iCab FAQ, October 2020
General Questions
- After installing iCab 6.0.0 the downloads are failing. How can this be fixed?
- Am I able to block “pop-up” windows?
- Can iCab automatically fill out my passwords, in login forms?
- Double-clicking an URL in the finder or from within another application launches another browser instead of iCab. Why?
- How can I change the content of the Favorites Toolbar?
- How can I leave the kiosk mode again
- I got the registration number, but it won't be accepted
Mac OS 8/9
- iCab 3.0 will only submit parts of the text which was entered in web forms
- Why does iCab 3.0 only print bars instead of text?
- Why does iCab 3.0 complain that it is running out of memory all the time?
Ancient Macs
Answers
General Questions
- After installing iCab 6.0.0 the downloads are failing. How can this be fixed?
The very first version of iCab 6.0.0 has a small bug, where the downloads folder setting was by default configured to a folder that doesn't exist. To fix this issue, please go to the Download settings and set the download folder to an existing folder.
- Am I able to block “pop-up” windows?
Yes, just switch of the option "Scripts may automatically open new windows without userinteraction" in the JavaScript settings of the preferences dialog.
- Can iCab automatically fill out my passwords, in login forms?
You can save "passwords" in iCab as well. But because iCab should have not all the security issues of many other browsers in the autofill feature for forms (like some other popular browsers), iCab has a different approach, which is slightly less comfortable, but much more secure.
First of all, iCab saves nothing automatically. If you want to save a form of a web page, you can do this by using the menu "View > Save forms". When filling out a form, you use the menu "View > Fill out forms". The latter can be also done automatically if you check an option in the "forms manager" (which is in the "Tools" menu) in the tab "Form-based". Here you can configure iCab to fill out forms automatically with this data when entering a page.
- Double-clicking an URL in the finder or from within another application launches another browser instead of iCab. Why?
In the "General" settings you can select iCab as Default Browser. Then iCab will be launched in these cases.
- How can I leave the kiosk mode again?
Use Cmd-K (iCab 3) or Cmd-Shift-K (iCab 4) to leave the Kiosk mode.
BTW: When entering the kiosk mode a dialog box will open which also includes this information in bold red letters.- I got the registration number, but it won't be accepted
Choose "Register iCab" in the "iCab" menu to enter your registration code. You have to enter name and serial number exactly as it is given in the mail you received from Share*It. The OK button will be activated as soon as name and serial number are entered correctly.
Please note that upper and lower case characters are treated as different characters. Make sure that you don't enter additional space characters. Be careful when using Drag & Drop or Copy & Paste to copy name and serial number into the dialog in iCab. Many applications add a space character when copying text into the clipboard, so you have to remove this space character afterwards.
Mac OS 8/9
- iCab 3 will only submit parts of the text which was entered in web forms
This is not a bug of iCab, it's a bug of early MacOS 9 releases. The problem is caused by a bug in the Unicode text input fields (MLTE - Multi Language TextEdit) which are provided by the MacOS. Apple has fixed this bug in MacOS 9.2.x, so the best solution for this problem would be to upgrade the system to MacOS 9.2. If this is not possible, you can disable the Unicode text input fields in the preferences dialog of iCab in the panel "Operation > Browser, Tabs". Switch off the option "Use Unicode TextEdit" to configure iCab so that it will use the "ancient" text edit fields, which do work OK, but which do not support Unicode.
- Why does iCab 3 only print bars instead of text?
This is not a bug of iCab, it's a bug of Quicktime 6 for the "classic" MacOS. The problem occurs in all applications which try to print Unicode text. Because there're almost no applications available for MacOS 9 which are using Unicode, this problem is usually never seen.
There's no fix available for this problem and because Apple has abandoned MacOS 9 long ago, you can't expect any fix anymore. So the only choice is to either upgrade to MacOSX or to downgrade Quicktime to Quicktime 5.
I'm still looking for a workaround for this problem. In case someone knows a workaround for this Quicktime bug, I would be glad when you would contact me.
- Why does iCab 3 complain that it is running out of memory all the time?
This is not a bug of iCab, it's a bug of the "classic" MacOS 8.5/8.6 (and maybe MacOS 9.0 as well). The problem occurs when a web page has web forms with text input fields. The Unicode text input fields (MLTE) of these old MacOS releases do still have some serions bugs. One of theses bugs causes the MacOS to reserve almost all available memory for these text edit fields so there's no memory left for iCab. Apple has fixed this bug in MacOS 9.2.x (maybe in 9.1 as well), so the best solution for this problem would be to upgrade the MacOS. If this is not possible, you can disable the Unicode text input fields in the preferences dialog of iCab in the panel "Operation > Browser, Tabs". Switch off the option "Use Unicode TextEdit" to configure iCab so that it will use the "ancient" text edit fields, which do work OK, but which do not support Unicode.
Ancient Macs
- What do I need to do to run iCab under System 7.1 or 7.0.1?
Go to Knubbelmac.de for details.