Announcements

9-11

It's hard to believe a year has already past since the attacks on September 11th, 2001. All of us here at WorldStart want to express our deepest sympathies to the families who lost loved ones that day. It is our sincere hope that the world will never have to experience that type of tragedy again.

We want to especially pay tribute to all the heroes who lost their lives that day. The Firemen, Police, and the thousands who did nothing more than go to work on a Tuesday morning. They show the real character of what this nation of is made of - hardworking, dedicated people who go out of their way to help one another. They are worthy role models for any of us and their loss will be felt for years to come.

So, we continue to heal and to hope.

-- Steve

Computers 101

Q:
The other day I was on a site that had a pop up window for searches. Anyhow, I did a search, then another, and wanted to go back to the first one. Unfortunately, there was no back button on this pop up, so I had to search my first term again.

Then another time I had a pop up window that I needed to refresh, but no refresh button was to be found (I wanted to see if some info had been updated). So, my question is, is there a way to navigate or work with a browser window that doesn't display your browser buttons?

A:
Yes! Usually, you can right-click inside the window and select Back, Forward, or Refresh from the resulting menu. Oh, be sure you're not clicking a picture when you do this or you're not going to get those options - just a bunch of picture saving type stuff.

If you'd rather do the keyboard shortcut thing, that's fun too (besides, you always look cooler when you use keyboard shortcuts). Here are the shortcuts you need:

Alt+Arrow - Use the Alt key with your left and right arrows to go forward / back.

Backspace - Hitting your backspace key will also take a back.

F5 - This one will refresh the page.

Esc - Tapping the escape key is the same as clicking the Stop button. BTW - frantic pounding of the Escape key is my favorite way to stop runaway pop-up windows.

Alt+Home - Yup, this'll send ya back to your homepage which is hopefully set to www.worldstart.com ;-)

And there you have it. That should get you through most, probably all, buttonless browser situations you encounter.

Happy surfin'.

-- Steve

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Tip of the Day

Clean Your Desk(top)

Have too many icons on your desktop? You probably only have a few that you really use on a regular basis, so why not keep the other ones handy, but hidden?

Well, it can be done by putting a little folder on your desktop and dragging any infrequently used shortcut icons to it. Here's how:

1. Right-click the desktop and select, New, Folder.

2. Name the new folder "Desk Drawer" (no quotes) or something similar.

3. Now, drag any icons that aren't being used on a regular basis to the folder. Some of the icons are stubborn and refuse to live anywhere but the desktop, so you'll find you can't move them (no amount of colorful language seems to improve this situation either). Most of them will make the transition with no complaints though.

That's it. A much cleaner desktop! If you need one of those little shortcuts, open the Desk Drawer folder and there they are.

-- Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Drempels

I know you’re wondering what a drempel is? The definition given on this web site states that drempels make "colorful, swirling, hallucinogenic patterns that resemble a hurricane or tornado.” Well, I was curious when I came across the name in a search engine and, as usual, curiosity got the better of me.

As I clicked, I wondered what horrors would befall me this time? Would it be another awful, boring site?

Surprise! What I found was a neat screen saver site. Remember Wonder Screens? Well, this is just as fantastic. This one has free downloads and comes with extra textures like Infinite Fish, Propaganda, and more. Enjoy this one, Everybody!

http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/

Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?
Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com