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Netscape 8.0 Questions

Oct 3, 2005 10:39AM PDT

I just DL'd netscape 8.0 browser from their website, and have a couple questions. On a site such as collegehumor.com, where there are multiple links, when i return to the main page, the links aren't colored different to indicate whether i've been to them or not. I had this annoyance with Firefox as well (arrgh). Also, is there a way to disable the splash screen at startup? I'm running Windows XP Home, 80 GB Hdd, 1 GB PC 3200 Ram, P4 3.0 GHZ. Thanks

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Oct 3, 2005 11:15AM PDT

As far as the color of the links are concerned, it's iffy. If I click on a link from a Yahoo! search, then use the ''back'' button, the link changes to the defined color for visited links. However, if I click on a link from a website, then go back to that website, or use the back button and refresh the site, the link changes back to its original color. On the other hand, if I click on a link from my My Yahoo! page, then go back, refresh, or even restart my computer, the link remains colored as it should be. I believe this has to do with the way Firefox and Netscape handle browser history, but know of no 'fix.'

To answer your second question, yes, there is a way to disable that VERY annoying splash screen. Completely close Netscape, right-click on the Netscape shortcut, select properties, and select the shortcut tab. Then, in the target box, go to the end of the sctring and after the last set of quotation marks add a space followed by a dash and the word quiet. You can also copy and paste what I put in parenthasies. (''C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape Browser\netscape.exe'' -quiet) OK your way out, then launch Netscape from the shortcut again. Just remember this will only disable the splash screen when Netscape is launched from that shortcut. At least that's one less aggravation! Happy

Hope this helps,
John

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Thanks for that last idea
Oct 3, 2005 12:20PM PDT

Ok, so I opened up My Computer and went to ''tools'' then ''folder options'' then ''file types''. Under ''URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol'' click ''open'' then click ''edit''. under ''application used . . .'', put quotation marks around the location of your netscape browser, i.e. ''C:\PROGRA~1\NETSCAPE\NETSCA~1\NETSCAPE.EXE'' . Then, right after the second quote, put in the ''-quiet'' (don't type the quotes). Leave any other option or variables after that how they were.

The next time you click a link to a website, it will give you the prompt saying that ''Netscape is not your default browser . . .'' Click ''no'' then make sure that uncheck where it says ''Always check'' or ''Check nextime'' etc. It will stay the default, as long as you dont install another browser. Sorry for the grammatical and punctual errors, I was feeling lazy.

Hope this helps! It did for me.

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Link colour
Oct 5, 2005 8:23PM PDT

The links not changing colour at all can be because the 'History' setting in the browser is set to '0' days. Set it to 1 day or more.

Some sites are designed so that visited link colours don't change. Perhaps the site owner thinks different coloured links might spoil the look of the page or something. This can be overcome by adding the following code to the 'UserContent.css' file:

:visited { color: purple !important;}

I don't have Netscape installed but since it partly uses Firefox, the location of the UserContent.css file might be:

C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\Netscape\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\chrome ('xxxxxxxx' represents a random combination of letters and numbers).

The existing 'userContent-example.css' file can be re-named to 'UserContent.css', or a new UserContent.css file can be created with that name from a new text file. If the location of the file is not as written, try a search for a folder called 'chrome'. it should be in there.