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Re: Announcing new set database
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lugnet.admin.database
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Fri, 15 Sep 2000 18:48:32 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > What is "drag-and-drop browsing"?? Sounds intriguing.
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> Nothing big, really. An example is to have one window open for a TOC, and
> another window open for the chapters; to change chapters you drag the
> hyperlink from the TOC window to the chapter window. The benefit is keeping
> the browsers' window placements the same while traversing a large site
> quickly. I do this a lot for large sites with content that is formatted
> largely the same, like an online newspaper or LUGNET. I'm not sure if I'm
> the only one who does this. :-,
Ahh, I see. Well, sounds like what you really need then is a dual-frame or
tri-frame option. Then you wouldn't even have to drag the link -- just click
it.
--Todd
> In IE 5.0 at least, you can drag an image with a hyperlink, and the hyperlink
> would be dropped (as opposed to the image). Netscape gets confused if you
> drag something that is both an image and a hyperlink, and refuses to drop any
> content.
>
> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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| (...) Except that, due to my insane hatred for frames (;-), I'll actually break out of 'em and use d&d browsing instead, since Netscape will remember frame names across several browser windows. It's really no biggie; I can browse the new format just (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| (...) Nothing big, really. An example is to have one window open for a TOC, and another window open for the chapters; to change chapters you drag the hyperlink from the TOC window to the chapter window. The benefit is keeping the browsers' window (...) (26 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)
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