CACHE MAGIC

. . . . Ever wonder where the sound comes from when you open a web site? Ever wonder how to lay your hands on it? (or your right mouse button?) How about those "mouse over" images. . . You know the images that change into another when you pass your mouse over them (I'll show you how to create them later). How would you like to "capture" and image that seems to be illusive (not subject to right mouse button capture). Ever wondered what else can a Cache be used for? Here's the answer.

Here's where to find it.

This is what your Cache looks like. Yeah, so what! It's just numbers. What is it ?.. ..NEXT

Remember the dancing fox in History? . . . It's in the cache! You say, "I don't see any fox there. All I see is numbers!" To find out what those numbers mean to you, from you browser, while viewing History, click "View" and select "page info". . . . .NEXT

Hey it worked! But what is it? It's the file list for the web page! Including the cache number for the file in the "location" line (I highlighted it). To see the others, click on them in the top window. NEXT

There are 3 ways you can use this information: First, scroll down and you'll see the image:

Second, click on the file name in the lower window and you'll see the image. . . .NEXT

Third, reduce the window size with a click on middle button , then resize the window to half screen. Bring up your explorer window and do the same. Open your "cache" folder. (If you have standard installation, it's in C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\{your username}\Cache). See the first figure above. Line up the two windows for your convenience and scroll through Cache until you find the match. NEXT

Do the same as described above to locate the "chicken" file in cache and save it. The other place it could be is in your "DOS" subdirectory. Your midi player puts it there. This will make your DOS directory suffer uncontrolled growth . . . . ..