Did you know ... ? Cool things you've never seen in Mozilla or Netscape

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Did You Know ... [Cool things about Mozilla and Netscape I bet you didn't know! ]
... you could add Explorer to your Sidebar?
... you can drag a picture from Navigator into Composer?
...you can open Mozilla Mail in a new tab?
...you can make Netscape 7 block pop-ups?
...you can make Mozilla show you what's in your cache (and more!) with these commands:

1. Did You Know ... [Cool things about Mozilla and Netscape I bet you didn't know! ]

Here is a list of cool things in Mozilla 1.0 and Netscape PR 1 which you have never seen! Think of them as easter eggs if that makes reading this even more exciting!

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2. ... you could add Explorer to your Sidebar?

Yes! It's true! You can navigate through your hard drive folders by using the Bookmarks Sidebar.

Now, just follow these steps:

1)Enter c:\ in your URL / Address Bar and press enter.
2)Then go to the Bookmarks menu, and choose "File Bookmark" or press Ctrl Shift D
3)Enter a name such as "My Computer" or "My C Drive"
Note: Do *not* click the "File as group" checkbox
4)Press Ok
5)Open the Sidebar by pressing F9 once if it is disabled and twice if
it is "docked"
6)Click on the Bookmarks tab
7)Click on "My Computer"
8)You will now see all your files and folders!

Shortcut:

You can make a folder browseable by dragging it to your Bookmarks Sidebar.

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3. ... you can drag a picture from Navigator into Composer?

If you would like to save a bunch of pictures from different sites you have visited, open Composer, and drag the pictures from Navigator into Composer. Don't forget the save file in Composer!

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4. ...you can open Mozilla Mail in a new tab?

Try this: Open a new Tab (Control + T) and enter the following into the Address Bar:

chrome://messenger/contents/messenger.xul

Watch what happens!

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5. ...you can make Netscape 7 block pop-ups?

You can make Netscape 7 block pop-ups, by following these instructions submitted by Alex Bishop at Mozillazine:

Add the following line to either the user.js or pref.js file in your Profile folder:

user_pref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true);

(If you do not know where your Profile folder is, check out the Profile help section at MozTips.)

If you decide to edit user.js:
Remember that you'll have to restart Netscape for the change to take effect. If user.js doesn't exist, create it with a text editor.

If you decide to edit prefs.js:
Remember to shut down Netscape (including Quick Launch) before make any changes.

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6. ...you can make Mozilla show you what's in your cache (and more!) with these commands:

(Thank you to Alex Bishop for most of the following tips:)

Type the following statement in the Address (URL) Bar

about:cache?device=disk

and watch the contents of your cache appear!

Now try this (in the Address Bar too):

view-source:about:cache?device=disk

This should have brought up the HTML Source view for your cache list.

You can also view the cache list which is stored in memory (RAM):

about:cache?device=disk

Want to find out which preferences have been set so far?
about:config

Want to find out about the people behind Mozilla?

about:credits (You are sent to http://www.mozilla.org/credits/ )

See what happens with this:
about:mozilla

And finally, see which plugins you have installed:
about:plugins

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