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Old 9th February 2008 | 23:01
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Hi Guys,
Why dont you change the format to allow pprune.org to bring up the page and not have to always type "www".pprune.org?

It is a pain in the ass on websites.

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Old 9th February 2008 | 23:14
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Why make it easier?

Seriously

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Old 10th February 2008 | 00:02
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why not just type pprune.com ? it defaults back to .org
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Old 10th February 2008 | 01:48
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If you just type pprune in the address bar, the shortcut Ctrl + Enter will add the www to the start and .com to the end.
This will work in Firefox and IE.

In Firefox the shortcut CTRL + Shift + Enter will add the www to the front and .org to the end.

You can get IE to do the same, but you must enter .org as the suffix in Tools > Internet Options > languages

http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Shortcuts

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../quickref.mspx

Last edited by twiggs; 10th February 2008 at 02:04. Reason: added links for shortcuts
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Old 10th February 2008 | 03:25
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Change to OPERA, set PPrune.Org/Forums in your speed dial, its then avaiable at the click of a button.....

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Old 10th February 2008 | 08:13
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217148

1) Switch it on
2) Type ppr into the address bar
3) Gaze in amazement
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Old 10th February 2008 | 08:21
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Or why not add it to your 'favourites' drop down list next time you visit.
Then you won't have to type any of it, ever.
DOH!
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Old 10th February 2008 | 08:42
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...or have it as your home page!

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Old 10th February 2008 | 08:49
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Now that's just downright sad!

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Old 10th February 2008 | 09:05
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Four website shortcuts on my desktop

1. Pprune

2. BBC

3.Google

4. Flightchecker

Easy peasy

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Old 10th February 2008 | 10:31
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This a wind up, right!

The simplicity to have things the way you want them is well..................my 8 year old grandaughter sets her own favourites with just one click, even though PPRuNe opens as first page. No problems at all.
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Old 10th February 2008 | 12:10
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Originally Posted by PPRuNe Towers
Why make it easier?
Seriously
Errmm, hesitant to upset the blissful unanimity here, but then again....

This website caters to professional pilots. By the very nature of their job, they are on the move. Away from their home computers.
Not everybody lugs around their own laptop either.
So yes, all the above tricks to shortcut PPRuNe are fine and dandy, but they only work on your OWN computer.

Log on downroute from the hotel's expensive business centre or from a painfully slow internet café and all of a sudden little-paddy's suggestion makes sense.

I find it no big deal to write out the full www.pprune.org/forums every time I log on from some godforsaken place and finding out where the / is located on various types of keyboards doesn't tax my abilities either, but just pprune.org would be easier.
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Old 11th February 2008 | 10:06
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Took me less than 1 second to type WWW.

I can see the benifits by not having to type this in a hotel room

Maybe an investment in a touch-typing course will be of benifit? you wont be restricted to using these new skills on one PC, biggest benefit is it'll all be stored in the top 2 inches of your head so you can take is places where you home PC can't go
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Old 11th February 2008 | 21:39
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Most sites you goto these days don't require "www", so why not pprune?

Very easily modified in the Control Panel of the website.
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Old 12th February 2008 | 06:55
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Modified far more easily by yourself and your favourites list though, wildrover.

And if you can remember your login/password then surely the site URL shouldn't be an issue. Why worry about another 4 characters?
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Old 12th February 2008 | 17:18
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Get Opera and use SpeedDial
 
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