Re: [newbie] Save a search - work-around
On Friday 17 Jan 2003 12:53 am, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:32:30 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Well, I got a bookmark thing on my personal toolbar OK. Hovering over it shows a javascript link, but clicking on it doesn't seem to do anything. I do wonder, though, whether this is really what I need? I'm looking for something that would enable me to save the resulting list of links from a Google search. It used to be simple in Mozilla, though I can't remember whether there was a button, or whether it was a right-click option. Anne You shouldn't have any trouble bookmarking a google search since it doesn't use post--the search term and everything is evident when you look at the URL of the results page. Frmget is for those pages that *don't* give you a bookmarkable results page (try a search on http://www.m-w.com, for example, and compare the results URL to one from google). Sounds like you might have something funky going on with Mozilla. Too many things seem to have changed since I installed Netscape 7. I'd uninstall it, but I suspect that I would also have to uninstall Moz and Galleon and start afresh. It's a lot of hassle, and for the moment I have found that on the tabs there is an option to save this group of tabs, which can include a page of Google results, so that'll manage for the present. Thanks for your time Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Save a search
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 07:48:29PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: At some point in the last week or so I seem to have lost the ability to save a search in Mozilla/Netscape. I've had a good browse through Preferences, looking for something that I may have changed, but I can't find the reason. Can anyone point me at the solution? Anne Anne, it's not you, but probably the form you're using for the search uses the post method instead of get, making the results page not bookmarkable. I use a bookmarklet which will convert post forms to get forms. Just go to the page with the form, click the bookmarklet, do your search and voila! Get it here: http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html#frmget HTH, Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Save a search
On Thursday 16 Jan 2003 8:03 pm, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 07:48:29PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: At some point in the last week or so I seem to have lost the ability to save a search in Mozilla/Netscape. I've had a good browse through Preferences, looking for something that I may have changed, but I can't find the reason. Can anyone point me at the solution? Anne Anne, it's not you, but probably the form you're using for the search uses the post method instead of get, making the results page not bookmarkable. I use a bookmarklet which will convert post forms to get forms. Just go to the page with the form, click the bookmarklet, do your search and voila! Get it here: http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html#frmget I'm sure it would help, if I could make any sense of it. I got to the page OK, but when I clicked on the green link I got 'Changed 0 forms to use WGET method'. I don't understand what's happening. I assume I need to download a plugin, or something, which is frmget so that it can be used with my browsers? I don't see how to do that. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Save a search
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 08:40:44PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 16 Jan 2003 8:03 pm, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 07:48:29PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: At some point in the last week or so I seem to have lost the ability to save a search in Mozilla/Netscape. I've had a good browse through Preferences, looking for something that I may have changed, but I can't find the reason. Can anyone point me at the solution? Anne Anne, it's not you, but probably the form you're using for the search uses the post method instead of get, making the results page not bookmarkable. I use a bookmarklet which will convert post forms to get forms. Just go to the page with the form, click the bookmarklet, do your search and voila! Get it here: http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html#frmget I'm sure it would help, if I could make any sense of it. I got to the page OK, but when I clicked on the green link I got 'Changed 0 forms to use WGET method'. I don't understand what's happening. I assume I need to download a plugin, or something, which is frmget so that it can be used with my browsers? I don't see how to do that. Anne Sorry, drag the frmget link to your personal toolbar in Mozilla. That's all you have to do. If you don't use that toolbar, you can right-click the link and do a bookmark from there. Now, go to the page you want to search from. Click the link in your toolbar (or from bookmarks) and you'll get a js alert telling you it changed x number of forms. Do your search and the results page will be bookmarkable. If that's still Greek, scoll up the page on the link above and there briefer instructions. Todd Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Save a search
On Thursday 16 Jan 2003 10:17 pm, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 08:40:44PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 16 Jan 2003 8:03 pm, Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 07:48:29PM +, Anne Wilson wrote: At some point in the last week or so I seem to have lost the ability to save a search in Mozilla/Netscape. I've had a good browse through Preferences, looking for something that I may have changed, but I can't find the reason. Can anyone point me at the solution? Anne Anne, it's not you, but probably the form you're using for the search uses the post method instead of get, making the results page not bookmarkable. I use a bookmarklet which will convert post forms to get forms. Just go to the page with the form, click the bookmarklet, do your search and voila! Get it here: http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html#frmget I'm sure it would help, if I could make any sense of it. I got to the page OK, but when I clicked on the green link I got 'Changed 0 forms to use WGET method'. I don't understand what's happening. I assume I need to download a plugin, or something, which is frmget so that it can be used with my browsers? I don't see how to do that. Anne Sorry, drag the frmget link to your personal toolbar in Mozilla. That's all you have to do. If you don't use that toolbar, you can right-click the link and do a bookmark from there. Now, go to the page you want to search from. Click the link in your toolbar (or from bookmarks) and you'll get a js alert telling you it changed x number of forms. Do your search and the results page will be bookmarkable. If that's still Greek, scoll up the page on the link above and there briefer instructions. Well, I got a bookmark thing on my personal toolbar OK. Hovering over it shows a javascript link, but clicking on it doesn't seem to do anything. I do wonder, though, whether this is really what I need? I'm looking for something that would enable me to save the resulting list of links from a Google search. It used to be simple in Mozilla, though I can't remember whether there was a button, or whether it was a right-click option. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
