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Communicator 4.6.1 for OS/2 animation change
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Tired of the comets from Netscape? You can change them!
Michael Kaply posted how on comp.os2.apps
This file contains two bitmaps that can be used to replace the flying
comets that come standard with Netscape Communicator.
BEFORE YOU START BACKUP PREFS.JS
To make the change stop Communicator and add the following three lines
to your prefs.js file. It is usually under the \netscape\users\<name>
directory. If you have more than one profile set, you will have more
than one prefs.js file.
user_pref("toolbar.logo.frames", 20);
user_pref("toolbar.logo.win_large_file", "x:\\netscape\\wavel.bmp");
user_pref("toolbar.logo.win_small_file", "x:\\netscape\\waves.bmp");
Replace x: with the appropriate drive.
Copy the files wavel.bmp and waves.bmp to your netscape directory or
change the paths to reflect the appropriate directory you copied them
to. Remember to keep the double slashes "\\" when reffering to directories.
If you already have made the change all you need to do is change the lines
accordingly to reflect this animation set.
To get rid of the new animation, simply delete the three lines and restart
Communicator.
BACK-UP THE FILE BEFORE YOU CHANGE IT!
Remember, I am not responsible for any problems you may have by changing
the file. I have tested the change successfully and several reports from
comp.os2.apps state that the changes work well.
The bitmaps were converted from an original WebExplorer animation by
Christof Pastors and downloaded from www.os2forum.or.at/TeamOS2/English/Special/Animations.
Or from Hobbes from the /pub/multimedia/video/webexani directory.
There are plenty of WebExplorer animations there just waiting for some dedicated
OS/2 user to convert them.
You can make your own animations. The bitmaps should be in 32x32 format for the
large size and 16x16 for the small size. The next step is to concatenate the
bitmaps using an image editor. I have used StarOffice 5.1 for the job. The first
line defines the number of bitmaps to be used for the animation. If you plan to
do your own, change the number accordingly.
Michael Kaply mentioned that the files can be of any size but I had the best
results with the sizes above.
If anyone finds out how to get rid of the Netscape button that appears when these
changes are applied please mail me or post a message to comp.os2.apps.
Have fun!