Now this is really cool. There is an undocumented function in JavaScript that will let you launch any application on a user's PC. Here's a link to launch Notes on your PC. Useful?
They've found the first ever smiley :-)
Mozilla have got a useful tool on their sire. The web sniffer. If you know what it is then you will know why I say it's useful. If not, I guess not. You can't please everybody ;o)
Written by Jake Howlett on Fri 13 Sep 2002
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Does the 'Launch Notes' link cause a (Notes) red box error to show on someone else's pc as well ? Funny thing is that my Notes was still running and didn't crash - it just displays the box ...
Jef
re: link to launch Notes on your PC - You git ;-)
Oh how we laughed!
Heheheheh. Splendid!
you can use the websniffer as a "bookmarklet". simply create a bookmark with this URL.
Now you can "sniff" every page you are visiting
Apache SOAP has a really cool thing that is very similar to this. It's called TunnelGui. You use it by piping your HTTP requests through it and you can see what the data in the same way as mozilla but since you run it on your computer you can avoid firewall issues.
http://xml.apache.org/soap/index.html
Even better yet, I should imagine, is Ethereal. The URL I posted was just a "lite" version of this. Get Ethereal if you want to get advanced. Helped me out no end of times.
... You got me ...
I actually had visions of making a "GLOBAL LAUNCH" page for my frequently used applications!!!
There is a problem. My Lotus is installed on d: drive so the link causes red box. However when I try to start some other application it works. Nice!!
That link to launch Notes will red box (crash) your browser if it is not the correct path!
Bizarrely, if you reload the page the re box disappears and you can continue. This is on IE6/Win2k
It's taken me ages to compose a comment regarding the RBOD not involving some of the most offensive words I know. Funny guy.
That was funny!
marvelous. glad to know the win32dll launcher is cross-platform. it 'crashed' Notes on my Mac!
Gave me the red box of death!
hahahahahaha nice one Jake! I like it! everyone so far has fallen for your trick!!!!
Hmmm, I never noticed that right-clicking on a RBOD gave me the option to save it as an image. Maybe I'll save it down and use it to play a prank on some poor unsuspecting fools... :)
...apparently not everyone got that it was a joke <sigh>
Nice one Jake!
It's so sad to see how gullible some ppl are ;) I bet some are doing everything they can to stop the RBOD happening! ROFL
Oh the wit of it.
Reminds me of a joke that I played on a friend at last job, put in a close notes command whenever he openned his mail. Hahaha
If any of you have done any AS/400 ops, check this one out. We assembled a screen print of our AS/400 techie's Win95 taskbar below an AS/400 command line terminal thing maximised, on which PWRDWNSYS was typed. We added the "doing something" X at the bottom, and used powerpoint to display this image full screen on his PC, and locked the keyboard and mouse. He returned to his desk, changed colour, and ran into the machine room swearing. We wisely ran away before he came back out.
Nice... but this will display the little red box of the death... ;(
I can't believe your wee gag is still suckering people... marvellous!
re: Websniffer - pity it won't 'see' onto my intranet !
Are there any similar tools that I can use locally ?
John, look at Ethereal