need help with saving images on the web

[HenryK]

I'm trying to help out a friend who has an imac and can't save images of the web, I know nothing about them so have come to you for help.

this is what he has written to me:

"The problem is exactly that . If I right click on the image that i
want to save nothing happens at all. The cursor remains a cursor on the
image. I've tried clicking twice...nope.. hold down 20 seconds..still
nothing...But note that my mouse only has one click, I mean no choice
between right and left.
I should mention, and perhaps I did before that There was a time in
August it was where I could save images. I suspect my daughter, changed something somewhere. She has been playing with
the "iphoto program " or her new digital camera and maybe changed
setting inadvertently.
A lead ?
So what Ive got ere is a imac MAX OS X version 10.3.9 (panther)
My browser I believe is netscape. (Symbol big blue E ?) I can also
get to internet on Safari is that of any use to you."

Anyone have any ideas? I'm wondering if maybe his mouse is the culprit with no right button to click. How does one emulate a right mouse click with a mouse like that on an imac?

 

[mac_mogul]

Hold the CONTROL button and then click for contextual menus.

 

[HenryK]

Many thanks Mac_mogul,

I'll get back when I hear if it worked...

 

[The General]

you can also drag the images onto the desktop.

man, how could ever he get anything done with out knowing about the contro click feature!??!

i feel sorry for him.

 

[HenryK]

I don't think he was getting much done..

You guys are great,, thanks again, he is very happy now..

 

[mac_mogul]

you can also drag the images onto the desktop.

man, how could ever he get anything done with out knowing about the contro click feature!??!

i feel sorry for him.

I went without control click for several years. It wasn't introduced until OS 8.6 (I think) Even then I didn't know it existed until I had read through an article over the OS that talked about it. Its easy to get alot done, because usually the same options in a contextual menu are available throught the menu bar at the top of the screen. Its just not quite as practical.

 

[HenryK]

Need you guys again..

My friend that had the above problem has gotten back to me with another mystery.

I'm not sure why he cannot open this direct link to a PDF file or what his error means. It looks to me like he has the correct plugins installed for his PDF viewer..

I will copy below the main text of his e-mail and if anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it....Henry

"Veritable example.

I wish to go to this web site. :

http://hem.fyristorg.com/ebay/jpg/doc-rappel-satie.pdf

My computer then pops me to the hard drive and takes me to "Network
Diagnostic" which I click on then a screen appears saying :

" Could not load the plug-in PDF Viewer for the MIME type application.
Make sure there is enough memory availabe and that plug-ins are
installed correctly."
OK

So MEMORYwise here's the scoop; Specifications ; Built in memory
320 MB

Virtual Memory 321 MB used on hard drive

largest unused block 207.7 MB


Mac OS used 32.9 MB

Netscape communicator 20. 4MB

Picture Viewer 2 MB


Now what are plug-ins ?
How do I find if they are well installed ?

Here is what I found on the menu bar Plugin page :

Installed plug-ins
For more information on Netscape plug-ins, click here.


Headspace Beatnik Helper Stub
Plugin V1.0.1

File name: Beatnik Stub Plug-in

Beatnik Helper for Netscape Communicator

Mime Type
Description

Suffixes

Enabled
audio/x-rmf
audio/x-rmf

rmf

Yes
audio/rmf
audio/rmf

rmf

Yes




LiveAudio

File name: LiveAudio

Mime Type
Description

Suffixes

Enabled
audio/x-midi
MIDI file

mid, midi, smf, kar

No
audio/midi
MIDI file

mid, midi, smf, kar

No
audio/basic
uLaw/AU audio file

au, snd, ulw

No
audio/x-wav
WAVE audio file

wav

No
audio/wav
WAVE audio file

wav

No
audio/x-aiff
AIFF audio file

aiff, aif, aifc, cdda

No
audio/aiff
AIFF audio file

aiff, aif, aifc, cdda

No




Shockwave for Director

File name: NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave

Macromedia Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 8.5.1

Mime Type
Description

Suffixes

Enabled
application/x-director
Shockwave Movie

dcr, dir, dxr

Yes




PDFViewer

File name: PDFViewer

Mime Type
Description

Suffixes

Enabled
application/pdf
Portable Document Format

pdf

Yes




QuickTime Plug-in 6.0

File name: QuickTime Plugin

The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of
multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the
QuickTime Web site.

