Netscape Navigator 3.X Tips #4



*1.  CACHE AND CARRY            
  
So how much space should you allot to your disk and memory 
cache settings? For Navigator 3.x, Netscape recommends a disk 
cache of 5000KB, with 1024KB for memory cache. Go ahead and 
experiment, though. If you tend to hit the same handful of 
sites over and over, or if you don't mind waiting a bit longer 
to download Web pages, you may not wish to give up so much 
precious space to the cache. 
            

*2.   TANGO AND CACHE            
  
A quick way to find out what files are living off the fat of 
the hard drive is to type 

about:cache 

in your URL Location box. To see the memory cache, type 

about:memory-cache 

Finally, to see just the images stored in your cache, type 

about:image-cache 
 

*3.   THE TIPOFF            
  
Judging by reader mail, there seems to be a bit of confusion 
about the nature of this tip. If you're using Netscape 
Navigator 3.x (including Navigator Gold), you'll get reasonably 
accurate advice right here. However, if you're using Netscape 
Communicator, or the stand-alone component Navigator 4.x, 
you'll get better results by subscribing to TipWorld's Netscape 
Communicator Tip of the Day. To do so, go to TipWorld's 
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and enter your e-mail address, then click Submit. In the list 
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You're welcome to continue subscribing to this tip, of course. 
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*4.   VERSION IMMERSION            
  
Not exactly sure which version of Netscape you're using? Go to 
the Help menu and choose About Netscape to get precise version 
information.


*5.      FAVORITES TO BOOKMARKS            
  
Need to convert Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites to 
Netscape Navigator 3.x bookmarks (or vice versa)? Download a 
converter called NavEx from  

http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-nn0322a%2C00.html  

NavEx is postcardware. That means the author doesn't expect 
money for the software, but would enjoy receiving a postcard 
from you. You'll find his address and more info here:  

http://www.pcworld.com/r/tw/1%2C2061%2Ctw-nn0322b%2C00.html


*6.   WEB PAGE ATTACHMENTS            
        
You know from the last tip that you can share local files with 
others by attaching them to e-mail messages. But you can also 
use this feature to attach the URLs for Web pages stored 
elsewhere. Just create the new mail message as usual (click the 
New Msg button), then click the Attach button and select Web 
Page. In the dialog box that appears, enter the URL of the page 
you want to attach, then click OK. Continue with the rest of 
the message as you would any other mail message. When your 
recipient gets the message, the Web page appears within it in 
all its glory (so long as he or she uses an HTML-capable mail 
client, that is).


*7.   I GET AROUND            
  
Subscriber Ryan A. writes to remind us: 

"An easy way to move back and forth between viewed pages and 
the current page is to use the Alt key in combination with the 
arrow keys. Alt-left arrow moves backward a page, while 
Alt-right arrow moves forward a page."


*8.   OH WHERE, OH WHERE HAVE MY BOOKMARKS GONE?            
  
Lost your bookmarks recently? Here's our advice. Search your 
hard drive for a file called bookmark.htm. There may be several 
by this name. If so, use a text editor, such as Notepad, to 
figure out if one of them is the one you want. To do this, in 
Notepad select File, Open. In the File Of Type (or File Types) 
field, use the arrow to select All Files. Then locate the 
bookmark.htm file and open it. Repeat (if necessary) until you 
establish which file is the one you want, then copy it to the 
Navigator directory.


*9.   HARD COPY            
  
Subscriber Dave S. wonders if there's a way to print out a hard 
copy of his more than 200 bookmarked URLs. As a matter of fact, 
there is. 

To get all your bookmarked URLs printed out, use a text editor, 
such as WordPad, to open your bookmark.htm file, then choose 
File, Print. Be sure to use a text editor, NOT a word 
processor, to open the file (since word processors can 
introduce excess characters). There's no need to make any 
changes to the file--just print it and get out of there! 
Unfortunately, printing this way gets you just the URLs without 
their descriptive names. To get a list of the names by 
themselves (without the URLs), right-click the bookmark.htm 
file and choose Print.


*10.   DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE            
  
Here's a great tip from reader Bruce L.: 

"Have you ever typed an ampersand (&) in the name field of a 
bookmark? It looks fine in the Bookmarks editor, but when you 
look at it in the Bookmarks drop-down list in Netscape, the 
ampersand becomes an underscore. To correct this, type two 
ampersands next to each other where you want the single 
ampersand to appear."
