Search Tab - Overview

The Search Tab offers users more options to narrow search criteria. For example, a user can search for an Audio file by "Merchandise" , the title, by "Fugazi", the artist. When searching for audio, you can also narrow the search criteria by using the GENRE drop down menu.

1. Search Types: Each search type(audio, video, document, image, programs) offers different search criteria specific to the file type.
2. Select the desired file type. If you don't know what type of file you're looking for--or don't have a preference--leave "Any Type" as your selection.
3. Press the Search Button to start searching.
4. Press the Stop Button to stop your search.
5. Spinning Lime indicates a search is in progress. Once you type your desired search into the field, it generally takes 30 to 90 seconds before the last results appear.
6. You can now also see the progress of your search with Search Progress Bars located on the tab of each search result window.

The What’s New Tab allows users to search their local network for the latest content added. For example, clicking on an Audio file type and then searching via what’s new will yield the latest audio files added to the network.

1. Search Types: Each search type(audio, video, document, image, programs) will yield the most recently added files of that genre.
2. Select the desired file type. If you don't know what type of file you're looking for--or don't have a preference-- leave "Any Type" as your selection.
3. Press the What’s New button to start searching.
4. Press the Stop Button to stop your search.
5. Spinning Lime indicates a search is in progress. Once you type your desired search into the field, it generally takes 30 to 90 seconds before the last results appear.
6. You can also see the progress of your search with Search Progress Bars located on the tab of each search result window.

1. After a search has been initiated, the search term will appear in a tab directly above the "Quality" column header. Once a search yields results, the number of results received is displayed in parentheses to the right of the search term.
   To close a search and forfeit all its results, click the "x," located on the left of the relevant tab.
   
   
2. Clicking one of the column header bars will sort the search results by the data in that column.
   PC users: right clicking a column header allows you to add or remove a column.
   There are eight default column categories:
   Quality – See Stars
   # - Number of identical files found for that one result
   - - File Type Icon
   Name – Name of file
   Type – Type of file
   Size – Size of file in kilobytes
   Speed – Reported host connection type. Speeds in green are more likely to be accurate.
   Bitrate – Sampling rate(audio files only).
   
   
3. The Search Result Ranking System indicates the likelihood of successfully completing a file transfer with this particular host. Four STARS indicates optimal probability of successful download. This easy to understand ranking system is designed to dramatically improve download success rates by ranking each file with a number of stars between one star (the least likely to achieve a successful download) and four stars (highly likely to achieve a successful download). If you opt to download a selection with 4 stars, it is almost guaranteed to be successful. Blue Stars indicate results from a host in your local network. Any result with blue stars downloads incredibly fast!
   
   
4. After highlighting a search result, click the Download button to begin a transfer. The file will appear on the download monitor below. Additionally, a folder with an arrow pointing inside of it will appear in the Quality column to indicate that the download is current ongoing. The folder icon will change to a piece of paper with a check mark when the download completes and a broken piece of paper will appear if the download does not complete.
   
   
5. Downloading a search result with more than one occurrence will speed up the download. By grouping all the clients sharing that same file, eTomi pulls the file from multiple hosts, pooling the upload bandwidth thereby increasing the download rate. This process is called Swarm Downloading. Choosing a row with a higher group count will increase the likelihood of successful and fast download.
   
   
6. Selecting a group of files to download will begin to transfer each of these files in parallel, meaning that eTomi will download in parallel the maximum number of files up to the number specified by your options setting. Transfer requests numbering beyond that quantity will be queued locally. Additionally, if a previous attempt to download a file failed, a second attempt to download the same file again will either resume the file from where you left off or overwrite the existing fragment of a file. However, you will be asked for permission before any completed file in your download directory is overwritten.
   
   
7. Browse Host allows you to view all of another user’s shared files. To use this feature, highlight one of the search results, and if the Browse Host button becomes active, click on it and another search result window will appear with all the files in that user’s Shared directory.
   
   
8. The small arrow pointing up will maximize the bottom half of the eTomi screen and will hide all the search results, allowing you to view only the downloads in progress. The small arrow pointing down will maximize the upper half of the eTomi screen and will hide all the downloads in progress. You can also hold your mouse down and drag the bar up or down.

After a search begins, the Keyword or What’s New window will change into the filter window in order to help users find the desired file more easily.

1. Information about the file will be used to help find their desired content. By default the filters are set to Media (e.g., Audio, Video, Document, Image, or Program) Artist and Album.
2. By highlighting specific text within each of the filter windows, results that only meet the selected criteria will be shown in the results window. For example, a user only looking for images could select the image row in the media window to only show image files. Multiple filters can be used concurrently to help users drill down their results.
3. Use the Back To Search button in order to return to either the Keyword window or the What’s New search window.

Information about your downloads appears in the download monitor at the bottom of the eTomi search tab. Your files will be downloaded directly into a Shared directory selected through your configuration settings.

1. Here you can see downloads in progress.
   There are eight default column categories:
   Name, Size, Status, Chat, Progress, Speed, Time, Vendor
   The “Size” column indicates the size of the file you are attempting to download.
   The "Status" column indicates what stage of download a file is in, including the following possibilities:
   Connecting: eTomi is connecting to a host that is sharing the requested file.
   Downloading: The requested file is currently in being transferred.
   Waiting For Busy Hosts: This message occurs when the server of the file you are trying to download
   temporarily refuses your download because it is overloaded. eTomi will retry the download every time it
   receives a busy response from the host. If you’re willing to wait long enough, you’ll probably get the file.
   Need More Sources : eTomi attempted to make a connection, but failed to find sources of file. It is unlikely
   that further attempts to download from this source will be successful.
   Complete: the file was successfully downloaded.
   The “Chat” column indicates if the file’s host can accept instant messages via eTomi.
   The "Progress" column indicates the completion status of a file transfer.
   The "Speed" column indicates the rate of transfer (in Kilobytes/second).
   The "Time" column indicates the approximate time left until completion of download (in Kilobytes/second).
   The “Vendor” column indicates the name of the software that host is using.
   
   
2. Kill Download cancels the selected download.
   
   
3. Resume continues downloading an aborted file from point where it left off as long as it hasn't been cleared from the download window. The button will change to "Find More Sources" if the file's host signs off.
   
   
4. The Launch button will launch the file you have selected in the default application specified by the system. If it is a streaming media file, such as an MP3, eTomi can play the music file even it is downloading. If it is an image, your default imaging program will be launched.
   
5. Clear Inactive clears downloads which were either completed or aborted from the download window.