"Christopher Jahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> And it came to pass that Peter Lairo wrote:
>
> >> When the interface matches precisely the NC4.xx UI, I will
> >> consider it.
> >
> > It's nearly identical now. Where are the remaining
> > differences?
>
> All of the differences - the header bar, the lack of a location
> window in two-pane view, the blue bars, and so on. The
> Communicator 4.XX layout was the best I have ever seen, and the
> current Mozilla/N6 doesn't really match it very closely.
The only differences I see are the header bar and the
quotation bars, and Netscape 4.x had the quotation
bars (it just restricted them to HTML mail). Other than
that, it's pretty much the same. What besides those two
features is different? Specifically, with the Classic theme,
what is different?
> >> But I simply can't tolerate the 'header bar' or
> >> whatever the named that damn thing, and the blue bars are
> >> unacceptable.
> >
> > The header bar can be easily minimzed (small triangle at top
> > left). I prefer the old header too, but it's not so bad that
> > the words "can't tolerate" come up.
>
> Don't make an absolute declaration on maters of opinion. Just
> because YOU an tolerate it doesn't meant it's tolerable.
Actually, yes, if somebody can tolerate it then that means it can
be tolerated (tolerable == can be tolerated). Now, that doesn't
mean that it's tolerable *for you*...
(semantics is fun! ;)
> > What do you mean by blue bars? The vertical FWD bars? I
> > think they are quite useful.
> >
>
> I'm sure you do. I find them very distracting.
They actually make a lot of sense when reading messages sent
in text/plain;format=flowed, because it prevents reflow
quote-damage. And they're not *that* different from a
line of ">", it just takes some getting used to.
There is a (hidden) pref to show all text/plain messages
without format=flowed with the ">" instead of the bars.
For flowed messages, you're stuck with the bars. Bug #88986
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88986
is about an option to use ">" instead of bars with
format=flowed, but it'll require an extention to CSS.
> > And there are so few actual features in the news
> >> client, it just isn't worth it for news. And I'm pissed
> >> that NEWS is hidden under MAIL.
Maybe it should be listed as "Mail and News" under the
Tasks menu?
