How to download and start Memex

Disclaimer: We are making these Web pages available before making our service generally available based on the request of our internal testers. Therefore you may find that some hyperlinks on this site and the demo may not be functional right now. If this subsystem testing link does not work, we are off the air at the moment. Please send us mail if you wish to be notified of the launch.

System requirements

Memex has been tested on the following platforms:

Windows 2000 Professional and Redhat Linux 7.3. We expect mild variations on these (e.g., Windows NT, other Linuxes, Solaris, HPUX, etc.) to work as well, please let us know if that is not the case.
Mozilla version 1.1a, build "Gecko/20020611". We have had trouble with Mozilla RPMs (version 0.9) distributed with Redhat 7.3, so we recommend you download the latest from the Mozilla site.
A suitable Java2 Plugin for Mozilla. On Windows, we have automated the process so that the Plugin will install automatically on your first use of Memex. On Linux, you need to set it up by hand.
To test if the Memex client will run properly on your platform, fire up this applet, granting acess for this session only.
Note that Mozilla running a Java applet requires over 35 megabytes of RAM to run at acceptable speeds (i.e., without paging). We recommend at least 128MB and preferably 256MB RAM.

Signing up

Visit the registration page to create an account. A password will be mailed to you. Your email will not be published or used for any commercial solicitation (we are not a business). You can also destroy your account if you wish to.

Getting started

When you click on one of the links below, this browser window (B1) will host the Memex applet, which will create two new windows:

The Memex applet frame (M1) and
A new Mozilla browser window (B2)

You should minimize but preserve B1, otherwise the other windows will die. Continue Web browsing using B2.

On Windows, your first use of Memex may trigger the installation of the Java Plugin. In that case, follow those instruction instructions, restart Mozilla and return to this page.

Memex will ask for various permissions so that it can attach to your browser. It is perfectly safe to grant these permissions. For Memex to start and attach to your browser you must first visit the Memex applet page for each session. (In other words, there is no real "installation": you opt IN by visiting the applet page.)

Please consult the users guide for further instructions. If you have any trouble please contact us. Thank you for using Memex.