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Re: Announcing new set database
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Date: 
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 18:48:32 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
What is "drag-and-drop browsing"??  Sounds intriguing.

Nothing big, really.  An example is to have one window open for a TOC, and
another window open for the chapters; to change chapters you drag the
hyperlink from the TOC window to the chapter window.  The benefit is keeping
the browsers' window placements the same while traversing a large site
quickly.  I do this a lot for large sites with content that is formatted
largely the same, like an online newspaper or LUGNET.  I'm not sure if I'm
the only one who does this.  :-,

Ahh, I see.  Well, sounds like what you really need then is a dual-frame or
tri-frame option.  Then you wouldn't even have to drag the link -- just click
it.

--Todd


In IE 5.0 at least, you can drag an image with a hyperlink, and the hyperlink
would be dropped (as opposed to the image).  Netscape gets confused if you
drag something that is both an image and a hyperlink, and refuses to drop any
content.

Cheers,
- jsproat



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(...) Except that, due to my insane hatred for frames (;-), I'll actually break out of 'em and use d&d browsing instead, since Netscape will remember frame names across several browser windows. It's really no biggie; I can browse the new format just (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

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(...) Nothing big, really. An example is to have one window open for a TOC, and another window open for the chapters; to change chapters you drag the hyperlink from the TOC window to the chapter window. The benefit is keeping the browsers' window (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

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