Gudmund Areskoug wrote:

> squaredancer wrote:
>
>>On 16.01.2006 10:39, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused gwtc to
>>generate the following:? :
>>
>>>Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 01/16/06 02:37, gwtc wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I have a very old cookie monster program. Not the same though, a
>>>>>different one. But you can hear the noises it makes. You hear it
>>>>>eating the cookie, and then if it eats 5 cookies, then it burps.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have a Cookie Monster the Sesame Street character toy. You roll
>>>>plastic cookies into his mouth. I don't think there were sound effects.
>>>>
>>>
>>>never saw Sesame Street.
>>>
>>
>>both you guys missed out.... Oscar (lived in a trash-bin) was the best
>>of all.... Gonzo (the nose), Kermit + Miss Piggy, the danish cook, the
>>grandpas and all the rest of them... each with a character trait that
>>was typical of a child and could easily be related to by a child!
>
>
> /Danish/ cook? Isn't he Swedish? Quite coincidentally, perfectly
> functioning translation engines available online, come to my mind right
> now. They'll surely steal lots of work from me...
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...ments&pageid=3
> http://www.snert.com/Software/bork.html
> http://www.super-fraggle.co.uk/ask/index.shtml
>
[SNIP]
>
> BR,
> Gudmund

If enyone-a comes ecross e-a bookmerklet for Yode-a, ze-a Swedeesh
Chef, or even Elmer Fudd, zen pleese-a let me-a know bork!bork!bork!

Translation:

If anyone comes across a bookmarklet for Yoda, the Swedish Chef, or
even Elmer Fudd, then please let me know.

On 16.01.2006 19:08, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused gwtc to
generate the following:? :

> squaredancer wrote:
>
>> On 16.01.2006 10:39, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused gwtc to
>> generate the following:? :
>>
>>
>>> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 01/16/06 02:37, gwtc wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I have a very old cookie monster program. Not the same though, a
>>>>> different one. But you can hear the noises it makes. You hear it
>>>>> eating the cookie, and then if it eats 5 cookies, then it burps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a Cookie Monster the Sesame Street character toy. You roll
>>>> plastic cookies into his mouth. I don't think there were sound
>>>> effects.
>>>
>>>
>>> never saw Sesame Street.
>>
>>
>>
>> both you guys missed out.... Oscar (lived in a trash-bin) was the
>> best of all.... Gonzo (the nose), Kermit + Miss Piggy, the danish
>> cook, the grandpas and all the rest of them... each with a character
>> trait that was typical of a child and could easily be related to by a
>> child!
>>
>> reg
>
> I might be wrong here, but wasn't Kermit, Miss Piggy and the SWEDISH
> cook part of the Muppets.

was all in one here, waaayyyy back in the ??0's

reg

On 01/16/06 13:08, gwtc wrote:
> I might be wrong here, but wasn't Kermit, Miss Piggy and the SWEDISH
> cook part of the Muppets.

Mm-hmm.
--
Yay!

Pete wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>> On 01/15/06 17:59, Pete wrote:
>>> For what its worth, I don't care for the new and improved cookies
>>> window in FF 1.5. I would prefer the older versions.
>>>
>>> You can no longer remove "bunches of cookies" by using the shift
>>> button, therefore you have to remove them one at a time, and I don't
>>> want to remove them all because I will lose my zipcode settings for
>>> various things that are "in between" in the list. I don't
>>> particularly care for the folders either (something else to click
>>> on), but I guess they thought it was saving scrolling, dunno.
>>>
>>> Anyway is there a way to delete bunches or groups of the cookie
>>> folders by highlighting them. I don't see it. Thanks...Pete
>> Type . (a period) into the Search box, and it will get rid of the
>> folders and you will be able to select multiple cookies with Shift.
>> :-)
>
> Gee...thanks Matt. Now how was I supposed to know that (it is not covered
> in the FF help), and where would you go to find out something like that
> other than ask here, which I did. I mentioned many months ago that the help
> in FF (older versions back then, but it is still similar) is no where near
> as comprehensive as IE, but yet FF is far superior to IE in most other
> areas. Does anyone know if mozilla is working on a more comprehensive help
> system (with detailed index like IE's), or is this considered bloating, and
> unnecessary...Pete

Of course we're constantly improving Firefox Help. We've fixed some 80
bugs since Firefox 1.0. But with limited resources of two volunteers and
a few helping hands, we're documenting changed UI most of the time.

