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Okay, I've noticed of late, that if I want to go back and insert a smiley or italics or something, that I can't insert it where I want to. It inserts it at the end of what I've written and then I have to cut and paste. I tried it with Internet Explorer, and it still worked. It did give me a pop-up and said something about using scripted windows. Is this something I need to change or set or add in Firefox? If so, how? (Oh, and I don't speak computerese very well.)
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I'd be curious to know if someone has an answer to that one, cause it always inserts at the end in FireFox for me as well.
Mind you, it never occurred to me that it might work any other way. I never use Explorer, I just plain don't like it, so I wouldn't have known it does things differently...
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Yeah, this just seems to be a side effect of using Firefox with this particular forum. Curiously enough, it doesn't happen when I use smilies using Firefox on other forums. On other forums, I'm able to place smilies exactly where in the post I want them. No idea why. I've just learned to live with it. A similiar problem is when you insert hyperlinks into a post. At the bottom of the post, instead of where you want it, every single time. It means that when I have to update the TOCs each Thursday, I have to close down Firefox and revert to using IE. It's just too irritating otherwise. LabRat 
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Aramis: Yes, sorry.
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It means that when I have to update the TOCs each Thursday, I have to close down Firefox and revert to using IE. It's just too irritating otherwise. Lab, do you have IE Tab Add-on? With a click, you can switch to IE and back. 
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What? Ooooooooooh. No. <g> But, will have in just a few seconds. Thanks! That makes life much easier! LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
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see, this is why I love FireFox - it's got addons for it to do absolutely anything. People writing these just blow my mind!
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Originally posted by Ultra Woman: It means that when I have to update the TOCs each Thursday, I have to close down Firefox and revert to using IE. It's just too irritating otherwise. Useful. In fact, I use it often. But to address the hyperlinking issue more directly, I recommend BBCodeXtra . It won't help with the inserting-smilies-only-at-the-end problem, but it will take care of putting hyperlinks, italics, etc. in the right places.
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Oooh! Thanks for the tip, Rivka - very useful plugin!!
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Isn't it great? I have almost 20 extensions on my Firefox at home, and about half of those at work. One of the reasons I love Firefox as much as I do is the wide variety of extensions available. Hooray for open source! 
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Okay, where do I find a list of all these Firefox extensions? Thanks
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Start here: https://addons.mozilla.org/ Extensions are programs that change the browser and its capabilities. IE Tab was mentioned. AdBlock Plus (when combined with something like DutchBlock) will block most ads. ForecastFox Enhanced adds a nifty miniature weather forcast to the bottom of the window. There's all sorts of stuff, and, unlike with IE... it's all free! Themes are browser skins. They don't add or change functions. They just change the look of the window. Colors, buttons, etc. Search Engines let you add more options to the search box. Plugins are 3rd party apps like Quicktime and Flash Player. So... plenty of things to explore. Have fun!
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