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Old January 4th 18, 04:58 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Char Jackson
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Default Is there an ad-free YouTube clone for Windows like NewPipe is for Android?

On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 03:23:47 -0500, Paul wrote:

Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:58:03 -0500, Paul wrote:

Wolf K wrote:
On 2018-01-03 12:41, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
[...]
When I download in Firefox, I always specify the destination.
Otherwise, I do*NOT* know where it puts it.
[...]

Tools - Options - General - Downloads - Save Files To...
You're forgetting (I do this all the time), that
some users aren't even aware there is a "menu bar" :-)

This is why they can't find it on their own.

The missing step, for those playing along at home, is to
make a right-click on the top of the Firefox window, and
the right-click menu offers a "Menu Bar" item. When you
select that, a return visit later will have a tick box
indicating you're enabled the Menu Bar at the top of the
window. Note that the entire surface of the top bar is
not "active", so you have to move the mouse around and
try a few times, until you hit the ticklish spot.

It's the modern "Easter Egg" design method for GUIs.

After you've done that, you can follow Wolfs path-to-victory.

When I offer Firefox help, I get this all the time.
"What menu bar are you talking about?" :-) Well, there
is one. You just have to play peek-a-boo with the interface
to get it.


Another way to get to the Options page in Firefox is to click the
'hamburger' icon and select Options from the little window that opens.
Phone users will know what the hamburger looks like.

I *think* that's always available, and without any ticklish tricks.


This could be true.

However, for me, once the Menu Bar is exposed, it's
a "feeling of relief at seeing something familiar".
I know that two or three "menu probes" and it will
all come back to me. Even if they've moved a bit
of the furniture to further their own objectives.


I meant to add that pressing the Alt key will temporarily unhide the
menu bar if it's normally hidden. Press Alt a second time to hide it
again.

That's ticklish too, though. What's intuitive about pressing Alt to see
a menu bar? I don't even understand the purpose of being able to hide
the menu bar on a PC platform. Is that a carryover from the phablet
ecosystem, where screen real estate is at a premium?

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