Goodie for Mozilla users

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John Corliss

How many times have you gone to a website only to find that you can't
read what's there because of the poor color scheme? Go to Jesse's
bookmarklet site here:

http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html

and right click on the one called "zap colors". Select "Bookmark This
Link". Then press control-b to open your bookmark manager and move the
bookmark to your "Toolbar" folder.
Then, when a page has ugly colors, you can simply press on that
link to instantly change the color scheme to black text on a white
background. If you don't like the white background, you can try adding
a bookmark to the "zap white background" to your "Toolbar" folder as well.
In fact, since I use so many of these neat bookmarklets, I have a
subfolder in the "Toolbar" folder that's called "Zap" and I put all
the bookmarklets in that subfolder. Then when I need to use one, I
click on the toolbar item that says "Zap" and get a dropdown list of
all the neat "zap" bookmarklets.

All of the bookmarklets listed at the site work in Mozilla, but not
all of them work with IE.

This site has been mentioned here before, but I thought this zap
colors bookmarklet deserved rementioning.

By the way, if you want to restore the original colors to a website,
all you have to do is to hold down the shift button while you reload
the page (shift may not be necessary, but I do it to ensure that the
page doesn't reload from the cache.)
 
John said:
How many times have you gone to a website only to find that you can't
read what's there because of the poor color scheme? Go to Jesse's
bookmarklet site here:

http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html

and right click on the one called "zap colors". Select "Bookmark This
Link". Then press control-b to open your bookmark manager and move the
bookmark to your "Toolbar" folder.
Then, when a page has ugly colors, you can simply press on that
link to instantly change the color scheme to black text on a white
background. If you don't like the white background, you can try adding
a bookmark to the "zap white background" to your "Toolbar" folder as well.
In fact, since I use so many of these neat bookmarklets, I have a
subfolder in the "Toolbar" folder that's called "Zap" and I put all
the bookmarklets in that subfolder. Then when I need to use one, I
click on the toolbar item that says "Zap" and get a dropdown list of
all the neat "zap" bookmarklets.

All of the bookmarklets listed at the site work in Mozilla, but not
all of them work with IE.

This site has been mentioned here before, but I thought this zap
colors bookmarklet deserved rementioning.

By the way, if you want to restore the original colors to a website,
all you have to do is to hold down the shift button while you reload
the page (shift may not be necessary, but I do it to ensure that the
page doesn't reload from the cache.)
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John, I tried in Firebird and Netscape 4.79. Enabled Java Script and
Java, the link highlights, but clicking on any of them to download does
nothing.

Advice?

BTW, ComClear seems to also clean Firebird cache as it does for Netscape
4.79

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
John, I tried in Firebird and Netscape 4.79. Enabled Java Script and
Java, the link highlights, but clicking on any of them to download does
nothing. Advice?
BTW, ComClear seems to also clean Firebird cache as it does for Netscape
4.79
Click to expand...

I no longer use ComClear, but rather a couple of batch files I wrote.
As for saving the bookmarklets, are you left clicking or right clicking?
 
John said:
I no longer use ComClear, but rather a couple of batch files I wrote.
As for saving the bookmarklets, are you left clicking or right clicking?
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I always doubleclick on a link, in Netscape and Firebird, that opens the
download window, and things happen normally. Just now, I tried left and
right click, left does nothing, right opens lots of options, but not
download.

??

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
I always doubleclick on a link, in Netscape and Firebird, that opens the
download window, and things happen normally. Just now, I tried left and
right click, left does nothing, right opens lots of options, but not
download.

??

Mike Sa
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Are you using Earthlink software to browse?
 
ms said:
I always doubleclick on a link, in Netscape and Firebird, that opens the
download window, and things happen normally. Just now, I tried left and
right click, left does nothing, right opens lots of options, but not
download.

??

Mike Sa
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Sorry about that last post. Obviously you're still using Netscape
4.79. Don't know why the "bookmark link" option doesn't appear when
you right click. Regardless, I don't think the bookmarklets will work
in Netscape. There are indications on the page as to which browsers
the bookmarklets will work in.
 
John said:
Sorry about that last post. Obviously you're still using Netscape
4.79. Don't know why the "bookmark link" option doesn't appear when
you right click. Regardless, I don't think the bookmarklets will work
in Netscape. There are indications on the page as to which browsers
the bookmarklets will work in.

--
Regards from John Corliss
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.
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I understand. I want to download several of them to use either in
Firebird or Mozilla. I have to finally change from Netscape Navigator
4.79.

I have, even today, downloaded from other sites in both Netscape and
Firebird, so it's something with this page. I can't believe, due to page
content, that it won't work in Firebird but will work in IE.

BTW, my Earthlink renewal is coming up. Do you now use an ISP that works
in Salem?

Mike Sa
 
John said:
Sorry about that last post. Obviously you're still using Netscape
4.79. Don't know why the "bookmark link" option doesn't appear when
you right click. Regardless, I don't think the bookmarklets will work
in Netscape. There are indications on the page as to which browsers
the bookmarklets will work in.
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You're right, John. It works in Firebird as you described. I must say,
after years with Netscape 4X, I like the GUI better than Firebird or
Mozilla. But Netscape is old.

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
I understand. I want to download several of them to use either in
Firebird or Mozilla. I have to finally change from Netscape Navigator
4.79.
Click to expand...

You'll never go back. Moz 1.5 is vastly superior to NS 4.79. And all
of the bookmarklets work in it to the best of my knowledge, which is
not the case with Firebird.
I have, even today, downloaded from other sites in both Netscape and
Firebird, so it's something with this page. I can't believe, due to page
content, that it won't work in Firebird but will work in IE.

BTW, my Earthlink renewal is coming up. Do you now use an ISP that works
in Salem?
Click to expand...

No, I'm using a local ISP. Sorry.
 
Jordan said:
Very true. And Firebird makes Moz seem downright sluggish.
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Maybe on older machines, but on mine Mozilla screams along. I've heard
others say that Firebird is too stripped down, but I wouldn't know
since I've never used it.
 
John said:
Maybe on older machines, but on mine Mozilla screams along. I've heard
others say that Firebird is too stripped down, but I wouldn't know
since I've never used it.

--
Regards from John Corliss
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.
Click to expand...

There's /some/ code that's been optimised in Firebird, but the average
user is unlikely to find any difference whatsoever between Mozilla
browser only installed (now v1.6 release available) and Firebird. I've
tried both on a pentium 3 886 and there was no difference. Personally I
prefer Mozilla.

/Scrubbs
 
Scrubbs said:
(clipped) Mozilla
browser only installed (now v1.6 release available)
Click to expand...

This is huge! Thanks! Been waiting for this update. Downloading as I
write this.
 
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