect. It is a tiny download, and has a very light footprint. It doesn’t pretend to offer super-sophisticated functionality, but rather just the necessary basics.
This little applet is listed as “thank-you-ware,” which is to say that, if you like it, the author would appreciate an e-mail to that effect. It is a tiny download, and has a very light
footprint. It doesn’t pretend to offer super-sophisticated functionality, but rather just the necessary basics.
These are, specifically, a real-time graph displaying current download and upload speeds, and the ability to define alerts, which can warn you when you’ve exceeded a certain transfer
rate, or when you’re approaching a predefined transfer amount. Thus, if you are in danger of exceeding your cap, it will warn you.
It is highly customisable in terms of visuals – the graph window can be resized, and every colour can be customised. In addition, fonts can be adjusted to a certain degree, and certain
cosmetic options can be tweaked. The alerts can also be customised in terms of what sound effect is played, and these should amuse sci-fi fans, as they include the likes of humorous shows such
as The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Red Dwarf.
Finally, there is some rudimentary reporting support, allowing statistics to be generated in a graphical or text format for various time periods ranging
from hours to months. One weakness of this program is that it cannot distinguish between LAN and Internet traffic, so if you connect to the Internet via a LAN, your statistics and
such will be inflated and thrown out bylocal traffic.
This little applet is listed as “thank-you-ware,” which is to say that, if you like it, the author would appreciate an e-mail to that effect. It is a tiny download, and has a very light
footprint. It doesn’t pretend to offer super-sophisticated functionality, but rather just the necessary basics.
These are, specifically, a real-time graph displaying current download and upload speeds, and the ability to define alerts, which can warn you when you’ve exceeded a certain transfer
rate, or when you’re approaching a predefined transfer amount. Thus, if you are in danger of exceeding your cap, it will warn you.
It is highly customisable in terms of visuals – the graph window can be resized, and every colour can be customised. In addition, fonts can be adjusted to a certain degree, and certain
cosmetic options can be tweaked. The alerts can also be customised in terms of what sound effect is played, and these should amuse sci-fi fans, as they include the likes of humorous shows such
as The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Red Dwarf.
Finally, there is some rudimentary reporting support, allowing statistics to be generated in a graphical or text format for various time periods ranging
from hours to months. One weakness of this program is that it cannot distinguish between LAN and Internet traffic, so if you connect to the Internet via a LAN, your statistics and
such will be inflated and thrown out bylocal traffic.