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Latest KillTimer News September 13, 1998
It changed. I will no longer be updating the ProHosting site. KillTimer's new URL will be http://members.xoom.com/killtimer/. I really must apologize, it wasn't an anticipated move.
KillTimer News September 6, 1998
I've decided to mirror KillTimer's web site on XOOM, the URL is http://members.xoom.com/killtimer/. So far, the ProHosting address will remain to be KillTimer's primary distribution site, but that may soon change.

Everyone else has a cute little button you can use to link to their site, why can't I? ;) Should anyone want to link to KillTimer's site, you can use the graphic below if you want:

Get KillTimer for America Online!

You can implement it on your page using the following code:

<a href="http://members.xoom.com/killtimer/"><img src="http://members.xoom.com/killtimer/getkt.gif"alt="Get KillTimer for America Online!" border="0" width="88" height="31"></a>

I've also added an easy form you can use to contact me on the feedback page.

KillTimer News July 26, 1998
KillTimer v4.9 is here! This new version finally has a menu option for the "Smart Close" option, a "Show / Hide AOL" option, and a new "Random Wait" feature which will wait for a random interval (up to a second longer) before clicking the "Yes" button on the "You have been idle..." dialog. This will supposedly make it impossible for AOL to detect that you are using KillTimer. There are other features and enhancements as well. Get it on the download page.
KillTimer News June 30, 1998
KillTimer's website has been redesigned and expanded! It now uses less graphics so it loads faster then the old site, and I've added brand new sections. I know you may have liked the old design better (I did, too), but this setup is much easier to maintain.

While checking to see if KillTimer's new URL has been indexed in a certain search engine, I became aware of a webpage with the following listing, apparently created on my birthday:

3. KillTimer's Home Page
[URL: members.aol.com/KillTimer/index.html]
Never get signed off of AOL! Tired of getting signed off of AOL when you are away from the computer or downloading off the web? You have just found the...
Last modified 10-Jun-98 - page size 3K - in English

I couldn't retrieve the site (it has apparently been removed, and the screen name "KillTimer" is no longer active), however, but would like to know a little more about it. If you have ever been to this page before, please e-mail me using one of the addresses listed in the feedback section. Thanks. =)

AOL vs. KillTimer News June 19, 1998
America Online took it upon themselves to remove KillTimer's original webpage from my FTP space, so I moved it to this new server. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. After the page was removed, I wrote TOSWeb an e-mail asking what content on my page violated TOS. It's been months now, and I've haven't recieved a response yet. I recently e-mailed them again saying that I assumed the record of the incident was removed from my account history since they failed to provide a valid response.

America Online, in their infinite wisdom, recently posted an updated "Terms of Service", set to go into effect on July 15, 1998. A little something that has been added:

"We reserve the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time and we prohibit the use of tools that defeat AOL's automatic log-off feature."

How will this affect KillTimer? Well, I don't know. I'm still waiting for a better definition of this clause. How does AOL define inactivity? In the 7 months I've made this program available, I've observed that people wanted these programs to keep them from getting logged off when they weren't inactive (like during downloading, writing mail, reading and printing web pages, playing online games, etc.). I don't recall anyone saying that they used it for keeping the connection alive for no apparent reason. But, I could be wrong. Why not vote in my online poll and make your reason for using programs like KillTimer known? Here are the current results. More will come on this subject later.

KillTimer Pro Information

My previous attempts at writing a 16-bit version of KillTimer were a disaster, so I've scrapped my original idea for the interface, and started writing it in Borland Delphi. It won't be as small (about 264kb right now), or quite as fast, but I think you'll be pleased with it nonetheless. This version should implement many of the suggestions I get. =) Here is a screenshot of the main window:

KillTimer Screenshot

There are also screenshots of KillTimer's menu and a page from the options dialog. With how fast the new version has been program has been progressing so far, I'm sure it won't be that long until it is suitable for beta release. And, as always, your suggestions for the 16-bit version will be greatly appreciated.

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