18th August 2000

Coming from the "Non-active Activity" department, Lockergnomie Jeremy Buckmaster bucks the window dressing. Both Internet and Windows Explorer accept command line switches. With a slash here and a dash there, you've got the recipe for configurability. Have you ever wanted to view an image on your Desktop without first converting it to a bitmap? What about a live Web page? Again, you're probably trying to avoid Active Desktop like the plague. Run with the Start Menu's 'Run' option and enter: "iexplore -k javascript: moveTo(100,100); resizeTo(500,400)" (sans quotes). You'll now have a borderless browser sitting on your screen; feel free to tweak those numbers at will. Hit CTRL+O to open a URL or file; keep it sitting there for as long as you'd like.