Here is my rough draft of browser documentation. It is basically
a reference of all the menus and screens, like the Forms Manager,
Preferences, Image Manager, etc. I do not have pictures yet, I am
still looking for a program to paste the image from the clipboard
into a paint program (MS Paint didn't work).
Here is the HTML code for it. These are just the first 3 pages:
index.html, menufile.html, menuedit.html.
Any comments are welcome.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
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<title>Browser documentation main page</title>
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VLINK="#551A8B" ALINK="#FF0000">
<h3 align="center">Main browser documentation page</h3>
<p>Written by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Updated: May 24, 2001
<ul>
<li><a href="#CommandLine">Command line parameters</a>
<li><a href="#Overview">Overview of the browser</a>
<li><a href="#PartsOfBrowser">Parts of the browser window</a>
<li><a href="#HowTo">How to...</a>
<li><a href="menufile.html">File menu</a>
<li><a href="menuedit.html">Edit menu</a>
<li><a href="prefs.html">Preferences</a>
</ul>
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<hr><a name="CommandLine"></a>
<h3>Command line parameters</h3>
<b>Key:</b>
<br>[value] means item is optional
<br><keyword> means a string representing something. Not a
literal value.
<p>Format of options:
mozilla [-option [value]]
<dl>
<dt><b>-chrome CHROME://chromedir</b>
<dd>Used to specify a chrome file.
<br>Example: mozilla -chrome CHROME://chromedir
<br>mozilla -chrome chrome://global/default
<p>
<dt><b>-console</b>
<dd>Opens a DOS window to which all error messages are sent. From
there you can cut and paste error messages and send them to the
dev team.
<br>Example: mozilla -console
<p><dt><b>-f file.txt</b>
<dd>This may be for testing only. Loads a list of URLs, one at a
time, listed in File.txt. File.txt has a list of URLs, one per
line. Add the -d n to add a delay of n seconds between loading
each URL.
<br>Ex: mozilla -f file.txt -d 10
<p><dt><b>-help, /?</b>
<dd>Shows a help screen.
<br>Ex: mozilla /?
<p><dt><b>-installer</b>
<dd>Use this to create profiles again in Mozilla, especially if
you install a new build.
<p><dt><b>-mail</b>
<dd>Starts Mozilla with the mail/news window.
<br>Ex: mozilla -mail
<p><dt><b>-V, -Version, -VERSION</b>
<dd>Show version information. See bug 23501.
<br>Ex: mozilla -Version
<p><dt><b>-ProfileManager</b>
<dd>Start Mozilla up with the Profile Manager. The PM is also
started the first time you run Mozilla. The profiles are stored
in c:\windows\mozregistry.dat.
<p><dt><b>-profile profilename</b>
<dd>Start Mozilla using the specified profile name.
<p><dt><b>-CreateProfile "profilename profiledir"</b>
<dd>Creates a profile and a profiledir under the default profile
directory.
<p><dt><b>-ProfileWizard</b>
<dd>Starts Profile Wizard.
<p><dt><b>-ProfileSelector</b>
<dd>Brings up Profile Selector so user can choose a profile to
use.
<p><dt><b><URL></b>
<dd>Use command line with an URL. This should open the URL when
the browser starts up.
Example: mozilla http://www.yahoo.com
</dl>
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<hr><a name="Overview"></a>
<h3>Overview</h3>
Mozilla is the next generation browser. It supports CSS, XML,
chrome, and much more. First the user must get familiar with some
terms.
<dl>
<dt><b>chrome</b>
<dd>More than just changing the colors of objects, chrome is a
way to change the whole appearance of object. Chrome includes:
the skin (the look of the UI, which includes buttons, message box
icons, scroll bar arrows, etc.), new functionality (like new menu
items) and new programs (for the new menu items).
<dt><b>CSS (cascading style sheets)</b>
<dd>A formatting language which provides a consistent look across
multiple web pages.
