re: Links Don't Work [Internet Exploder won't opening new windows properly]
Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Marjorie
(16 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.)
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