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I know a lot about HTML, but all this time I don't know what the <LINK>
tags in the head do. There are those that call a stylesheet, favicon,
etc. But what about those that state the contents of the page, identify
the next and previous page, etc. Do some browsers support them or are
they just for organization or something?

Apr 10 '06
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Brian wrote:
The Numerator wrote:
I don't know what the <LINK> tags in the head do.

what about those that state the contents of the page, identify the next
and previous page, etc. Do some browsers support them or are they just
for organization or something?


Firefox has -- or had -- an extension that would give users access to the
urls in <link> elements. The extension does not work with the latest
version, and there have been no updates for some time. :-(


It doesn't work, or the extension won't install?

Here's why I ask, and here's a general tip for other FF extension fans:

I wanted an extension for 1.5 that only was rated up to FF 0.8. I
didn't notice, that, and of course the install went south.

I was looking at the home page for that extension and happened to notice a
post in is forum that said it would work fine if you tweaned what I'll
call the "permissabl e version" line in the targetInstallat ion
of the install.rdf that is contained by the .xpi file that comprises the
distribution file for the extension.

I changed that line to read:

<em:maxVersion> 1.6</em:maxVersion>

from 0.8, and it worked fine here in FF/Linux.

I shared this with a friend who uses WinXP, and for good measure he
changed the value to 2.0 and his installation works fine, too.

I just looked at some other install.rdf files in extension packages, and
they all had that line.

So: if it won't install, that's something to try.
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Apr 11 '06 #11
Timothy Larson wrote:
Brian wrote:
Firefox has -- or had -- an extension that would give users access to
the urls in <link> elements. The extension does not work with the
latest version, and there have been no updates for some time. :-(


This reason alone makes me want to figure out how to do scripting in FF,
so I can write a new LINK bar. I was a big proponent of LINK support in
Mozilla, and it's one thing I still miss in FF.


More than one site navigation toolbar extension,

https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1324
cmSiteNavigatio n Toolbar

This one works the latest FF.

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Apr 11 '06 #12
Brian <us*****@juliet remblay.com.inv alid> wrote in
news:12******** *****@corp.supe rnews.com:

Firefox has -- or had -- an extension that would give users access
to the urls in <link> elements. The extension does not work with
the latest version, and there have been no updates for some time.
:-(

<https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...fo.php?id=1949
&application=fi refox> shows a January 2006 update that works with 1.5.
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Apr 11 '06 #13
Brian wrote:
The Numerator wrote:
<LINK> tags in the head


Firefox has -- or had -- an extension that would give users access to
the urls in <link> elements. The extension does not work with the latest
version, and there have been no updates for some time. :-(


FYI, the seamonkey/mozilla suite supports it natively. The Firefox
extension is crappy in comparison.

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Apr 11 '06 #14
Brian wrote:
The Numerator wrote:
I don't know what the <LINK> tags in the head do.

what about those that state the contents of the page, identify the
next and previous page, etc. Do some browsers support them or are
they just for organization or something?


Firefox has -- or had -- an extension that would give users access to
the urls in <link> elements. The extension does not work with the latest
version, and there have been no updates for some time. :-(

Opera has this built in. There are a few other browsers that also have
support for it. As you might have guessed, IE is not one.


As long as extensions are OK: ;-)
<http://www.draig.de/LinkBar/index.en.html>

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Apr 11 '06 #15
Jonathan N. Little wrote:
More than one site navigation toolbar extension,

https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=1324
cmSiteNavigatio n Toolbar

This one works the latest FF.


Wow, this one is great! Thanks a bunch!
Apr 12 '06 #16
Toby Inkster wrote :
Brian wrote:
Opera has this built in. There are a few other browsers that also have
support for it. As you might have guessed, IE is not one.


Mozilla (0.9.5-0.9.9 and 1.1+) has support too and iCab. Also, a few older
browsers like Mosaic and UdiWWW. Most command-line browsers include
support for <LINK>, including Lynx.

There is an add-in for IE too:
http://www.draig.de/LinkBar/index.en.html


Seamonkey 1.0, 1.1 and 1.5a supports it.

Firefox 1.0.x supports but you have to download the extension.

Firefox 1.5.x also supports it. Look for attachment 3774 at
http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13069

Other references:

W3C Quality Assurance tip for webmasters:
Use <link>s in your document
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/use-links

Link bars
http://webcoder.info/reference/LinkBars.html

Gérard
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Apr 12 '06 #17
Dan wrote :
Brian wrote:
Firefox has -- or had -- an extension that would give users access to
the urls in <link> elements. The extension does not work with the latest
version, and there have been no updates for some time. :-(


The Mozilla / SeaMonkey suite has native support for LINK elements, one
reason I prefer it over the more-hyped Firefox.

Site Navigation toolbar (or link toolbar) for Firefox 1.5.x can be
downloaded and installed from this bugfile:
http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13069

linktoolbar-1.1.99.1.xpi
38,814 bytes

look for attachment 3774 in that bugfile

Gérard
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Apr 12 '06 #18

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