• the "Click Fast" button that makes use of the Gtk::timeout_add() and Gtk::timeout_remove() functions
• a Desktop Widget that can be used for useful information you want to keep in view
• visualProxy - an HTTP proxy server and transmit HTTP proxy requests from a WWW user agent to an other proxy or directly to a server. It displays requests graphically and update information on the fly on a detailed list with many fields columns.

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