Mime Type
Description

Suffixes

Enabled
image/x-tiff
TIFF image file

tif, tiff

Yes
image/tiff
TIFF image file

tif, tiff

Yes
image/x-targa
TGA image file

targa, tga

Yes
image/x-sgi
SGI image file

sgi, rgb

Yes
image/x-quicktime
QuickTime Image File

qtif, qti

Yes
image/x-png
PNG image file

png

Yes
image/png
PNG image file

png

Yes
image/x-pict
PICT image file

pict, pic, pct

Yes
image/pict
PICT image file

pict, pic, pct

Yes
image/x-macpaint
MacPaint image file

pntg, pnt, mac

Yes
image/x-bmp
BMP image file

bmp

Yes
audio/x-mpeg3
MP3 audio file

mp3, swa

Yes
audio/mpeg3
MP3 audio file

mp3, swa

Yes
audio/x-mp3
MP3 audio file

mp3, swa

Yes
audio/mp3
MP3 audio file

mp3, swa

Yes
audio/mp4
MPEG-4 media file

mp4, mpg4

Yes
video/mp4
MPEG-4 media file

mp4, mpg4

Yes
audio/x-mpeg
MP3 audio file

mp3, mpeg, mpg, m1s, m1a, mp2, mpm,

mpa, swa

Yes
audio/mpeg
MP3 audio file

mp3, mpeg, mpg, m1s, m1a, mp2, mpm,

mpa, swa

Yes
video/mpeg
MPEG media file

mpeg, mpg, m1s, m1v, m1a, m75, m15,

mp2, mpm, mpv, mpa

Yes
video/x-mpeg
MPEG media file

mpeg, mpg, m1s, m1v, m1a, m75, m15,

mp2, mpm, mpv, mpa

Yes
audio/x-gsm
GSM audio file

gsm

Yes
audio/x-aiff
AIFF audio file

aiff, aif, aifc, cdda

Yes
audio/aiff
AIFF audio file

aiff, aif, aifc, cdda

Yes
audio/vnd.qcelp
QUALCOMM PureVoice audio file

qcp

Yes
audio/midi
MIDI file

mid, midi, smf, kar

Yes
audio/x-midi
MIDI file

mid, midi, smf, kar

Yes
audio/mid
MIDI file

mid, midi, smf, kar

Yes
audio/basic
uLaw/AU audio file

au, snd, ulw

Yes
audio/wav
WAVE audio file

wav

Yes
audio/x-wav
WAVE audio file

wav

Yes
video/flc
AutoDesk Animator (FLC) file

flc, fli

Yes
video/avi
Video For Windows (AVI) file

avi, vfw

Yes
video/msvideo
Video For Windows (AVI) file

avi, vfw

Yes
video/x-msvideo
Video For Windows (AVI) file

avi, vfw

Yes
video/quicktime
QuickTime Movie

mov, qt

Yes
application/x-rtsp
RTSP stream descriptor file

rtsp, rts

Yes
application/x-sdp
SDP stream descriptor file

sdp

Yes
application/sdp
SDP stream descriptor file

sdp

Yes




RealPlayer Plugin

File name: RealPlayer Plugin

RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-in

Mime Type
Description

Suffixes

Enabled
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
RealPlayer(tm) as Plug-in

rpm

Yes




RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled
Plug-in (Mac)

File name: RealPlayerG2 Plugin

RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-in

Mime Type
Description

Suffixes

Enabled
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
RealPlayer(tm) as Plug-in

rpm

No




Shockwave Flash

File name: Shockwave Flash NP-PPC

Shockwave Flash 7.0 r19

Mime Type
Description

Suffixes

Enabled
application/futuresplash
FutureSplash Player

spl

Yes
application/x-shockwave-flash
Shockwave Flash

swf

Yes"

 

[mac_mogul]

I'm still confused as to why your friend is using Netscape. Netscape for Mac really isn't that good of a browser. It used to be, but now its not. If you have him use Internet Explorer, then his problems should be minimal. If he doesn't already have it, he can find it here.

Netscape for OS 9.x was quite unstable, so this may be the root of your problem.

 

[HenryK]

Thanks Mac_mogul,

Me too, I've told him not to use it and try connecting with IE or Safari.

He hasn't gotten back to me yet, but I'll let you know what happens..

He is not really very computer savy, and is brought to a halt by the simplest little glitches, so it's a slow process getting him sorted out.

I feel sorry for him, becuase he just wants to do simple things and he is getting stopped by these strange little problems.

 

[The General]

why cant he register and ask these questions?

why did he have you register to ask these questions?

sounds to me like you are the one who has these questions.