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Links Don't Work-More Info Friday, March 6, 2009 at 11:11 pm Posted by Marjorie (29 messages posted) I forgot: My PC: IE 6.0.2800.1106, updated through Q916281. MFG 5/24/99. Gateway 1510915.CEL Essential 400C. PentiumII. 400MHz. WIN98(1st ed). Total Size: 4GB; Free Space: 571MB; Bytes per Cluster: 4 KB; File Sys: FAT32. Sorry about this. ___________________- On Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:29 pm, Marjorie_6173 wrote: >Links don't open anymore. In November, they did. In December, they didn't. If the >link will re-use the window I am in, that's fine. >Even though I have EVERYTHING set to "re-use window", many times a new window will >pop up >anyway, but can't load. >A work-around is to right-click on the link, "save shortcut", and paste that into >the new window. It's a pain but I can get there. >Many times, however, "save shortcut" doesn't appear as an >option. I'll get the "save picture" menu instead. Other times I get the "save background" >menu. (One example of this is on: >http://webmessenger.msn.com/default.aspx?R=1 , >when I click on the "Start MSN Web Messenger" bar. The pop-up window >doesn't have a URL bar anyway. If such windows are java, sometimes I'll get it, >often not. >I have looked everywhere for a similar problem. >I seem to be the only one who can't get there from here! >Thanks, >Marjorie (Oh no! I can't get the Quick preview!) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Links Don't Work [Internet Exploder won't opening new windows properly] Friday, March 6, 2009 at 11:21 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) Marjorie_6173 wrote: |Links don't open anymore[...] |Even though I have EVERYTHING set to "re-use window", |many times a new window will pop up anyway, but can't load. |A work-around is to right-click on the link, "save shortcut", |and paste that into the new window[...] | Excellent diagnostic technique and listing of symptoms. 8-) Before I tell you how to repair Internet Exploder, I'm going to recommend that you try a 21st-Century browser --one that doesn't ASSIST in infecting your system: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html You want English (US) I'm ASSuMEing. NOTE: This is Version 2. Their most recent offerings (Firefox 3.x) do NOT have Win9x support. Even if (against my best advice) you don't make it your default browser, having it as a backup in a Good Thing(tm). I think, however, as soon as you try Tabbed Browsing you are going to fall in love. If you get the AdBlock extension, you will get a feeling while surfing that you haven't experienced for a long time. 8-) This is another 21st-Century brower (an online suite, actually). It is also superior to the M$ offering. http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?platform=windows Both of those are gratis. Mozilla browsers are also libre. Here's the nugget you were originally seeking: (How to repair the world's WORST browser) http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1141448822 If that doesn't work, reinstall IE. {Spits to the side} |I have looked everywhere for a similar problem. | Hmmm. Backing into it from my bookmark, Google has the post I like: http://www.google.com/search?q=annoyances.org+1141448822&filter=0 Yahoo--not so much with the helpful Subject line: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=site:annoyances.org+1141448822 (I have no clue what they're up to these days--but it ain't good.) |(Oh no! I can't get the Quick preview!) | I, for one, appreciate your conscientious nature. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/config ...and ticking the **preserve your spacing** box would be wise for those who can't format text as HTML. (The Webmaster did a lousy job explaining that.) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Links Don't Work Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 9:14 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1655 messages posted) Marjorie_6173 wrote: |Links don't open anymore. In November, they did. In December, they didn't. Hi Marjorie. You are going back a bit its now March. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Links Don't Work [Internet Exploder won't opening new windows properly] Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 10:20 pm Posted by Marjorie (29 messages posted) Thanks, gewg (and JmC) !!!!!    It WORKED!!! It WORKED!!! It WORKED!!! (It being the despised nugget.)     }doing happy dance{ Thanks , gewg ! I haven't enough room for a whole new browser. Plus, I'm afraid to uninstall IE b/c aren'tit and Windows Explorer the same entity? BTW: when I said, "Oh no! I can't get the Quick preview!", I meant to illustrate my problem. But I'm glad you so appreciated my conscientiousness. ;-0 Also, what is HTML? :) Ta, Marjorie On Friday, March 6, 2009 at 11:21 pm, gewg_ wrote: >Marjorie_6173 wrote: >|Links don't open anymore[...] >|Even though I have EVERYTHING set to "re-use window", >|many times a new window will pop up anyway, but can't load. >|A work-around is to right-click on the link, "save shortcut", >|and paste that into the new window[...] >| >Excellent diagnostic technique and listing of symptoms. 