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  Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
If your web browser has a "personal toolbar" (sometimes also called a "links bar") and supports JavaScript, here are some goodies you can add as browser hot-buttons to make your life easier. Installation takes about 5 minutes -- and once it's (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(FUT .admin.general) Narf! This would be so cool if it worked... but it doesn't, not on MSIE. Reason: (...) This is totally non-doable in MSIE. In the 'favorites' menu there are only two options: a. Add to favorites b. Organiize favorites (a) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) -- (...) Search",""));if(q){u="(URL) Todd this is great stuff. However, when I clicked on the link, set search came up with: "")?"+":escape(c)}lo...n.href=u}" (the last few lines of javascript) in the search field. Once I erased that it worked (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Of course it happened three times in a row and is not happening now. This is great. One thing would make it even better: If it would open another browser window so you could access sets and continue reading a post/sale/auction message without (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) If you use the QuickSet Search it does just that, opens a little browser window. Dang, this is cool. Thanks, Todd. eric (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) without (...) Excellent!!! Todd, as usual, is a step ahead, above and beyond!! (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) isn't that exactly what the quickset does? Dan (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Thank Suzanne, actually -- it was her idea! --Todd (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Hiya Ed, Try one of these: (2 URLs) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Actually, the toolbar buttons were Suzanne's idea, and last night I forgot to mention one other thing that was helpful about it: If you select text (with the mouse) before clicking the button, then click the button, that text automatically (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Suzanne, Todd. This stuff is super. I love the quickset search thanks Suz. Eric The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) My Creations at: (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Well, in that case, thanks for thinking of it, Suzanne, and thank you, Todd, for implementing it. I don't know if I've said this before, but thanks to both of you for creating Lugnet. I honestly can't think of a better use of the internet that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Actually, being an old DOS man, I <ctrl><c>'d and <v>'d. (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Yeah, Me2. I don't know if you guys saw my website, but check near the bottom of this page: (URL) Thanks! -Shiri (24 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
Okay, Todd-- I admit I'm rather clueless when it comes to scripts, programming, etc. I am using a Mac with Netscape 4.5-- are you saying that these searches will pop up on my main tool bar, as in addition to "Get Msg", "New Msg", "Reply", etc? That (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
Okay, this might pique your interest. I pasted the URL into a new bookmark and the time created spot shows "6/31/69 6 pm". I tried it 3 times and got the same thing.... Explain that. John (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) -WOW! That is so cool! Possibly the most useful thing I have seen since Caller ID! Thank you! (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Sigh. The latest version of Netscrape for the Mac does not appear to have this, unless its well hidden. J (24 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Fun goodies for your browser's toolbar
 
(...) Oh no -- dig harder -- it's there! :) We tested Netscape Navigator 4.61 under MacOS and it worked splendidly! (I'm not sure how you get the personal toolbar to unhide, though, if you've hidden it...) --Todd (24 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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