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YMMV's Two-Window Browsing
System
The Daily Links page now offers two-window browsing on most JavaScript-enabled
browsers. To activate it, check the checkbox in the left margin of the
page. To deactivate it, uncheck the box. Because the two-window feature
is built using JavaScript, you won't see the checkbox (or the link to thse
instructions) if your browser doesn't support JavaScript.
To make the most effective use of the two-window feature, don't
close the secondary window which opens when you first click on a foreign
link. Instead, leave it open and move it to a convenient spot on your screen.
(You can let the two windows overlap or not, depending on how much available
screen space you have.) Then, pick the next link you want to see from the
Daily Links page. Whenever you click on a link that goes offsite, the secondary
window will be updated and will get the focus. (On Windows and Macintosh
systems, this will also bring the secondary window to the front. On UNIX
systems it might or might not do that, depending on which window manager
and browser you're using.)
Once you get used to this technique, you'll appreciate the convenience
of not losing your place or having to hit "back" to return to the Daily
Links page. You'll also save time, because your browser won't have to re-render
the page of links. And you'll save us bandwidth, because your browser won't
need to query our server every time you return.
If you prefer one-window viewing, or have trouble with JavaScript
incompatibilities (Microsoft's browsers, in particular, do strange things
on some systems), you can turn off the two-window feature in one of two
ways: uncheck the checkbox (the default) or turn off JavaScript.
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