8-) > >Before I tell you how to repair Internet Exploder, >I'm going to recommend that you try a 21st-Century browser >--one that doesn't ASSIST in infecting your system: >http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html >You want English (US) I'm ASSuMEing. > >NOTE: This is Version 2. >Their most recent offerings (Firefox 3.x) do NOT have Win9x support. > >Even if (against my best advice) you don't make it your default browser, >having it as a backup in a Good Thing(tm). >I think, however, as soon as you try Tabbed Browsing you are going to fall in love. >If you get the AdBlock extension, >you will get a feeling while surfing that you haven't experienced for a long time. > 8-) > > >This is another 21st-Century brower (an online suite, actually). >It is also superior to the M$ offering. >http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?platform=windows > >Both of those are gratis. Mozilla browsers are also libre. > > >Here's the nugget you were originally seeking: >(How to repair the world's WORST browser) >http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1141448822 >If that doesn't work, reinstall IE. >{Spits to the side} > > >|I have looked everywhere for a similar problem. >| >Hmmm. Backing into it from my bookmark, Google has the post I like: >http://www.google.com/search?q=annoyances.org+1141448822&filter=0 > >Yahoo--not so much with the helpful Subject line: >http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=site:annoyances.org+1141448822 >(I have no clue what they're up to these days--but it ain't good.) > > >|(Oh no! I can't get the Quick preview!) >| >I, for one, appreciate your conscientious nature. >http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/config > >...and ticking the **preserve your spacing** box >would be wise for those who can't format text as HTML. >(The Webmaster did a lousy job explaining that.) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Links Don't Work [Internet Exploder won't opening new windows properly] Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 1:21 am Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) Marjorie_6173 wrote: Thanks, gewg (and JmC) !!!!! No sweat. Pass along a good deed. It'll find its way back to us. Also, what is HTML? :) So, it's obvious there's a difference between not knowing how and not knowing it's needed. 8-)) Despite the Webmaster's rep for being able to tell folks how to do stuff, http://www.google.com/search?q=David-A-Karp+intitle:Annoyances+site:amazon.com he sure botched that one. 8-| }doing happy dance{ My big concern is that IE is an open wound just waiting to be infected.[1] I'm ASSuMEing you know how to keep your system clean WRT IE so I won't harp on it too much. I haven't enough room for a whole new browser. 8-( I'm ASSuMEing you haven't ever tried using Tabbed Browsing. I'll have to use my imagination about the drugs, but ISTM it's like doing Crack --you never want to give it up once you start. ...and I don't know how anybody gets by without AdBlock. I'll give it one last try to get you off of M$'s online apps. There's a scad of browsers based on Mozilla's Gecko engine: cache of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#Gecko-based_browsers Among Firefox's little brothers, this one is noted for lightness: cache of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Meleon WRT disk space, you may also want to take a peek at this thread: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1123704394 The good stuff starts several paragraphs down, notably at "REALLY get serious". Plus, I'm afraid to uninstall IE While it *is* possible to do that, http://www.google.com/search?q=ieradicator you really shouldn't try. MSHTML (aka the Trident HTML rendering engine) is needed for e.g. the Windoze Help system; other apps (written by bad developers) call it *specifically* (instead of using the default browser). 8-| b/c aren't it and Windows Explorer the same entity? No. (M$ is nortoriously BAD at naming things.) The file manager is EXPLORER.EXE and the browser (the User Interface to the HTML engine) is IEXPLORE.EXE. The confusion was something M$ actually nurtured; they didn't want their anti-trust conviction to stand (though it did anyway): cache of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Felten#US_v._Microsoft [1] 93%[2] of the problems with Windoze are related to IE. [2] 87% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 8-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Links Don't Work [Internet Exploder won't opening new windows properly] Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 2:28 pm Posted by Marjorie (29 messages posted) Gewg --you're funny. And I'm reeling from so much great info!!! I have some questions, but that warning is scaring me! %( It's about freeing up some HD space. Should I start a new thread? >No sweat. Pass along a good deed. It'll find its way back to us. Will do! :) >So, it's obvious there's a difference between not knowing how >and not knowing it's needed. 8-)) I actually didn't know how. Never needed to before.Can you make the font bigger? ~~~~~~~~ >Despite the Webmaster's rep for being able to tell folks how to do stuff, >http://www.google.com/search?q=David-A-Karp+intitle:Annoyances+site:amazon.com >he sure botched that one. 8-| > > }doing happy dance{ > >My big concern is that IE is an open wound just waiting to be infected.