cybercat wrote:
> I think you'll like it. It feels "natural," as far as the way it functions.
> I will always
> use IE most of the time, simply because most web sites are designed to
> function
> with it.

I guess it might feel different to me, since I avoid IE if at all possible.
>
> I am hooked on having both news and mail in the same interface.

I think I never had them together and then also decided it minimized the
possibility that I'd send an email when I intended to post or vv. Well,
that isn't is certain now, but I am still wed to using two programs.
>
> A LOT of our opinions on these issues have to do with what we started
> out on.

That is SO true! I did use IE for a nanosecond and hated it and OE,
then started using NS and Eudora. That's kind-of my norm.
>
> I began with Netscape and went to IE when NS got too weird and ungainly.

Well, it did change. Sniff.
>
> I.E 7 is, to me, buggy and odd, but most pages still function best when
> viewed
> with it.

Ick. It came uup automatically for something (I need to change that
somehow) and almost blinded me this morning.
>
> I utterly loathe Thunderbird, which is Firefox's news reader.

It has taken me a long time to get used to it. Now I wonder whether an
NS newsreader would feel odd. And neither have the full array of kill
options I'd like.

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"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> cybercat wrote:
>> I think you'll like it. It feels "natural," as far as the way it
>> functions. I will always
>> use IE most of the time, simply because most web sites are designed to
>> function
>> with it.
>
> I guess it might feel different to me, since I avoid IE if at all
> possible.

I was referring to the fact that you and I both liked and used Netscape
first.

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:45:33 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:32:49 -0700, sf <.> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:12:45 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Mimimalists do stand-alone programs, not bolted-together "suites".
>>
>>Hey, when did this get turned back to Netscape? I like the
>>vacuum/toaster idea and it would not be bolted together in my design.
>>Just plug it in and flip a switch.
>
>the old 'plug 'n' pray.'
>
You're a cruel, cruel man.

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Jean B. wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:57:51 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> NS 9 might just as well be FF, so why use it?
>>
>> FF is browser only, which is supposed to be "lighter" than NS. If you
>> want a suite, install NS... if you want personal choice, install FF.
>>
> As I said, I am currently using Firefox, but I will try to use the old
> Netscape and also try Seamonkey when I get my new PC.
>

I am so impressed with SM, I am going to make it my default news and
mail handler. Besides the pleasing-to-the-eye interface, every time I
look for information on how to do something, like, say, change my home
page, I find it easily. Everything is so logical. I might just get lured
away from OE after all ... (There's a spell checker, too, OE does not
have that.) When you try it, let me know what you think about it. I
think it is almost like an improved version of the old Netscape you and
I both liked.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:33:51 -0700, sf <.> wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:45:33 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:32:49 -0700, sf <.> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:12:45 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Mimimalists do stand-alone programs, not bolted-together "suites".
>>>
>>>Hey, when did this get turned back to Netscape? I like the
>>>vacuum/toaster idea and it would not be bolted together in my design.
>>>Just plug it in and flip a switch.
>>
>>the old 'plug 'n' pray.'
>>
>You're a cruel, cruel man.

who, me? i'm an old softie.

your pal,
blake

cybercat wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> cybercat wrote:
>>> I think you'll like it. It feels "natural," as far as the way it
>>> functions. I will always
>>> use IE most of the time, simply because most web sites are designed to
>>> function
>>> with it.
>> I guess it might feel different to me, since I avoid IE if at all
>> possible.
>
> I was referring to the fact that you and I both liked and used Netscape
> first.
>

Well, I shall see. It'd be great if I loved it.

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cybercat wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:57:51 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> NS 9 might just as well be FF, so why use it?
>>>
>>> FF is browser only, which is supposed to be "lighter" than NS. If you
>>> want a suite, install NS... if you want personal choice, install FF.
>>>
>> As I said, I am currently using Firefox, but I will try to use the old
>> Netscape and also try Seamonkey when I get my new PC.
>>
>
> I am so impressed with SM, I am going to make it my default news and
> mail handler. Besides the pleasing-to-the-eye interface, every time I
> look for information on how to do something, like, say, change my home
> page, I find it easily. Everything is so logical. I might just get lured
> away from OE after all ... (There's a spell checker, too, OE does not
> have that.) When you try it, let me know what you think about it. I
> think it is almost like an improved version of the old Netscape you and
> I both liked.
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

Gee, I may just have to install it on my current, soon-to-be-replaced
PC. Now I am very curious about it. :-)

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On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:04:46 -0400, cybercat >
wrote:

>Jean B. wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:57:51 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> NS 9 might just as well be FF, so why use it?
>>>
>>> FF is browser only, which is supposed to be "lighter" than NS. If you
>>> want a suite, install NS... if you want personal choice, install FF.
>>>
>> As I said, I am currently using Firefox, but I will try to use the old
>> Netscape and also try Seamonkey when I get my new PC.
>>
>
>I am so impressed with SM, I am going to make it my default news and
>mail handler. Besides the pleasing-to-the-eye interface, every time I
>look for information on how to do something, like, say, change my home
>page, I find it easily. Everything is so logical. I might just get lured
>away from OE after all ... (There's a spell checker, too, OE does not
>have that.) When you try it, let me know what you think about it. I
>think it is almost like an improved version of the old Netscape you and
>I both liked.

o.e. has no spellcheck? how odd. even my old as dirt eudora has
that.

your pal,
blake