Technodolt :-P

[rejectomorph]

D'oh! I just accidentally discovered that if I left-click on a link while holding down my "Shift" key, the link will open in a new window! How did I overlook that for more than two years? Does every computer do that? I wonder what else I've never figured out about it? Gotta get one of those, uh, what-do-you-call-them-- books about Windows someday.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

you can also right click on the link, and click on "open in a new window" if that helps.

[rejectomorph]

I used to be able to do that, but ever since I installed the last set of updates for Internet Exploder, Sluggo crashes every time I try it. The left click with Shift will be a useful substitute. (But probably only until I install the next set of updates for IE. Windows!)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well, I'm glad that the alternate method is working for you then!

[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

and when I do that . . .
it opens a "save as" box
how very clever!

[rejectomorph]

Yes, the "save as" box is very handy. I use it all the time. (Thankfully, that doesn't cause Sluggo to go all blue-screen on me-- yet!) But, instead of selecting the option in the pop-up menu, I usually just hit the "s" key to save. Selecting from the pop-up, it's too easy to get the wrong option, given the slippy-ness of my mouse. Besides which, the keyboard option is faster. Right-click, keystroke, done!

[literaryartist.livejournal.com]

That might come in handy -- thanks for pointing it out. Every now and then I have an equally unexpected discovery. Recently I fumbled across pressing the Windows key with the letter M, which minimizes all open windows.

[rejectomorph]

I've heard that there are many things which can be done with the Windows key. My keyboard is ancient, and doesn't have one.

[paul.livejournal.com]

Cool, never knew about that one. That will help me when surfing multiple porn sites ;-)

Someone needs to document these on the net, I mean, who actually still reads books? Hehe

[shane.livejournal.com]

In Windows (ick, ptooey) Alt+Tab switches between windows.

[rejectomorph]

Ah, that could prove quite useful when I'm surfing multiple porn art museum sites.

Thanks.

[mattcallow.livejournal.com]

books? what are books? ;)

http://windows.about.com/cs/tipsandtricks/

[rejectomorph]

Excellent. They even still have information about Windows 98 ("Flirting with obsolescence for nearly a 20th of a century.") Thanks.