+++ Free Republic "Pager" Window Notifies You when you get Replies and Mail +++

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/notify?detach=1 ^ | a couple months ago | JohnRob

[Focault's Pendulum]

Let's see if it gets past my firewall now.

[Timesink]

2) it works by making a chime noise, and it turns blue when it's got something for you, otherwise it's white

Hm, mine doesn't do either of those things. It's there, and it changes when I have a post to read, but chimes and colors? Uh-uh.

[Artist]

This is great. I like your Star Spangled idea. :^)

[JMJ333]

I had a hard enough time tearing myself away from the computer...I'm doomed. ;)

[Artist]

Hold down the Ctrl (control) key and hit "D"

That's COOL. I'll be using it a lot. Thanks!

[brityank]

Always wondered how come some folks manage to do almost instantaneous replies! Neat idea; thanks.

[2Jedismom]

Broke your pinger????

Oh GROAN! ;-)

[July 4th]

We need a new slogan for Freerepublic. How about "Leaving Democratic Underground in the dust - one applet at a time." (they've got to be so jealous.)

[uglybiker]

it works by making a chime noise...

Is there any way to change the noise? It sounds just like the noise from my Outlook Express. (I keep checking my friggin' mailbox!)

Really cool feature, BTW.

[WillaJohns]

*Ping*

[xm177e2]

Hmm... I can try pinging you.

"Ping"

[JMJ333]

Heh, cute slogan. You're right, of course. They're jealous of everything at FR, including that photo album LBGA put up. They tore it [and everyone on it] to shreds, but they never put up their photos at DU. Tooooooooooo ugly I imagine!

[Artist]

Looky here!

Have fun. :^)

[Timesink]

Huh, now it works. Ping and blue and everything. Maybe it was just a browser burp before.

Thanks for the ping!

[FixitGuy]

Wow! This is WAY cool!

Works like a champ.

Now if I could learn what "Pinging" is all about......

[xm177e2]

Whenever you post a reply to someone, or put their name in the "To:" box, it's considered a "Ping."

Think of it as "whenever I make someone's FR pager beep, it's a ping"

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

bump

[FixitGuy]

Thought it was mor complicated than that..as in pinging a web site for round trip timing etc..

Thanks xm

[xm177e2]

When you play a video game on the Internet, your "ping" is the amount of time, in milliseconds, it takes for you to send a packet of information to the server, and then for that packet to be sent back to you.

In FR's case, it just means you post a reply that appears on their self-search, and gets their attention.

[WIladyconservative]

Check this out!