TAO

Throbber Automation Object

Throbber.js will allow you to automate the loading of throbbers into Netscape 4x browsers.
With it you will be able to automate:

• loading one throbber
• loading any number of throbbers randomly
• loading thobber(s) based on the day of the week
• loading thobber(s) based on the day of the month

A good general explanation of installing throbbers on Netscape 4x browsers is at Leigh Brasington's Netscape 4.0 Throbber Tips and Tricks

Once you have read Leigh Brasington's Netscape 4.0 Throbber Tips and Tricks download or copy and paste the code into a text editor

If your operating system is Windows® 98

1. create a directory like c:\program files\wsh
2. if you downloaded throbber.zip, unzip it to the directory you created
3. if you copy & paste the code into a text editor, save it to the directory you created
4. edit the file to load the throbbers to your preference (see documentation in the code)
5. create a shortcut to throbber.js on your desktop and double click it to run it

If your operating system is Windows® 95

1. download and install the windows script host (wsh) from microsoft ; in most cases this will be:  english (x86)
2. create a directory like c:\program files\wsh
3. if you downloaded throbber.zip, unzip it to the directory you created
4. if you copy & paste the code into a text editor, save it to the directory you created
5. edit the file to load the throbbers to your preference (see documentation in the code)
6. create a shortcut to throbber.js on your desktop and double click it to run it

FYI:

• put your throbbers in your profile directory
  usually -- c:\program files\netscape\users\profiles\profilename
• rename for easy identification
• 3x and 4x throbbers seem to work equally well

Links that may be informative and helpful:

Windows Scripting Technologies All the information you need can be found through the menu at the left of the Windows Script Technologies page

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