Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


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le nubian - Oct 18, 2006 7:28:36 am PDT #9257 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

can someone tell me the difference between locking a tab in firefox and protecting a tab? I can't find the answer to this.


le nubian - Oct 18, 2006 3:20:27 pm PDT #9258 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

okay, so no one knows the answer? yikes. I'm done for.


§ ita § - Oct 18, 2006 3:27:50 pm PDT #9259 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is that default Firefox functionality? I can't find either in my copy.


le nubian - Oct 18, 2006 3:36:49 pm PDT #9260 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

hmm. that's a good question. I wonder if I have this feature from one of my extensions.

no wonder I couldn't find documentation.


brenda m - Oct 18, 2006 3:37:24 pm PDT #9261 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hmm. I have both of those options, but I have no idea what they do.


le nubian - Oct 18, 2006 3:43:42 pm PDT #9262 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

a ha! it was for one of my extensions: tab mix plus. took me into the bowels of a forum to find out what the feature did. now I know.


Atropa - Oct 18, 2006 6:53:22 pm PDT #9263 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Help help! The click wheel on my iPod has stopped working. I cannot scroll through menus or change the volume. It just started doing this on the ride home tonight.

ETA: FIXED! The reset trick worked. But still, alarming. I've never had any trouble with Candylike the iPod before.


esse - Oct 19, 2006 12:15:57 am PDT #9264 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

le nubian, what was the answer? I have the same extention and now I'm curious.

Jilli, sometimes they need a swift kick in the pants. Like a PDA they're essentially on all the time, so when it starts acting quirky the best thing is a reset. It's normal.


le nubian - Oct 19, 2006 2:16:08 am PDT #9265 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

SA -

okay, one will keep the tab open unless you specifically close it (protect I think)

one will force links you click to open in new tabs (lock I think)

You can lock and protect (since these are two different functions which is called "freeze").


esse - Oct 19, 2006 2:49:28 am PDT #9266 of 10003
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

huh. okay.