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(...) OK, I'm posting this message from news.lugnet.com, which is now officially the new web interface to news. Everything on www.lugnet.com still works, but things related to news will gradually be cut over to news.lugnet.com. (Don't worry -- I'll (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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Unfortunately, due to viral infection by a KAK worm virus recently, I've been forced to limit IE5 with the updated versions for two of the scripting tools which were previously marked as 'safe for scripting' but aren't automatically run by IE5 any (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm, I'm afraid that I'm not MS-savvy anymore (I was in a previous life) and hardly have an MS machine to test on anymore (Virtual PC + Win98 + MSIE5), but fortunately, since 99% of the QuickSet launch code is client-side, it's pretty likely (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The only change that I really don't like is the search dialog. I liked the separate ones better. I now have to make an extra 2 clicks to look something up. That's unfortunate since I was delighted when you put the search facility on the main (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) IMHO, I prefer the layout at (URL) compared to this new creation. Are you planning on implementing that in the future? I hope so because a new look would go well with major changes. Jude M (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Do you look up sets often? If so, how does this utility work for you? (URL) I think I wouldn't mind if the default place to search was the set catalog. (...) I don't know what to say -- before, the set search was only available from the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Todd, I tried quickset, but other applications kept stealing the browser window it ran in. It just wasn't as convienent for me as being on LUGNET's main page. I think a better implementation would have to be platform specific (an application (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Jude Beaudin" <shiningblade@home.com> wrote in message news:FyoCxL.F6p@lugnet.com... <snip> > IMHO, I prefer the layout at (URL) to (...) hope (...) I can imagine that such a look works well for the www.lugnet.com url. I think it was part of the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) to (...) That IS pretty cool looking. It would be even better if we could have customized list of news groups along the right side. Steve Martin Member #57 (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm, IIRC, someone else once mentioned something like that -- under MSIE, yes? Perhaps I'm launching the windows wrong. It's using TARGET="_blank", which I changed from originally TARGET="_new" at someone's technical advisory. Could you try (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) It seems like there could be room up there in the blue bar for multiple search boxes on every screen. Is that room slated for something else? Why not have boxes for set, parts, and news and a single radio button for current window/popup? Also, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) the (...) I'm not sure I like the double homepage idea. However, that aside, the search boxes would look better if the were the same with and aligned. (...) As is mine. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, under MSIE (...) I can't even get one window up. I get a JavaScript error. (...) What I wanted to do is leave the quickset window running all the time. What happened was that when ever that was the only browser running, an app that wanted (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) It's tight on 640-wide displays already. Space is scarce. (...) Not 100% universal, no; there are about a dozen pages which have (semi-)static HTML at the top -- haven't gone back and upgraded those yet. --Todd (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Don't worry -- the duality is temporary -- the www.lugnet.com homepage will be changing. (...) Ya, I know what you mean -- I wish there were a way in HTML to specify the widths (and heights) in pixels or points. Every browser displays them a (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I forgot to ask -- which version of MSIE are you running and which version of the Windows operating environment (or are you running NT or W2K with this)? (...) That's the way it's supposed to work, ya. (...) Bee-zare! OK. Can you try something (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) When I enter a set number and select "Popup" item in the search box, my browser (IE 5.0, Win 98) tries to download something. It shows the "Save to Disk, Run from Current Place" dialog. So if you know how to fix that please tell me. Thanks. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I don't know a fix, no, but with some more clues, maybe it'll become apparent what's wrong. Could you try another thing? When you get that dialog box, choose to save it to disk (just make up some .txt file name) and, What gets saved there? (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) This is what appears in notepad (the default title for the cgi file is ql.cgi by the way): window.open("(URL) "_blank", "toolbar=0,location=...ar=0,scrol lbars=1,resizable=1,...ght=280"); Hope that helps. -Nick (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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I am not the original complainant but I have the same problem (Win 98/IE 5.5) The file is ql.js. If I choose "run from current location" the following error window pops up: "Script: c:\windows\Temporary Internet Files\content.IE5\CS...R\ql[2].js (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) OK, ya, that helps. It sounds like your web browser isn't wanting to execute JavaScript. At least it gets it correctly...it just isn't executing it. Do you have JavaScript disabled in your preferences settings? --Todd (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I usually consider myself computer savvy but now I can't find where I turn on or off JavaScript in IE 5. Anyone want to give me some help? (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Speaking for myself (obviously!) as another afflicted lugnet user, Java Scripting is enabled and I've never encountered a problem with it before, only this pop-up box on Lugnet. Deidre drb@tasmail.com (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Tools/Internet Options/Security Settings Deidre drb@tasmail.com (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Sorry to continue bothering everyone with this, but I still can't find it even in Security Settings. Is there an exact box I can check or uncheck or an option button within Security Settings? -Nick (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Ok, I've got IE 5.5 so I'm assuming that 5.0 looks similar if not the same. Choose your Zone (Internet) and then in the bottom part of the window there are buttons for Default Level and Custom Level. Click on Custom Level to see what Default (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Thanks for your quick reply. All of the stuff you listed I tried and it didn't work but if you have the same problem then that's probably not it. Thanks for trying though. It's kinda weird though because the Java quickset thing works perfectly (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) hmm... When you've used it before, was it embedded in webpages or was it a standalone file, like this, served as a MIME type of application/x-javascript? --Todd (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wait...are you talking about Java or JavaScript? Both are names of computer programming languages, but they're *very* different things. --Todd (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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You might want to try TOOLS/WINDOWS UPDATE and get IE 5.5 just a thought... EC (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I tried this with IE 4.72 on win98 and a slightly older version on winnt. Embedded javascript works, but it looks like the window object is not defined in standalone files. John (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Where I said "Java scripting" I meant JavaScript (and hence JScript being Microsoft's version of it), although Java doesn't give me any grief either (this is as a user, I've never programmed either). In terms of enabling them in IE 5.x I was (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Following up on my own post, Netscape Communicator 4.74 (not 4.4 typo) works fine, standard installation on Windows 98. So this set reference pop-up error would seem to be IE specific (from what's been reported). Deidre (off to enjoy Friday (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, I'm about at wit's end here on this one, although possibly I may have found a workaround. Internet Exploit^H^Hrer is generally really great about being compatible with Netscape Navigator, but in this case -- where the server is returning (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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OK, that works fine for me - that means it's probably not to do with the scripting tools that were disabled. Many many thanks Todd!! You are a genius when it comes to working out these little bugs. ;-) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Todd Lehman (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Todd, I tried it and it fixed my problem. Thanks, Steve (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, one more thing to try (if you don't mind): (URL) I've moved the JavaScript code to a separate file which gets fetched via the SRC= attribute of the <SCRIPT> tag. This way, each HTML page only needs an extra ~20 characters (as opposed to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, that also works! Thanks. -- David Schilling (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, great! Worked on my Win98+MSIE5 test system too. I'll cut it over to the "real thing." Thanks for your help. --Todd (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes and no -- "yes" in that the main www.lugnet.com homepage will be changing dramatically, and "no" in that the first makeover prototype isn't probably what will replace it, but something else. --Todd (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Both work for me Todd! Great job yet again. Thanks. -Nick (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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