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   Aluddy to Dwain Wilder   
   Re: Netscape 8: Clear Form Information   
   04 Jun 05 22:28:23   
   
   From: aluddy.appendix@adelphia.net   
      
   Dwain Wilder wrote:   
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   > Aluddy wrote:   
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   >> Dwain Wilder wrote:   
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   >>> Tomi Häsä wrote:   
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   >>>> Doug G wrote:   
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   >>>>> Tomi Häsä wrote:   
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   >>>>>> It seems like there is no function/option in Netscape 8.0.1   
   >>>>>> (Windows 2000 SP4) to clear the form information to delete   
   >>>>>> searches made with Google (or with some other search engine).   
   >>>>>   
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   >>>>> The Search button next to the search box on 8.0.1's Navigation   
   >>>>> toolbar has a down arrow on it.  When the arrow is clicked, a   
   >>>>> drop down menu appears with "Clear search history" on it.  Is   
   >>>>> that what you're looking for?   
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   >>>> No. That doesn't clear other form information typed into to various web   
   >>>> pages like Google _Advanced_ Search, Google _Groups_, Google Groups   
   >>>> Advanced Search, Google Images, Google News, Froogle, AltaVista,   
   >>>> Yahoo!, MSN Search, HotBot, Teoma, Lycos, Mamma Metasearch, etc. There   
   >>>> should be one button to clear _all_ the form information saved by   
   >>>> Netscape.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Well I for one would cringe at the thought of putting in such a   
   >>> button. Why would one possibly want to clear all forms?   
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   >> Someone using a shared or public computer.   
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   >   
   > Yup. Gotcha. But would someone using a public computer be signed onto a   
   > shared AOL account? When you sign onto another AOL account would your   
   > forms still have the same values?   
      
   Dunno.  I haven't used AOL since 1995.   
      
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   Andy Luddy   
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