RE: download metalink articles - save target as

<soapbox>
That kind of mentality burns me to no end. I can *almost* see it from a Support perspective, but if people would just use http://validator.w3.org when making their webpages and leave off all the Real/Shock/Quick/Crap plugins and go frameless, there'd be a helluva lot more usable pages on Intranets and it wouldn't matter a lick WTF kind of browser users use.

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought it was the World Wide Web and not the MS Web. </soapbox>

I feel sorry for you Patrice!

Rich

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
rjesse_at_qtiworld.com                  Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boivin, Patrice J [mailto:BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:10 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: download metalink articles - save target as
>
>
> Netscape has been banned from our workplace. It's not the corporate
> "standard".
>
> Patrice.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:00 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> And easier way is to use a Netscape browser and the "Save Frame As..."
> option.
>
> Andy Rivenes
>
> At 04:24 AM 9/23/2003 -0800, Boivin, Patrice J wrote:
> >The grueling method is...
> >
> >grab the header, copy paste it into notepad.exe. That
> strips the weird
> >formatting out of it.
> >
> >Grab the body text, but not all the way down, try to guess
> where the body
> >text frame ends and stop just before that. It may take a
> few tries to find
> >exactly where.
> >
> >copy paste into Wordpad.exe.
> >
> >Then, take the header info from notepad and insert it in wordpad just
> before
> >the body text.
> >
> >close notepad.exe.
> >
> >You can now save the text that is in wordpad.
> >
> >What a rigmarole.
> >
> >Patrice.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:50 PM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >
> >MS Outlook a.k.a Outhouse Mail.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:55 PM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >Paula,
> >
> >I think the problem may lie in MetaLink's use of the icky icky frame
> >construct (See http://www.useit.com/ for explanation of why
> frames are bad
> >and aren't even needed). You don't say what browser you're
> using, but I
> can
> >guess. Toss out that virus-toting piece of dung, IEeeeeeee.
> Actually,
> keep
> >it on your system, but make sure you have "Work Offline"
> checked before
> >closing it for the last time. That way, your MS Outlook
> (Lookout!) mail
> >won't be able to automatically retrieve junk off of the web when you
> preview
> >or read messages. This will help keep your spam count low.
> >
> >So, in Mozilla (or other Gecko variant like Firebird or perhaps even
> >Netscape) or Opera 7.2.0, right click on the link to the
> article you want.
> >In the popup menu that appears, choose "Open link in another
> tab" or "Open
> >link in another window" or whatever option you have. With
> the link in it's
> >own space, you should be able to figure out how to save the article
> locally.
> >One thing to watch for when using this technique is that the
> MetaLink pages
> >are often coded to open new links in a frame (%^$#@^&@#%
> frames!) from your
> >original MetaLink window/tab, unless you right-click every
> link into a new
> >window/tab. Mozilla and it's variants also offer a middle-click to
> >automagically pop the link into a new window/tab.
> >
> >These other browsers have the nice intended effect of being
> available on
> >multiple platforms, so you have the ability to call up
> MetaLink without
> >needing an MS Windohs box. :)
> >
> >HTH! GL!
> >Rich
> >
> >Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
> >rjesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:45 PM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >When I right click on a metalink article to try to save it to a local
> >directory and use save target as - it only provides a blank
> file. What's
> >the easiest way to save these files locally? I want to
> because sometimes
> >the more useful ones go away.
> >Thanks,
> >Paula

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