11th October 2001
There's no wrong way to do something right. Kevin Schumacher proves it with another way to get around those "no right click" Web pages. "I was recently re-reading back issues and noticed a GnomeTIP on ways to get around scripts (at the time, the suggestion was to hit CTRL+N to open a new window, or to use File | Properties). Well, as I recently discovered, there is an even easier way. This was only tested in IE; it should work on any Web page. First, left-click and hold. While doing so, right-click. This seems to confuse the browser; yet, up pops your default context menu! You can do anything you normally do - including view the page's source or save an image." Well, you could do that anyway, just not as quickly or easily. To circumvent most of those dialogs, all you have to do is click File | Save As | Web Page, complete. Hey, have you ever used the other Save As option? The one where you could save it as a Web Archive, single file? Perfect for when you want to send a complex HTML document via e-mail without having to worry about attaching more than one self- contained file. And yes, you can open it up in Notepad since it's just a text file with MIME encoded components with originating URLs. Nifty!