ross549 Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Right now I am tweaking Mozilla to suit my needs (necessary with ANY OS install), but 1.4 is giving me some guff. I need to whip it into shape. :lol:1. Most pages look good, but the SF forums text is far too small. I can set text size to 120%, which looks good, but I have to do it every time I start the browser. Not cool.2. In wiin**** (a nasty word here, I am sure), I had my most commonly used bookmarks on the bar right below the address box. Links bar?? I sthat what it is called? Anyway, I usually navigated to the site I wanted, and simply dragged the link to the bar. When I drag in Drake, no joy. I can make a bookmark with it , but cannot get it on the link bar. Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Hi RossFor the fonts you shout check the preferences and set the minimum font to 10 or 12 pixels . . . . ( appearance > Fonts > Minimum font )The bookmarks, give me a sec to boot in Mandrake and I will check. Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Hi RossOn the side bar I press "add" and get a dialogbox, I make a new "folder" ( close the dialog ) and can then drag links from the page into that new folder, it automatically adds the bookmark in that folder . . . Hope this is the info that you were looking for . . Bruno Quote
ross549 Posted October 11, 2003 Author Posted October 11, 2003 I founf the Mozilla calls it the Personal toolbar... sits directy below the address bar and stretches across the screen. Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Correct you can use the side bar for bookmarks or the "personal toolbar" ( or any other bar you can add directly under your addressbar ), but I think that dragging links works only on the sidebar. Bruno Quote
teacher Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 So do you have it working the way you want it now? If not, what do we need to work on? Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Can I boot back into Slackware now ?? :w00t: Bruno Quote
ross549 Posted October 11, 2003 Author Posted October 11, 2003 I still can't seem to get any links on the personal toolbar. Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Ross,You have to add the links first to a folder in your bookmarks ( or with dragging them to the sidebar or with rightclick and "add" . . . then you do "manage bookmarks" and select the folder, then from the menubar in that dialog "view" > "set as personal toolbar folder" and that whole folder will be made to your "personal toolbar" . . you can also remove the old one if you end up with two "personal toolbars" in the same way . . Bruno Quote
ross549 Posted October 11, 2003 Author Posted October 11, 2003 Bruno... That worked like a charm..... can we set up an OC-48 between our rains or something..? Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Ross . . I have Mozilla 1.4 too . . you can drag the links to your personal toolbar as well . . . ( just discovered it ) can we set up an OC-48 between our rains or something..? Teach, translation please :DB) Bruno Quote
teacher Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Translation???? I don't speak navy. It is raining here. Maybe he wants to do something only when it is not raining? I can't figure that one out. Quote
teacher Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 oc-48 - Online course? for 48 minutes? I don't know. You guess. Quote
ross549 Posted October 11, 2003 Author Posted October 11, 2003 OC-48 n. 1. ridiculously fast fiber optic data line, commonly used for Internet backbones. Quote
ross549 Posted October 11, 2003 Author Posted October 11, 2003 Translation???? I don't speak navy. It is raining here. Maybe he wants to do something only when it is not raining? I can't figure that one out. And you call yourself a geek... shame. Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 You're sure you want more help Ross ?? :lol:Thought you did get your answer pretty quick . . . Bruno Quote
ross549 Posted October 11, 2003 Author Posted October 11, 2003 Well, I will take any I can get.... Quote
teacher Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Translation???? I don't speak navy. It is raining here. Maybe he wants to do something only when it is not raining? I can't figure that one out. And you call yourself a geek... shame. If you want to set up one of those go for it. Can you improve my connection speeds down here on the sand dune? I speak Linux so that makes me a Geek. Don't have to be into mainframe hardware! <<where's that smilie of someone sticking their tounge out going pttthhht........>> Quote
charlie Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 For the fonts you shout check the preferences and set the minimum font to 10 or 12 pixels . . . . ( appearance > Fonts > Minimum font )The bookmarks, give me a sec to boot in Mandrake and I will check.Bruno/RossThat is the one thing I wanted to know , I have set it to 12 and look just right for my Mk 1 eye balls , now to figure how to install Mozilla 1.4 over my current versionThank you for the help.Charlie Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Charlie I don´t think there is a big gain upgrading to 1.4 ( Mandrake 9.2 is just days away ) If I were you I would wait. But if you really want to: I think Ross uninstalled the current version first . . . you will have to ask Ross exactly how he did install the new version. Bruno Quote
teacher Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 Why not go to your Mandrake Control Center and then to Remove Software. Remove your old version then to the Add Software and install the new version? Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 The new version is .tar.gz . . can´t be installed through the MCC . . . . but you can always put the old one back . . B) Bruno Quote
teacher Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 I have a Mozilla 1.4 rpm here. It came on a CD in a magazine. I assumed it was out there as well. Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 What did Ross have then ?? Where is the guy anyway . . he has not posted a reply to Charlie yet . . and he´s online ;)The mozilla site has only .tar.gz´s and a few rpms´s for RedHat 8.x and 7.x . . . Bruno Quote
teacher Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 He said something about dinner and the necessity of eating...... Priorities! Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 We do need to have a talk with him . . . a real Linux geek eats with the keyboard on his left and the mouse on his right side :lol: Bruno Quote
teacher Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 I have it mixed up then. Meal goes between keyboard and monitor. Napkin in lap. Neatness such that you don't spill anything on the keyboard. Where did I go wrong? Quote
Bruno Posted October 11, 2003 Posted October 11, 2003 That´s good tactics too Julia, as long as you got your right hand free to type away . . . :DB) Bruno Quote
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