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RD - as it happens I'm in DC for the next three days - wouldn't mind a chat if we can swap numbers by pm - do it on my nickel.
However, for now I must hie me away - the Air and Space museum beckons. Footsore and knackered I'll pop back in later today and, if no-one else has chipped, in I describe what a tabbbed browser is and why you need one.
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Rob
However, for now I must hie me away - the Air and Space museum beckons. Footsore and knackered I'll pop back in later today and, if no-one else has chipped, in I describe what a tabbbed browser is and why you need one.
Regards
Rob
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OK - tabbed browsers. Assuming most of you are Windows sufferers, sorry, users you have a tabbed system on board already. Usually something like the control panel or video card section. As you'll know you have a single window on screen and switch areas in the form of tabs at the top.
As you click on them you go to different sections but always remain within the single open window.
Tabbed browsers work in exactly the same way. You open a single browser window and your page opens as normal. However, you can use a menu or a shortcut (control + t) to open another 'tab.'. You can do this three or four times and load different sections of the site or threads.
Read the page you're on and when finished click on where you want to go next. While it is loading you just click on the next tab and you have another page to read and so on across all the tabs. No fuss, no muss - even on dial up you always have a loaded page to read or select a thread from.
We ensure the site works across all browsers even going to the lengths of running Windows emulators on our Macs to check out all PC software. Regretably we aren't able to advise you to get rid of the Internet Explorer bloatware altogether as some web designers, especially in finance and banking, are in the thrall of Microsoft's dark forces
These tabbed browsers are free downloads and appear on computer mag cover disks. They're a fraction of the size of I.E. and much faster - strongly recommended for this site. I'll leave it to the rotorheads to pass on names and links because I want to stress the time and care we put into ensuring a service whatever browser you decide to use. Give it a go - I think you'll find it transforms using PPRuNe.
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As you click on them you go to different sections but always remain within the single open window.
Tabbed browsers work in exactly the same way. You open a single browser window and your page opens as normal. However, you can use a menu or a shortcut (control + t) to open another 'tab.'. You can do this three or four times and load different sections of the site or threads.
Read the page you're on and when finished click on where you want to go next. While it is loading you just click on the next tab and you have another page to read and so on across all the tabs. No fuss, no muss - even on dial up you always have a loaded page to read or select a thread from.
We ensure the site works across all browsers even going to the lengths of running Windows emulators on our Macs to check out all PC software. Regretably we aren't able to advise you to get rid of the Internet Explorer bloatware altogether as some web designers, especially in finance and banking, are in the thrall of Microsoft's dark forces
These tabbed browsers are free downloads and appear on computer mag cover disks. They're a fraction of the size of I.E. and much faster - strongly recommended for this site. I'll leave it to the rotorheads to pass on names and links because I want to stress the time and care we put into ensuring a service whatever browser you decide to use. Give it a go - I think you'll find it transforms using PPRuNe.
Regards
Rob
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Another suggestion...
Since nobody has mentioned it yet, you can try using Netscape. It's almost as fat as IE, but Netscape seems to favor Unix-based systems much better than Uncle Bill's products (gee, I wonder why that is). One of the main benefits is that it won't be so tightly integrated into your Operating System... that independance can be beneficial at times.
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp
