Found this while trying to find something I had used a while back. It was made for Firefox but works fine in IE. Here's how to set it up and customize it:
Setting up the page
First, download the EIGHT zip from here: http://sdrv.ms/10qXWUS and unzip it to your root directory (C or your sd card)
Then paste C:\EIGHT\config.htm into a new tab. To change a link, simply type in the url (you MUST have http:// included in the url), along with the name of the png (if there is one for the site you want. you could also make your own, but I didn't have any luck doing that with IE)
Once you are done customizing, make sure you copy and paste the generated code into the source.js file in the folder.
Once this is all done, paste C:\EIGHT\index.htm into your tab. It should load your page.
Using the page
Now, to set it as your new tab and home page, open desktop IE and open internet options. Paste file:///C:/EIGHT/index.htm as your home page. To set it as your new tab page, click on the "Tabs" button right under that area. In the following window, click the drop-down and select "You first home page", Click ok and ok. You're all set!
Warning: for some reason, in metro IE, the page takes a little while to load. On the desktop however, it's great.
Cudos to flatmo1 over at DeviantArt who first made the original version of this!
Have fun!
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sweet, I had this on chrome, and liked it but not sure how to edit them.
Dane Reynolds said:
sweet, I had this on chrome, and liked it but not sure how to edit them.
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Either open source.js in notepad or open config.htm in IE
Very nice solution - but I cant for the life of me get IE to accept the blocked content by default. Its keep baying me about it
Edit: Got it to work, very nice. It loads instantly on my w510 tablet both in metro and desktop
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Guys,
I have a load of internet shortcuts (bookmarks) on my PPC under Windows\Favorites which are read by PIE and are displayed on QuickMenu however!...
When I try and run one of these files and choose either PIE or Opera, I get in the address bar (url) the location of the file and not the website it supposedly points to.
If I choose the favorite from within PIE then all is well. Strange!!!
I've been looking for an answer for a while now and am drawing a blank.
Please someone help. I'm starting to get a headache
Oh, I should probably tell you I have WM6.1 Pro (HTC Touch HD).
Thanks
Wayne
Windows Mobile doesn't read ".url" file naively. The files you are messing with are resourse files for the browsers (the browsers pull information from the file, you can't push the information by clicking them) There are programs that open your 'internet favorites" (m2d, ultimate launch, and "Interent link launcher")
Thanks for the reply joel2009!
Is there an app that I can install that can handle the .url file type and run the browser with the url from the file?
Anyone able to answer this?...
quickmenu loads as favorites, the contents of the favorites folder inside the windows directory. Now if I delete this favorites folder from the windows directory, on Quickmenu, all I'm left with under favorites is a few Opera shortcuts that load Opera and do work.
Any ideas where these Opera favorites are found so I can manually add to this list?
Thanks for your help!
Wayne
interent link launcher uses mortsript to open internet link files (i'm not sure of the extension, i haven't had time to try it yet)
On the opera favorites, opera asks you where you want to save the bookmark file too when you create one.
Come on guys.....
I've found this and if you go down the list and find \urlfile\Shell\Open\Command : REG_SZ it shows the necessary registry entry that is needed to run a url file from explorer and when run this file opens within IE correctly.
There must be a command switch that follows OPERA9.EXE or OPERAL.EXE that interprets the file correctly and opens the web page.
For now I've got it set to open files in to IE. Not great but nearly what I want.
(I posted about this last night, but it got lost -- apologies if the old one comes back and I look like I've posted twice.)
I worked out a solution to this problem, and posted it up at ppcgeeks. You have to install mortscript, but otherwise it's not too bad, and has been working flawlessly for me.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=62816
Hope it helps.
Hi Guys,
I am having a problem at the moment. When I try and open a URL that ends in .jpg, Internet Explorer Mobile wants to download and open it. I want the image to simply open in Internet Explorer Mobile. It can obviously render images, as it does it all the time, but seemingly not when the URL ends in .jpg.
I tested the link on a desktop version of IE and it didn't ask to download, it just showed the image, which suggests to me it is not using "Application/Force-Download". I am going to try on another mobile web browser like Opera.
Does anybody know why this is? Or, is there a registry tweak to fix it? Thank you everyone for any information you can provide. It will help me greatly with a project I am working on.
PS I have "View Images" turned on in Internet Explorer Mobile, so that is not the problem.
i'm not so sure this is a problem.
which internet explorer are you using?
I think the new internet explorer shows images rather than downloading them.
Thanks for your reply. I have gotten around the problem by putting the link (it's static) inside a blank html page. Works perfectly now. Cheers!
i'm sorry, but what did you do before? tried to put the link in a PIE window with a website already loaded?
Sorry, let me be very specific:
I needed to get PIE to load an image inside the web browser, simple as entering the URL address and up comes the image.
However, PIE won't do that (could be a VGA problems specific to Imate phones I heard). Instead it asks if you want to download it, which I don't.
So, to fix the problem I have written a html page that basically says:
<html><head>
<Src img="www.website.com/June/Image.jpg">
</head></html>
Using this way, the image is forced to open inside PIE.
I needed it for a mod I am making for HTC Home and Manilla 2D.
Oh.. i thought you just put it inside a blank PIE window instead of one already loaded with a webpage.. hehe
good to know then.
the new PIE loads images regularly tho, doesn't download them.
cheers
I read through the instructions here on how to increase the allowed tabs in Opera from just the default 2 tabs. Everytime I increase the tabs in the user preferences, I hit save, and reboot the phone.. and voila - back to 2 tabs.
any advice here?
you have to disable push enternet theres a cab for that on here then it will work
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you have to disable push enternet theres a cab for that on here then it will work
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"push enternet" ??
I'm on a VZ TP2 as well. I finally got it to work after trying it several times. I have no idea why, but it finally "stuck".
SecretAgentMan said:
I'm on a VZ TP2 as well. I finally got it to work after trying it several times. I have no idea why, but it finally "stuck".
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lucky you!
I had the same problem where the changes wouldn't stick after making the changes via the 'config: opera' page. I think there's an opera.ini file that you can edit that'll force the change. May require a restart of your phone once you edit the file.
There is also another way to do it. This is for the Sprint version, but I'm pretty sure it works for all TP2s. To manually do it follow the following instructions:
First get a program like Total Commander so you can edit files in the Windows folder of your phone. Open TC and navigate to Windows > Opera9 > and then locate the file named opera.ini . Rename the name of the file to opera.txt and then use file explorer the open the file.
Navigate towards the end of the document, and there should be some text that says something like "Max Number of Tabs = 2" Change the 2 to a 5 (5 is the max number of tabs) and save the file.
Then go back in TC and rename the file back to opera.ini and reset your phone. Open up Opera and now you can have 5 tabs
Last night I discovered an easy way to make pen windows with some other apps.
Make a browser pen window.
Try to open a pdf file. (Google search 'apple manual pdf')
When asked which app to use, choose Chrome. (Or Dolphin, ez pdfreader etc.)
/you may need to clear defaults to be prompted.
Further, if you click on a mailto link, you can either open gmail and/or messaging. Then you can send audio, video doc files which can all be used to create new pen windows of their corresponding apps!
Right now I have Chrome, Dolphin, music player, mxvideo player, boat, officesuite(template), Google maps, gmail and messaging all in their own pen windows.
(I have a stock sprint note 3)
Enjoy
I didn't understand.
How did you do it?
I tried it and It oppened chrome in mini window but it didnt add it to the list.
Do you know how to add it to the list??
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
Just how I described
CorruptedSanity said:
I didn't understand.
How did you do it?
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Clear your default app associations.
Open a pen window, click Internet.
google search for a sample .pdf file
you will be prompted to pick which app to open it with.
choose chrome.
a chrome pen window will open.
minimize it and try the other links IE: addresses, MP4 files etc
I made myself an html file I use to launch my new pen windows
most important part is a mailto link, pdf file link and address.
qualifyordie said:
Clear your default app associations.
Open a pen window, click Internet.
google search for a sample .pdf file
you will be prompted to pick which app to open it with.
choose chrome.
a chrome pen window will open.
minimize it and try the other links IE: addresses, MP4 files etc
I made myself an html file I use to launch my new pen windows
most important part is a mailto link, pdf file link and address.