<dt><b>homepage</b>
<dd>The default web page that the browser loads when it first
starts up. This doesn't have to be on the web, it could be a
local file on your hard drive.
<dt><b>hotkey</b>
<dd>A keystroke combination, usually the Control key and a
letter, which allows the user to perform a function rapidly.
<dt><b>internet</b>
<dd>The WWW is only part of the internet. The internet also
includes email, FTP, gopher, WAIS and other means of sharing
information.
<dt><b>Mozilla</b>
<dd>The suite of programs which make up the Mozilla package. I.e.
the browser, mail/news, chat, editor, and associated features.
<dt><b>throbber</b>
<dd>An animated picture in the upper right corner of the browser.
The picture is animated while a page loads, and is still when the
page is done loading.
<dt><b>World Wide Web</b>
<dd>A collection of computers (hosts) with areas maintained by
users (web sites) with documents to read (the pages).
<dt>
<dd>
</dl>
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<a name="PartsOfBrowser"></a>
<h3>Parts of the browser window</h3>
When you start the browser you will see several different areas.
<ul>
<li>At the top of the Mozilla window is the <b>title bar</b>. It
has the name of the web page followed by "Mozilla". It also has
the X in the box which closes the window.
<p><li>Below the title bar is the <b>Menubar</b>. At the far left
is a minimize widget (a thicker vertical bar with an up arrow on
it). If you click this widget the menu bar shrinks. Click it
again and the menu bar returns.
<p><li>Below that is the <b>Toolbar</b>. It contains some
buttons, the <b>Location Bar</b> (where you type in web
addresses) and the <b>Throbber</b> on the far right. Memorize the
Location Bar and where it is. That is one way to type in web
addresses.
<p><li>Below the Toolbar is the <b>Shortcut bar</b>. This
contains frequently used website shortcuts. You can change it by
going to Bookmarks, Manage bookmarks, and changing what is in the
Personal Toolbar Folder folder. The Home bookmark will take you
to whatever is defined as your home page (as defined in
Preferences).
<p><li>The next part is the main browser window which should take
up most of the window space. On the left side of the browser
window is the <b>Sidebar</b>. The Sidebar combines several
features into tabs, like one tab for Searching the internet,
Bookmarks (same as on the Bookmarks menu item), and History. To
the right of the words "My Sidebar" is the word "Tabs". Use this
to show or hide tabs in the Sidebar. To show or hide the whole
Sidebar, choose View, My Sidebar or hit F9.
<p><li>Below the browser window are 2 more toolbar type widgets.
The first is the <b>Status Bar</b>. On the far left, it shows if
you are online or offline. Online looks like 2 cables connected.
Offline looks like 2 cables disconnected. To the right of that is
the loading indicator which tells the user how much of the
current webpage has loaded. To the right of that is the status
bar, where text status messages appear. When a document is done
loading, the word "Document: Done" appears here.
<p>On the far right of the status bar is the <b>security
indicator</b>. If the webpage is a secure page, the lock will be
in the locked position. If not, the lock will be in the unlocked
position.
<p><li>Below that is the <b>??? Bar</b>. On the far left it has 4
icons. Clicking the steering wheel will open a browser window.
Clicking the envelope will open mail/news. Clicking the pencil
and paper will open the editor. Clicking the Rolodex card will
open the address book. Towards the middle is the Window menu,
which provides a shortcut to all open Mozilla windows.
</ul>
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<hr>
<a name="HowTo"></a>
<h3>How to...</h3>
Open a web page.
There are several ways to open a web page.
<ul>
<li>Type an address in the Location Bar.
<li>Control-Shift-L: open a web address.
<li>Control-O: open a local web page on your hard drive.
<li>Choose a bookmark from the Bookmarks menu.
<li>Click the down arrow on the Back or Forward buttons and
choose a site from the list.
<li>Choose a site from the Go menu.
<li>Choose the down arrow on the Location Bar and choose a site.
</ul>
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Get the Mozilla program at <a
href="http://www.mozilla.org";>www.mozilla.org</a>.
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