I haven't tried the mouse gestures thing. Where do I do that?
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Consuela - Nov 24, 2004 7:12:27 am PST #132 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2004 7:16:00 am PST #133 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you go into Preferences/Mouse and Keyboard, there's an enable mouse gestures checkbox there. Or you can try one, and it asks you if that's what you really mean to do. Right-left-right with the right button depressed (like a Z, but all at one height) closes the active window, for instance.
Now you've made me go to the mouse gestures homepage, and there's so much I could have been doing!
Jessica - Nov 24, 2004 7:16:36 am PST #134 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
In Opera it's in the Preferences. In Firefox, you have to download the Mouse Gestures extension (under the Tools menu).
I'm installing Firefox on my mom's computer right now, AIFG!
thegrommit - Nov 24, 2004 7:25:45 am PST #135 of 10003
Um.
However, it won't go into Bank Of America.
The BOA technical requirements specify Netscape 6.2 is supported, so it's probably just a case of bad browser sniffing. You can try the user agent switcher extension to see if that'll get you in.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2004 7:30:54 am PST #136 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I see what Jessica meant about the extension downloading. Nice in principle, but exhausting.
And now it's refusing to go to some sites, period. Connections are being refused.
I'll try it again at home.
Polter-Cow - Nov 24, 2004 7:52:45 am PST #137 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Right-left-right with the right button depressed (like a Z, but all at one height) closes the active window, for instance.
Wow, that's pretty cool! Although I swear I'd be accidentally closing windows left and right. Well, I suppose I don't keep the right button depressed as I swish around.
tommyrot - Nov 24, 2004 8:20:02 am PST #138 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
See, I've been memorizing the Mozilla/Firefox keyboard shortcuts, not the mouse shortcuts. So I'm going the wrong way....
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2004 8:34:27 am PST #139 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been memorizing the Mozilla/Firefox keyboard shortcuts
Normally I'm all about the keyboard shortcuts, but in an app where you have links in unpredictable places, I try and avoid the keyboard as much as possible. Or at least separate the mousing chunks from the keying chunks.
Wolfram - Nov 24, 2004 12:00:34 pm PST #140 of 10003
Visilurking
Wolfram, I don't remember where you live, but I always go to Craigslist for used computers. There are some really good deals if you're careful not to get scammed.
Apparently I've been living in a box. Craigslist is awesome! The sad thing is, everyone else I know has heard of it and just assumed I knew about it already. Thanks Jessica!
Consuela - Nov 24, 2004 12:14:46 pm PST #141 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I went through that with my brother last week, Wolfram, although it was Angie's List he was assuming I'd heard of, not Craigslist. Sadly, Angie's List is subscription only, and isn't in California yet anyway.