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JL, 10 January 2007 Links
If you're
still
using
Internet
Explorer you may have seen, down the Favorites list, a
default folder called Links. It's part of the XP operating system
and can be used with any browser without opening IE at
all.
I know not 100% of you are using XP and I apologize but it's all
I can talk about because it's all I know. If you're still
using
Fortran IV & V I might be able to dredge it up.
(That's a
joke.)Do this ... (Caveat: Here and hereafter, and everywhere and forevermore, when I say "Do" what I mean by that is after you read the whole article, after you answer all your own questions on the subject, and only when your inner computer-wisdom says it's OK. In e-space, as on Earth.) ... Right click on the task-bar. (What's the task-bar my cousin Sam asked? It's that blue bar along the bottom of your screen.) Click the tick next to "Lock the Taskbar" so it wil be unlocked.  It will put  next
to your Start button, an easy way to get back to your Desktop from
anywhere.  Now, when you have a webpage
open that you want to keep nearby because
you use it alot, drag the icon next to the web address and drop it into
Links:
You can build a list of
bookmarks for speedier access this way. You will save yourself alot of
stress and bother if you put all your most-visited genealogy websites
in there.
You can also have the Links
folder showing at the top of your Window's folders. Just
right click on
the toolbar and click Customize.
COMMENTS
20
January 2007
Hi I've enjoyed reading your blog and have downloaded some of the programs you have suggested. I particularly like Evernote. I even bought Syncback. I've been reading your item on Links and I was going to do it but I got lost when you said "go around the corner and click links". What exactly do you mean? - sorry for being thick. Interestingly I lost my little "quick launch" icon when I installed IE 7 and I would like it back. (I binned IE7 because it didn't show me the favourites I use the most like IE6 does, I get all of them which is a pain; That's also the reason I don't use Mozilla.) cheers Bruce McArthur 20 January 2007 "Go around the corner" was unnecessary. I was just trying to be more visual. Leave out that phrase and just go to what comes after that, i.e. click on "Links". Then lock your toolbar and you're ready to start dragging and dropping URL's into it. Same thing to get your Quick Launch icon back. Just click on it in that menu I put a screenshot of. I don't understand your problems with the Favorites list, as IE 7 has one, just like IE 6 does. Firefox for sure has a favorites list, although they call it "bookmarks" instead, and you only get the ones you ask for. JL |