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If this isn't persistent, meaning the app isn't added to the Pen Window list permanently, this is pretty useless. Going through the process you've outlined every time you want to open a non-standard Pen Window app is a lot of work. You get a lot of credit for ingenuity though for figuring this out.
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If this isn't persistent, meaning the app isn't added to the Pen Window list permanently, this is pretty useless. Going through the process you've outlined every time you want to open a non-standard Pen Window app is a lot of work. You get a lot of credit for ingenuity though for figuring this out.
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really it's not much work. The html file I made is opened when internet pen window is. From there I hit the pdf link. Chrome opens up. One extra step.
I use this to get some multitasking done easy with gmail, chrome, and ezpdfreader available on any screen.
Should prove usefull for people without root access like me.
Thanks for the reply!
I love a good hack, so thanks!
I've got the Chrome window open. I then minimise the Chrome Pen Window. What do you mean by 'try the other links'?
Say I want to get a MX player Pen Window - I get that I need to start downloading a video. How do I open local content? How do you get the Internet app to open a specific HTML file. Do you have to host it on the net?
Cheers, Richard
qualifyordie said:
really it's not much work. The html file I made is opened when internet pen window is. From there I hit the pdf link. Chrome opens up. One extra step.
I use this to get some multitasking done easy with gmail, chrome, and ezpdfreader available on any screen.
Should prove usefull for people without root access like me.
Thanks for the reply!
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theonlyrick said:
I love a good hack, so thanks!
I've got the Chrome window open. I then minimise the Chrome Pen Window. What do you mean by 'try the other links'?
Say I want to get a MX player Pen Window - I get that I need to start downloading a video. How do I open local content? How do you get the Internet app to open a specific HTML file. Do you have to host it on the net?
Cheers, Richard
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By other links I mean other files,
in my case I have a simple html file on a webpage with the following...
A PDF file link.(found URL on google) - this gets you chrome, boat, dolphin,
A Mailto: link. (found URL on google) -this gets you gmail, messaging
.Doc file (My own template for officesuite). You cannot access your other files, so my workaround is to open a template which I can then edit and save..
MP4 file link, same issue as .Doc files cannot access your files. so this would need to be the file itself.
69 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills CA 90210 -just a text address, when clicked you get maps
Google Play Link -this gets you the play store
I have this HTML URL as the last opened window in Internet. When I want chrome pen windowed, I open Internet in a pen window and click my first link which is a pdf file. This opens Chrome.
Another way is to click a mailto link and choose messaging. then you can text yourself all kinds of attachments and test other possible pen windows.
Let me know if you find any I haven't, Thanks!
Hello, I want to download some mp3 to my Note PRO. On my laptop, I visited: http://www.stafaband.info/download/mp3/lagu_ost_swallow_the_sun_drama_korea/
There is a list of about10 songs with links to download
However, when I typed the same URL on my Note PRO, the URL was automatically changed to:
http://m.stafaband.info/download/mp3/lagu_ost_swallow_the_sun_drama_korea/
- Anybody knows the reason?
- Instead of having a list of about 10 mp3, only four are listed. Do you know what is going on?
- I clicked the first one: "Swallow The Sun Drama Ost mp3". Then, clicked "Download Link" on the linked page. Rather than downloading the file, a multi-window showed up to play the song. I can save the file. Could you please tell me how? Can I also specify the save location?
Thanks.
- Hit the options in the browser --> Show desktop version. Then delete the M in front of the url.
No, you can't set a download location. It automatically downloads into the Downloads folder.
Thank you. Where is the "options" in the browser?
So, after downloading the mp3 to the Downloads folder, I just use Astro to move to any folder I want. Am I correct?
petercohen said:
Thank you. Where is the "options" in the browser?
So, after downloading the mp3 to the Downloads folder, I just use Astro to move to any folder I want. Am I correct?
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Top right, the three vertical dots next to the URL bar. If the browser hides it, long-press the left softkey (recent apps).
Yep, after it's finished downloading (check the notification) you can use any file explorer to move it to the desired folder.