Netscape Tips #1



*1.   MOVING PICTURES

Still graphics aren't the only interesting visuals on the 
Internet--there are plenty of video files out there, too. A 
helper application called VMPEG Lite can assist you when you 
want to play MPEG video files. To find out more, go to 

http://www.stroud.com 

then search for the VMPEG link. (The Stroud page is a great 
resource for all kinds of helper application information.) 


*2.   NEW DATA ONLY

Who wants to visit sites that don't have anything new to say? 
You can save yourself unnecessary surfing by searching your 
bookmarked sites to find out which ones have changed since 
your last visit. To do this, open your bookmarks file (press 
Ctrl-B), then select File, What's New? In the What's New? 
dialog box, select either All Bookmarks or Selected Bookmarks, 
then click Start Checking. Navigator scans your bookmarked 
sites and tells you if any data has changed. 


*3.   SOUND ADVICE 

If you want to hear a variety of sound file types, take a look 
at the WPlany helper application. This allows you to play sound 
formats such as AU, IFF, SND, VOC, and WAV. To find out more, 
go to 

http://www.stroud.com 

then search for the WPlany link. (The Stroud page is a great 
resource for all kinds of helper application information.) 


*4.   KEEP 'EM SEPARATED

There are a few ways to organize your bookmarks. You can, of 
course, create folders that keep your bookmarked sites in 
related groups. You can also put separators between folders 
and/or bookmarks. To set these, open the bookmarks page 
(Ctrl-B), then select the folder or bookmark you want to 
separate. Select Item, Insert Separator, and a separator marker 
appears after the selected item. The next time you open your 
bookmarks list from the Navigator menu, a separator line 
appears wherever you inserted one. 


*5.   SOURCE BOOK

If you ever wonder what's generating the look and feel of a Web 
page, go to the Communicator menu and select View, Page Source. 
A page showing the Web page's HTML code appears. This can give 
you ideas for your own Web page development. 


*6.   ONE BOOKMARK FOLDER ONLY

You probably have many bookmarks organized into several 
folders. Rather than having all of these folders appear in the
bookmark list from the Navigator menu, you can select only one 
folder to appear. To do this, open the bookmarks page (Ctrl-B), 
then select the folder. >From the bookmark menu, select Item, 
Set to Bookmark Menu Folder. The next time you access the 
bookmark menu, only the bookmarks in this folder appear. You 
can change this option as often as you want, depending on which 
folder you're most interested in seeing. 


*7.   FRAME OF REFERENCE

Frames are part of certain Web pages, but they have their own 
HTML code. If you want to see how the frame was made, select it 
and choose View, Frame Source. A page showing the frame's HTML 
code appears. 


*8.   DUMP THE BUTTONS

Say you don't use those directory buttons that appear in the 
menu bar in the Navigator browser (What's New?, What's Cool?, 
Destinations, and so on). No problem--just dump them from the 
browser. From the Navigator menu, choose Options, then deselect 
Show Directory Buttons. See you later, directory buttons. 


*9.   MAIL SOURCE

You can get the inside story on mail messages as well. Open 
Communicator's Message Center and select a message (from any 
mail folder), then choose View, Page Source from the main menu. 
The source code for the message appears in a separate page. 


*10.   JAVA JIVE

Want to keep track of what's going on with Java applets? Maybe 
they aren't working they way they should, and you'd like to 
find out why. Communicator includes a feature called the Java 
Console that helps you manage Java applets. To bring it up, 
choose Communicator, Java Console from the Netscape menu. Type 

? 

and you get a list of console commands. 
