Users of ChimeraKnight, the automatic updater for the Chimera web browser may get the following error message:: "Died at -e line2. (2)".

This error occurs when you force quit ChimeraKnight and it fails to delete a file called tmp.txt2 (located inside the ChimeraKnight Backups folder). Delete that file and you should be okay. This minor bug will be corrected in the next ChimeraKnight update.

Here is an old tip that finally works with my new favourite browser Chimera (Navigator). If you want to have quick access for searching google from your bookmark toolbar here is what you have to do.

First, we need to create empty bookmark. Chimera does not allow to create totally new bookmark, only those already existing in the window. Workaround is to simply open new empty window (or tab) and bookmark that (with meaningful name, like Google Search or whatever). I recommend bookmarking that in your Toolbar for easy access.

Now open Bookmark Sidebar and command-I that new bookmark. Look at the Location textfield, if it's anything there remove it and enter the following:

javascript:void(q=prompt('Enter%20text%20to%20
  search%20using%20Google.',''));
if(q)void(location.href='http://www.google.com/search?
  client=googlet&q='+escape(q))

[Editor's note:I had to break the command into two rows for each line due to browser width limitations. The commands should be entered as two lines, not four, with no additional spaces between any of the parts.]

Done! Now when you click on the bookmark nice little sheet would greet you with the instructions how to perform search. This also works in IE, Mozilla, and Netscape.

I'm not sure if this tip has been submitted a hundred times already, but just in case it hasn't, here it is. A really simple and fast way of viewing the contents of a folder sitting on your desktop or shown in the finder is to drag the folder onto an open browser window. As far as I know this works with all X browsers.

[Editor's note: I found this hint regarding navigating your hard drive with a browser, but nothing about dragging and dropping a folder...]

I like to use Google to do my web searches, but never read anything about how to change it in Chimera. It is surprisingly simple.

In the Finder, open Navigator.app (control-click and "Show Package Contents") and then navigate to Contents -> Resources -> WebsiteDefaults.strings and open it in your favorite pure text editor (I use BBEdit). Change SearchPageDefault = "http://www.dmoz.org"; to whatever search page you would like to use.

Now, when you click on the search button, it will go to that page. Now you have yet another reason to use Chimera!

If you don't use OmniWeb's "Check for updated bookmarks" feature, you can use OmniWeb's dock icon contextual menu for quick access for your favorite bookmarks.

Read the rest of the article for the how-to...

While this isn't ground-breaking, it's something interesting: if you drag an application onto OmniWeb, you can browse the package. It's easier than using the finder to navigate though packages in some ways. Doesn't work in IE (or Mozilla), though.

I was frustrated to find that, upon installing QuickTime 6, flash-based web content loaded into Mozilla was suddenly being handled by QuickTime instead of the preferred Flash 6 player. IE was not affected in this manner. Well, here's the deal....

Handling of MIME types in Mozilla has been left to individual applications. Which is to say there is no pref for customizing these options. Further, if multiple plug-ins are installed to handle a given content type, the one that "wins" is the one whose plug-in file in /Library/Internet Plugins comes first alphabetically. Users are empowered to take control of which plug-in they use by their renaming plug-ins.

So I renamed the QT6 plugin (by putting a "z" at the front of its name), and, bingo!, it works (and IE is unaffected by the name change). I hope QuickTime doesn't get flak for Mozilla/NS6's bizarre handling of plugins.

[Editor's note: Running version 1.0 of Mozilla, I visited Macromedia's Flash pages, and everything seemed normal - Flash content displayed within the browser window and without any obvious signs that QuickTime 6 might have been in control ... and my /Library/Internet Plugins folder still has QuickTime listed above the Flash/Shockwave plugin. I'm not sure why I'm not affected here while hoopyfrood is, but thought others might find this tip useful if they're having a problem with QuickTime and Mozilla.]

Google has a downloadable registry entry for IE on Windows which puts Google in the Search Bar. You can do nearly the same thing on the Mac by hacking into the program files and risk messing up IE (this wouldn't be a bad thing!?). However, to do this on the Mac easily and simply, just go to Google's IE webpage, click the Page Holder sidebar button, and drag the "@" symbol by the address bar to the big blank space.

Now when you click the page holder sidebar button, you can get Google search results in the sidebar!!! It stays there for every session of IE. This should work for the Classic version of IE as well, but why boot Classic up to test it? Just a waste of time!

Apple hides all the MP3 files on the iPod. Sometimes that is annoying. I discovered that when you drag the iPod icon into the OmniWeb screen, it shows all your hidden MP3's! This doesn't work with IE or Netscape. I am not sure about Mozilla.

Found this over at bugzilla, Mozilla's bug tracking web site. If you've been using Mozilla 1.0 or 1.1 Alpha, you may have have noticed that SSL connections are dog slow. This is due to a bug in Mozilla. To work around it, look in Preferences -> Advanced -> HTTP Networking and disable "Persistent Connections". Looks like the bug will be fixed in the next release.