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Moore

Mar 5 2006, 03:31 PM

Homer v1.0 - ß3

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Homer v1.0 - ß3 is ready for testing!

http://babbling.funkytoad.com/

What is Homer?

Homer is a Localhost webserver.

Homer listens to IP 127.0.0.1 for connections on port 80 - Logs requests, and serves up a picture of your choosing.

Huh?

If you use an Ad-Blocking HOSTS file - Such as HPGuru’s or Bluetack’s - you may see alot of “cannot connect” type messages and missing graphics.

Running Homer will change that by serving an image of your choice. Doing so will make pages load faster as a consequence.

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I've tested this , and it works great

.. give it a test run for yourself.. no install needed.

Follow the link for full details..
http://babbling.funkytoad.com/

Thanks to Toadbee for another great application:
http://www.gladiator-antivirus.com/

TeMerc

Mar 5 2006, 04:48 PM

Hey Moore, ya beat me to it. I was coming over to post it here.

Nice little tool no doubt.

I think it will also come in handy when looking at sites untested by SiteAdvisor as it will give some links to show where else these sites are linking to.

Moore

Mar 6 2006, 02:32 PM

Haha , gotta be quick these days to beat you to a post..

Yeah it's handy . I like being able to log the hosts file blocks , pretty cool idea .. I see bobs head pops up all over the place lol..

toadbee

Mar 11 2006, 06:33 PM

Hi Guys -
I posted a second beta today:

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Homer v1.0 - ß2 is ready for testing!

Changes/Additions:

1. Images are served via a memory stream as opposed to a file stream. So much less Harddrive activity, less cpu usage.

2. Exporting Hit log to a text file. This is a new menu (not via the systray icon) - It exports the hitlog to a file called HitLog.txt in The homer directory. Homer then Opens the text file in Notepad. To save resources, Homer will always overwrite Hitlog.txt - so if you want to keep the log, do a save-as from within NotePad.exe.

3. Transparent.ico, a transparent 1×1 pixel icon image file is included in the images sub directory.

Info: - http://babbling.funkytoad.com/

Download: - http://www.funkytoad.com/download/Homer-beta2.zip

Moore

Mar 11 2006, 07:50 PM

Thanks for the update Toadbee

toadbee

Mar 12 2006, 03:50 PM

Well beta 2 didn't go so well for IE or Opera users

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Homer beta 3 ready for download
-Fixed “content type” error, which caused havoc for Opera and IE.

Homer beta 3 - info and download: http://babbling.funkytoad.com

Direct download link: http://www.funkytoad.com/download/Homer-beta3.zip

TeMerc

Mar 16 2006, 12:36 AM

Homer v1.0 - beta 4 is ready for testing

Additions:

Log directly to file, also opens in notepad when turning off logging.
Server info at a glance area.

Changes:

No more thumbnail of the image being served. More on that in a bit.
Give me a gif - .gifs are supported.
New icon, you’ll have to guess.
Many tweaks to improve memory usage

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