Thursday, November 6, 2008

How to Use The Gaming Instructor Blog

The Gaming Instructor blog was built in and designed for optimum viewing in Firefox tabbed browsing.

For the most user friendly experience of this site it should be viewed in Firefox. If you currently do not have Firefox on your computer follow the steps below to install Firefox and Add-ons called Extensions to view this site as intended.

Note: you will be prompted to restart Firefox after each Add-on is installed to complete the installation of the Extension. To save time, wait until all Add-ons have been installed before restarting Firefox.

  1. Firefox 3 Download
  2. ColorfulTabs
  3. Split Browser
  4. Tab Mix Plus

If you already Firefox and the recommended Add-ons installed click here.

To access the Tab Mix Plus Options look to the upper left of the screen and click on Tools. Then select Tab Mix Plus Options. Follow the screen captures below.

Tab Mix Plus Options Links
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Events Tab Opening
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Events Tab Focus
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Events Tab Closing
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Events Tab Merging
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Events Tab Features
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Display Tab
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Display Tab Bar
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Mouse Gestures
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Session Start Exit
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Session Restore
 
Tab Mix Plus Options Session Preserve
 

With Split Browser you can complete online applications by Copy & Pasting your information from your email in one tab to the application in the next tab. See the example below.

Split Browser Online Application Example
 

With Firefox and the recommended Add-ons installed you are now ready to view this site as intended.

If you are looking for a casino job, click on U.S. Casinos at the top of the page. You will be taken to a map of the U.S. in the same tab. Then, if you click on a state to view a list of the casinos in that state you again will stay in that tab. When you begin to click on casino web sites however, those sites will open in a new tab to the right of the current tab.

Opening external links next to the current tab creates a bread crumb trail in the browser window so users can see how they ended up where they are. Opening links in tabs also enables users to Bookmark All Tabs in folder for later use. When you click on the bookmarked folder you will have the option to Open All in Tabs with one click instead of having to retrace your steps or clicking on several different Bookmarks.

The more Internet savvy user may say they prefer to choose for themselves to right click on the link and select to open in a new window or tab. Right clicking adds two more clicks to the process. Given the potentially large number of sites visited in the user's effort to find employment or to relocate, right clicking would increase steps along the way.

Some say that if they want to know how they got to where they are they will simply click on the back button in their browser. Unfortunately, some sites use code which breaks the back button. This blog is designed for the less experienced user who is more concerned with learning about gaming knowledge and employment and less concerned with figuring out why their browser won't go back.

If you have any questions, comments or don't see the information you need, please click on the Post a Comment link at the bottom of the appropriate post.

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