Search

The search tab is used to search for information and to present the results. A new search is created by typing a keyword or keywords separated by white space into text field and started by pressing button .

There are several options available to specialize a search (has to be done before starting a search):

• By checking the box , the result list will only hold items where the words in the query don't merely appear as part of other words. This example illustrates: By searching for "The who" with the box checked, the file "The Who.gif" could be included, but the file "The whole world.jpg" would not be included. With the box unchecked, both files could be returned.
• By checking the box , separate phrases may be included within quotation marks in the query. For the query '"Aberer, Hauswirth, Schmidt" "P-Grid"', only files in which the two phrases were included exactly as written would be returned. If the box is checked and there are no quotation marks, the entire input is considered as a phrase.
• By specifying the a minimum file size , the result list will only contain files of this size or larger.
• By selecting a minimum speed , the result list will only hold information at hosts with this minimum speed.

By default all found information for a query are presented in the result list . To present only the result set matching all restrictions the box to filter results has to be checked.

Search results are presented via result list . A separate result tab is created for each started search. Searches can be paused and stopped, and restarted afterwards by a popup menu of a result tab. Searches are at first in an initial state before they are processed (indicated by a transparent state circle). A processed search is indicated by a green state circle in the result tab and the results are presented automatically. A result tab with a red state circle indicates a finished search and no more results are expected. Search tabs can also be closed by the popup menu of a result tab.

The result list provides a popup menu to download information and to clear the list. Information can be downloaded by selecting the desired results and select download in the popup menu.