[1] >I'm ASSuMEing you know how to keep your system clean WRT IE >so I won't harp on it too much. > >I haven't enough room for a whole new browser. > >8-( I'm ASSuMEing you haven't ever tried using Tabbed Browsing. >I'll have to use my imagination about the drugs, but ISTM it's like doing Crack >--you never want to give it up once you start. > >...and I don't know how anybody gets by without AdBlock. > >I'll give it one last try to get you off of M$'s online apps. > >There's a scad of browsers based on Mozilla's Gecko engine: >cache of >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers#Gecko-based_browsers > >Among Firefox's little brothers, this one is noted for lightness: >cache of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-Meleon > > >WRT disk space, you may also want to take a peek at this thread: >http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1123704394 >The good stuff starts several paragraphs down, notably at "REALLY get serious". > > >Plus, I'm afraid to uninstall IE > >While it *is* possible to do that, http://www.google.com/search?q=ieradicator >you really shouldn't try. MSHTML (aka the Trident HTML rendering engine) >is needed for e.g. the Windoze Help system; other apps (written by bad developers) >call it *specifically* (instead of using the default browser). 8-| > >b/c aren't it and Windows Explorer the same entity? > >No. (M$ is nortoriously BAD at naming things.) >The file manager is EXPLORER.EXE >and the browser (the User Interface to the HTML engine) is IEXPLORE.EXE. > >The confusion was something M$ actually nurtured; >they didn't want their anti-trust conviction to stand (though it did anyway): >href="http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:_SY0a1bgVmIJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Felten+*-attorneys-*+*-*-*-witness-*-*-*-*-*+without.causing.problems.with.the.operating.system+Internet.Explorer+Windows.98+nineteen.ways+without-*-impairing-*-*-*-Windows+rendered.inaccessible+inc+tax+to.remove+professor.of.computer.science&strip=1#US_v._Microsoft"> >cache of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Felten#US_v._Microsoft > > >[1] 93%[2] of the problems with Windoze are related to IE. > >[2] 87% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 8-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Links Don't Work [Internet Exploder won't opening new windows properly] Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 8:04 pm Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) Marjorie_6173 wrote: Gewg --you're funny. Occasionally. Mostly, people find me gruff. It depends a lot on the person; rapport, feedback, and all that. And I'm reeling from so much great info!!! Hit the jackpot. 8-) ||So, it's obvious there's a difference between not knowing how ||and not knowing it's needed. 8-)) I actually didn't know how. Never needed to before. Can you make the font bigger? If you want to VIEW *all* of the text more easily, most browsers allow you to do that via CTRL+(plus sign on the numerical keypad) and do the inverse with CTRL- (also available thru the menus). If you want to emphasize a particular point in your post, that can be done in the markup. BTW, have you looked at your own posts? http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1236493213 http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1236547705 I question your choice of font colors and the ease with which they can be read. If you are going to use those, a richer color (more saturation) would be good. I advise folks to set the config to preview posts before submitting them, --that is, make sure the **No preview (post immediately)** box is NOT ticked. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/config My original point about HTML was to get linebreaks / paragraph breaks so that your post is easy to read--and not a blob; if you _have_ the *preserve your spacing* box ticked, *that* will insert all the HTML that is really needed. Let me note here that you are using the {DIV} tag in your markup and that this site **doesn't** do Web2.0 --so that's just wasted bytes and a cluttered message body. (I don't think it's a tag you want anyway.) You also have some end tags for BOLD--but no beginning tags for those. Again: clutter and wasted bytes. IOW, if (as it appears) you're cutting & pasting from an HTML editor, it's **not** having the desired effect. The opposite, in fact: it's inserting clutter and pale colors without adding anything useful. Just typing your text into the dialog box at the forum (with the little box ticked) is good enough to get what I requested. Additionally, if you don't *reference* any of the text from the previous post, there's no need to leave it in. That is, any previous text that doesn't appear *above* some of your text should be deleted. Since this is a *forum* (and not Usenet), it isn't necessary anyway. For me, blockquoting is a quirk that carried over from Usenet. I have some questions, but that warning is scaring me! %( It's about freeing up some HD space. Should I start a new thread? That's a good plan. There, use the QuickLink button to paste in the URL(s) of any pages you reference. (Those links will appear at the bottom of the dialog box and you have to move them to where you want them.) I prefer it when folks delete the **target=_blank ** part that gets inserted. 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