>> Does shift and then click work ?
>
>Nope. What does work -
>
>Clicking on Google results
>
>Right-clicking to download a file
>
>Can navigate around piclist and links. For example
>those below the yellow bar on this page
>http://www.piclist.com/techref/microchip/routines.htm
>
>but from here http://www.planet-familyguy.com/main.php
>
>this link ("official Family Guy web site") http://www.fox.com/familyguy/
>
>opens an approx 1/4 size empty Explorer window,
>nothing in the Address, no wavy flag and no traffic.
>Before clicking I can see the URL in the status bar



Suggests to me that either something in the Java or one of the other
scripting options is off, or something has fouled up in the install.

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http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics
(like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics