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   Matjaz Persolja to All   
   Re: Netscape 8: Clear Form Information   
   21 Jun 05 17:05:08   
   
   From: mpersolja@yahoo.com   
      
   Tomi Häsä wrote:   
   > 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).   
   >   
   > I have tried every possible clearing function in "Netscape" -> "Tools"   
   > -> "Options" -> "Privacy". Only way to clear form information seems to   
   > be to uninstall Netscape, and then install it again.   
   >   
   > I have found one other way you can clear the form information (but I   
   > think you should be able to do it from Netscape itself for example with   
   > a simple button click): the next time you use Google, if the icon at   
   > the bottom left corner of the Netscape browser window looks like a   
   > Mozilla icon, click it and select "Display Like Internet Explorer" so   
   > Netscape uses Internet Explorer's AutoComplete mechanism. Now you can   
   > go to Internet Explorer, and empty or disable the AutoComplete   
   > information from "Internet Explorer" -> "Tools" -> "Internet Options"   
   > -> "Content" -> "AutoComplete".   
   >   
   > Discussed here also:   
   >   
   > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/google.public.support.gene   
   al/browse_frm/thread/d81be94202ad9d26/517b05daece0e2d4#517b05daece0e2d4   
   > (news:<1117871140.675791.273720@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>)   
   >   
   > Instructions for clearing the form information for Internet Explorer,   
   > Mozilla Firebird, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari:   
   >   
   > http://www.geocities.com/googlepubsupgenfaq/#previoussearches   
   >   
   In the url location box, type about:config and in the resulting filter   
   window type browser.formfill.enable .. Then, dbl-click to change from   
   true to false. That's it!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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