So what's lacking in Firefox Help?
Please check existing bugs:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist...resolution=---
and file new, specific bugs as appropriate:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_b...0Documentation

Steffen

Pete wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>> On 01/15/06 17:59, Pete wrote:
>>> For what its worth, I don't care for the new and improved cookies
>>> window in FF 1.5. I would prefer the older versions.
>>>
>>> You can no longer remove "bunches of cookies" by using the shift
>>> button, therefore you have to remove them one at a time, and I don't
>>> want to remove them all because I will lose my zipcode settings for
>>> various things that are "in between" in the list. I don't
>>> particularly care for the folders either (something else to click
>>> on), but I guess they thought it was saving scrolling, dunno.
>>>
>>> Anyway is there a way to delete bunches or groups of the cookie
>>> folders by highlighting them. I don't see it. Thanks...Pete
>> Type . (a period) into the Search box, and it will get rid of the
>> folders and you will be able to select multiple cookies with Shift.
>> :-)
>
> Gee...thanks Matt. Now how was I supposed to know that (it is not covered
> in the FF help), and where would you go to find out something like that
> other than ask here, which I did. I mentioned many months ago that the help
> in FF (older versions back then, but it is still similar) is no where near
> as comprehensive as IE, but yet FF is far superior to IE in most other
> areas. Does anyone know if mozilla is working on a more comprehensive help
> system (with detailed index like IE's), or is this considered bloating, and
> unnecessary...Pete

Of course we're constantly improving Firefox Help. We've fixed some 80
bugs since Firefox 1.0. But with limited resources of two volunteers and
a few helping hands, we're documenting changed UI most of the time.

So what's lacking in Firefox Help?
Please check existing bugs:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist...resolution=---
and file new, specific bugs as appropriate:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_b...0Documentation

Steffen

Pete wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>> On 01/15/06 17:59, Pete wrote:
>>> For what its worth, I don't care for the new and improved cookies
>>> window in FF 1.5. I would prefer the older versions.
>>>
>>> You can no longer remove "bunches of cookies" by using the shift
>>> button, therefore you have to remove them one at a time, and I don't
>>> want to remove them all because I will lose my zipcode settings for
>>> various things that are "in between" in the list. I don't
>>> particularly care for the folders either (something else to click
>>> on), but I guess they thought it was saving scrolling, dunno.
>>>
>>> Anyway is there a way to delete bunches or groups of the cookie
>>> folders by highlighting them. I don't see it. Thanks...Pete
>> Type . (a period) into the Search box, and it will get rid of the
>> folders and you will be able to select multiple cookies with Shift.
>> :-)
>
> Gee...thanks Matt. Now how was I supposed to know that (it is not covered
> in the FF help), and where would you go to find out something like that
> other than ask here, which I did. I mentioned many months ago that the help
> in FF (older versions back then, but it is still similar) is no where near
> as comprehensive as IE, but yet FF is far superior to IE in most other
> areas. Does anyone know if mozilla is working on a more comprehensive help
> system (with detailed index like IE's), or is this considered bloating, and
> unnecessary...Pete

Of course we're constantly improving Firefox Help. We've fixed some 80
bugs since Firefox 1.0. But with limited resources of two volunteers and
a few helping hands, we're documenting changed UI most of the time.

So what's lacking in Firefox Help?
Please check existing bugs:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist...resolution=---
and file new, specific bugs as appropriate:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_b...0Documentation

Steffen

Pete wrote:
> Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>> On 01/15/06 17:59, Pete wrote:
>>> For what its worth, I don't care for the new and improved cookies
>>> window in FF 1.5. I would prefer the older versions.
>>>
>>> You can no longer remove "bunches of cookies" by using the shift
>>> button, therefore you have to remove them one at a time, and I don't
>>> want to remove them all because I will lose my zipcode settings for
>>> various things that are "in between" in the list. I don't
>>> particularly care for the folders either (something else to click
>>> on), but I guess they thought it was saving scrolling, dunno.
>>>
>>> Anyway is there a way to delete bunches or groups of the cookie
>>> folders by highlighting them. I don't see it. Thanks...Pete
>> Type . (a period) into the Search box, and it will get rid of the
>> folders and you will be able to select multiple cookies with Shift.
>> :-)
>
> Gee...thanks Matt. Now how was I supposed to know that (it is not covered
> in the FF help), and where would you go to find out something like that
> other than ask here, which I did. I mentioned many months ago that the help
> in FF (older versions back then, but it is still similar) is no where near
> as comprehensive as IE, but yet FF is far superior to IE in most other
> areas. Does anyone know if mozilla is working on a more comprehensive help
> system (with detailed index like IE's), or is this considered bloating, and
> unnecessary...Pete

Of course we're constantly improving Firefox Help. We've fixed some 80
bugs since Firefox 1.0. But with limited resources of two volunteers and
a few helping hands, we're documenting changed UI most of the time.

So what's lacking in Firefox Help?
Please check existing bugs:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist...resolution=---
and file new, specific bugs as appropriate:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_b...0Documentation

Steffen