Hi Terry,
Thanks for posting! Glad you find it interesting and sorry you're having
trouble. Search is not going to be effective currently because no
volunteers are keeping up-to-date indexes, so what little is still
available is outdated. You might have better luck with the indexes such as
Enzo's Index, which is part of the default bookmarks.
Other than that it sounds like you might be encountering bugs. The message
you get after clicking search sounds quite odd - is Freenet crashing when
this happens? Could you post the logs you get when you select "View logs"
from the right click menu of the tray icon? The tray not detecting a
Firefox installation is a problem I've been trying to get enough
information to fix for a while. Do you know what version of Firefox you
have, where the executable is, or where its registry keys are? I can
elaborate on where to find these things if need be.
- Steve
On Thu, Jul 21, 2016, 9:46 AM Terry Cahill wrote:
> I am fascinated with Freenet and the multitude of information there is to
> browse but as an older person I am finding one or two basic elements to be
> very stressful. I don't want personal tuition and realise the service is
> staffed by volunteers mainly but a nod in the right direction might help
> open the door a wee bit further for an old guy !
> I find there are no simple "how to" answers on Freenet to what are simple
> things on the open net. And I bounce around in circles . Is there a Freenet
> user guide for dummies that can help me ?
> For example. I try to search... in the search Freenet box , it says
> library plugins must be loaded . Where do i get these ? Even when i think i
> have it cracked and press search i get bumped to a screen saying the
> localhost page isn't working. This i can't solve. Also when i download a
> file i do not know where it is or how to open it after it is done. Easy if
> you know how but i don't. I also would like to use Firefox but it opens in
> Chrome and the only other option is IE ?
> At 69 I'm not too bad with my laptop, iPad, and smartphone but I am deaf
> and reading stuff on line is my greatest pleasure in life now and Freenet
> takes me beyond the norm and it is a thrilling world for me. There was a
> page about Depression that was so on the ball that I wanted to forward it
> to everyone but had't a clue how to , outside Freenet, or whether I should
> not even think about that . i don't know anyone else on Freenet.
> There's me , knockin at the door but I only have half the get to get in !
> Thanks for what you have given us !
> Sincerely
> Terry
>
> Sent from my iPad
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