Buying a new desk top PC

[clarencebunsen]

Clip,
I'm not sure I understand the problem you are having but try this.

In the strip which shows your open tabs, right click on an open space. In the box which pops up make sure the Navigation toolbar is checked. If you click on "Customize" in that box it brings up a small screen of buttons which can be dragged to one of your toolbars.

[dave]

Clipper, on the Menu bar (once you get it to show), do a Help/About Firefox. A panel will show with the name Firefox and right beneath it is the version number. I'm using
25.0.1. What version is yours?

I'm not sure why you're having a problem with copy paste, unless you ordinarily do it with drop down menus from the main menu and you can no longer find the words "copy" or "paste." If that's the case, then use your mouse. After you select something to be copied, put your mouse arrow on it and RIGHT click. A menu should drop down that will include copy and paste. Quicker to do it this way anyway.

[clarencebunsen]

You can also use keyboard shortcuts which are the same in almost all Windows programs. Most of these require you to hold down the Control key and press another key or key combination. Copy is Ctrl + C, paste is Ctrl + V, cut is Ctrl + X. I like it because it works the same in Word as it does in a browser. That lowers the load on my cognitive functions. If it's 5:30 AM and I want to copy something from a Word doc to a Clippers post I don't have a lot of spare functioning brain cells to figure which menu I need to access to use the function I require.

[Clipper]

Thanks Clarence. I bowl with a fellow who is an IT tech for a major grocery warehouse here in Bristol. He told me last night about the Control "c" and Control "v" thing. I appreciate all the help I can get from whatever direction it may come from, lol.

[clarencebunsen]

Here are more shortcuts including several I have forgotten (if I ever knew them). This format is much easier on the eyes than trying to read my text.

[chris]

Did copy and paste and bookmarks change for your operating system or did you always have that issue Clipper.

[chris]

Ctrl C and Ctrl V always work when you use them. Sometimes when I select copy or paste in a menu and then put my cursor where I want it nothing happens so that is when I use the Ctrl V and viola there is my text

[Clipper]

It changed with the new machine with Windows 8. I am still picking about and learning where things are hidden. The system doesn't seem to have the usual navigation bar at the top of the page. FF screen is different than it was on XP and Win 7.

I am able to navigate about and do the things I need to do, but I am still figuring it all out. I am tempted to put Windows 7 on here.

[Dave S]

For Windows 8 try Classic Shell. Free and easy. classicshell.net/

For Firefox if all the menus are gone:

FireFox>Options>Menu Bar and Navigation Bar

If the menu bar is there then:

View>Toolbars> Navigation Toolbar

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Dec 17, 2013 15:26:30 GMT -5 Clipper said:

I took the hard drive out of the old machine, and took pleasure in squeezing the life out of it with the bench vise, and then I tossed it on the driveway and smacked it with a 12 lb sledge. THAT should take care of it, LOL.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to operate the new machine and new software. I can't figure out how to copy and paste, and I can't seem to bookmark my favorites in either Firefox OR IE. As long as I am able to get on here, on Facebook, and read my email, I am fine, lol. I will have to find out how to operate FF without the usual menu bar to click around on.

LOL, on the hard drive. When I pulled mine I also went at it with a sledge hammer, then trashed it.

By the way, I recently bought an 8" inch tablet, a Dell Venue for about $180.00 plus tax. The device is awesome & it's like having a pc in your hand. It can do just about anything a pc can do, surf the net, even run a printer although I haven't gotten that far with it yet. I downloaded a couple free books off Google Play & it took about 5 seconds for the download. The only issue I've had is I bought a Belkin wireless router which was a piece of crap & slowed down the speeds on my desktop. I returned it & bought a better one & so far so good.

[clarencebunsen]

Tablets are game changing devices for many. For 40+ years whenever I've watched TV with my wife, I've had reading material at hand. During commercial breaks or whenever the on-screen content couldn't keep my full attention, I read. Now I find I always have the tablet at hand. I can read that book or mag but I can also check emails, google something, read a news article even check Clipper's. I wouldn't write more than a quick reply to an email on it but I think it's going to stay with me most of the time.

[dave]

CB, I've been wondering about keying on the tablets. Typing on the screen doesn't thrill me. If the tablet is on a solid table surface that is one thing.
On my lap I would think it more difficult. What's your opinion, since you have one.

[clarencebunsen]

When I use a virtual keyboard, I use a stylus. My fingers just aren't nimble anymore. I got a case for my tablet which includes a bluetooth keyboard. To use it I set it on a table & use the kickstand on the case. Then it's almost as good as a netbook. Pointless since I have access to a netbook or notebook whenever I want. I don't think I could use a bluetooth keyboard as a hand held device.

My favorite set up for long duration use continues to be a desktop with monitor, keyboard, mouse and headphones. However, my most frequently used device is my notebook. It's on the kitchen table while the coffee brews and I post a joke each morning. It's back on the table while I drink some wine and catch up at the end of the day. I can throw it in a book bag, take it to a lodge meeting and have the minutes ready for printing by the end of the meeting.

Tablets have become the most frequently used devices in the house. Everyone from the 3 year old up grabs one at any opportunity. However, they are mostly used for entertainment.

[Ralph]

Clipper, Of you continue to have issues with Firefox drop me a PM describing the problem.
There are a few issues with FF that can be fixed/solved, but they involve modifying FF directly through the browsers interface.

If I know what it is I can help you with it.

[dave]

Kracker, is 8 inches the normal size for a tablet? Seems kind of small to me, but I guess it's larger than a smart phone and it depends on what one does on it.

CB, no tablet here and hard to justify one for what I do, not that stone cold reason has always stopped me.

LIke you, I feel most at home with the desktop, especially in the graphic work I do. The netbook is great for travel and taking to the library, to meetings, etc. I've been wondering if a tablet would be better for my portable use, and if so I'd plan on one when the netbook wears out. But chances are, by the time I have to replace anything, an entirely new line of solutions will present itself on the market.

Hmm, twenty five years ago I was embarrassed to say I'd spent $85 on a leather portfolio for carrying paperwork to meetings. Today I contemplate spending three times as much on a tablet and I don't even have a job.