THis is prob a dumb question and I appologize in advance, BUT

how can I mark a thread so once I log back on I can find it again? I can't remember all the names of the threads I looked at and drives me crazy trying to find them again. Thanks for the help

 

There are several ways to do this.

You can subscribe to these threads, and then you will get an email notification when someone posts in the thread. Also, you can click on Your Account at the top of the page, then click on List Subscriptions, and all of your subscribed threads will be shown. This is probably the simplest way if you don't use Firefox. Just remember that if you post a thread in 3G TL, and another one in Ramblings, for example, you will have to open Your Account in each of these forums to see all of your threads, since these forums are not linked together.

If you use Firefox, which I use and heartily recommend, you can bookmark each thread, and set up a folder for these threads. Then, you can either open each thread individually, or click on the folder and all threads in it will open in different tabs.

If you use Internet Explorer, you can create a shortcut for each thread you want to revisit, and click on the shortcut to open the thread. There may be other ways to do this in IE, but I don't use it anymore so I am not up to date on it. This of course is the hardest way to get what you want.

 

I don't have much to add except to confirm that the above is the method that I use and works well for me.

As to using Firefox over IE, this I highly recommend. Even though I have a full arsenal of virus/worm/spyware protection on my computers, I would say that Firefox has reduced the viruses/worms/spyware incidents by well over 95%. I'm aware that a lot of that is because the evil deviants aren't writing viruses/worms/spyware for FIrefox (yet), but I'm going to take full advantage of the lull in the storm while it lasts.

 

Firefox rules. I don't think I could do half of what I do in these forums if I had to go back to IE.

And it's true about the Firefox being more protective than IE.

Firefox does so much that it took me a long time to get to where I am now, but I am not a computer nerd so I expect to take longer. But it's worth it.

 

Thanks alot guys.

Now for my next stupid question...since you brought it up what is Firefox and where can I get it? Is it pretty user friendly?

THanks again

 

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Very user friendly but a little complicated at first.

When you get it loaded and get into it a little, post your questions here or send me a PM.

I may get in trouble with my fellow mods telling you it's ok to post here, but I am so appreciative of Firefox that I want to spread the word. If it gets too crowded here we can always go to Ramblings.

 

YES! Use it and you'll love it!

 

Ron...I PM'd you. Thanks for the help guys

 

I got your PM but I may need some help here guys lol