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Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
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Date: 
Tue, 14 Mar 2000 06:11:22 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> (FUT .admin.general)
> 
> Narf! This would be so cool if it worked... but it doesn't, not on MSIE.

Narf narf!  :)  Well, we don't admit to being experts on MSIE, but it
definitely is possible (maybe not the exact way which was explained).


> Reason:
> > Next, open up you browser's "Edit Bookmarks" window (Ctrl-B or Command-B in
> > Netscape).  This might be called "Favorites" or "Links" in non-Netscape
> > browsers.
> 
> > Now, from the File menu, select "New Bookmark..."
> 
> This is totally non-doable in MSIE.
> In the 'favorites' menu there are only two options:
> a. Add to favorites
> b. Organiize favorites
> 
> (a) automatically adds the current page to the favorites toolbar.
> (b) lets you create new folders, and to move current bookmarks, but not tov
> create new ones.
> 
> In the 'file' menu, under the 'new...' submenu, you can open a new: [window,
> message, post, contact, or Internet call]. No favorites.
> 
> Any suggests?

Maybe if we made a special HTML page with actual hyperlinks containing the
magic stuff.  I think you can right-click and select Add to Favorites on a
link?

--Todd & Suz


> -Shiri
> 
> Argh! I got all excited when I saw this...



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  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
Todd, I've been playing with the 'news' search, as written it does not work for me in IE5 (it works fine in my NS4.7). I removed q=document.selection and the second ')' from the if statement and it seems to work fine. I had to stick the whole thing (...) (27 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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