How to enable the link bar support in your web browser

You've come to this page because you've asked a question similar to the following:

I've been told that I can find it easier to navigate certain World Wide Web sites if I enable the link bar support in my web browser. How do I do that ?

This is the Frequently Given Answer to such questions.

You can find this answer in a different form (replete with lots of pictures) on Matthias Gutfeldt's web page.

What to do if you have Opera 7 or later, CAB 2.7 or later for Atari, UDIwww, NCSA Mosaic 3.0 or later, emacs W3, AWEB-II, Links, Lynx, iCAB, or AOLpress 2.0 or later

You don't have to do anything. These browsers come with built-in link bar support, and the navigation links will be displayed automatically whenever there are <link> elements in the current page.

What to do if you have Mozilla or SeaMonkey

Mozilla has built-in link bar support, but it is not always enabled. On the menu, under View | Show/Hide | Site Navigation Bar, pick either Show always or Show only as needed.

What to do if you have Firefox/Firebird

Install Site navigation bar, cmSiteNavitation, Link Widgets, or (if you have FireFox 1.4 or earlier) LinkToolBar.

What to do if you have Microsoft's Internet Explorer

Install LinkBar.

What to do if you have Konqueror

Konqueror from version 3.3 onwards has bundled link bar support, but it is not always enabled. On the menu, under Tools | Document relations | Configure, pick either Always or When necessary (which should be "when appropriate").

If you have Konqueror prior to version 3.3, install rellinks.

What to do if you have another browser not mentioned here

If you have an older version of a browser that is mentioned here, then upgrade.

If you have a browser that is not mentioned here at all, ask its manufacturer whether it has link bar support, how to enable it if so, and to add it if not.


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