Hurl Features

• Written entirely in Java. Requires JDK 1.1 for the server and JDK 1.0.2 for the client.
  Runs on Unix, Windows 95/NT, and Macintosh.
• Freely available under the GNU General Public License.
• Remote URL display.
• Display URLs simultaneously on many browsers.
• Automated URL display using playlists.
• Ability to pause URL playlists.

Hurl Download

• hurl-0.0.tar.gz or hurl-0.0.zip (5/27/98)
• All versions

Preliminary Instructions

-- START HURL SERVER --

Unix

CLASSPATH=hurl.zip java org.doit.hurl.Hurl

Win32

jre -cp hurl.zip org.doit.hurl.Hurl

Macintosh

Set the classpath to hurl.zip and start org.doit.hurl.Hurl

-- START HURL CLIENTS --

Load the URL http://serverhostname:9000/
in a browser that supports Java applets.

-- HURL --

Enter URLs in the server input field and they will be displayed
on all the Hurl clients.

-- PLAYLISTS --

The Hurl server can also be automated using playlists.  (see File menu)
A play list is a text file that supports the following commands:

HURL [url]
SLEEP [seconds]
PAUSE

Here's an example:

HURL http://www.sdsu.edu/
SLEEP 10
HURL http://muffin.doit.org/
SLEEP 10
HURL http://www.cnn.com/
PAUSE
HURL http://hurl.doit.org/

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