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Subject:A fix for those who can't search archives using Firefox
From:Harry Hoffman
Date:Tue, 2 Aug 2011 09:48:18 -0400

Hi All,

As promised I've found a way to "fix" the archives website using a addon
for Firefox called greasemonkey.

Greasemonkey allows you to change the look, feel, and contents of a html
page before it is displayed by the browser.

You can find greasemonkey here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/

You'll need to install it into firefox by clicking on the "Add to
Firefox" button. Then restart firefox and now you should see a little
monkey icon (mine is in the upper right corner of the browser).

Click on the monkey to get a dropdown box and select "Add new User Script".

Here are the following details:

Name: VanagonArchives
Namespace: VanagonArchives
Description: Fix the incorrect HTML comment tags
Includes: http://gerry.vanagon.com/*

Click OK

Then click on the monkey again and go into Manage User Scripts. You
should see one called VanagonArchives.

Right click on it and select Show Containing Folder. A folder will
appear with a file called vanagonarchives.user.js

Open that file for editing and add the following as the last line in the
file:

document.body.innerHTML= document.body.innerHTML.replace(/(<!---
|<!---)/g,"<");

That should all be a single line. Save and close the file. Than go and
reload the archives site. Everything should work now.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Harry

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