Longtime netscape fan here. Here's what no longer works for 
me in 6.1

Please let me know if there is a workaround for any of these 
issue, or if I just have to suck it up and contemplate going 
back to version 4.7x


1. You can no longer follow threads backwards by clicking on 
the hyperlinked numbers of the preceding messages in the 
thread, because those hyperlinked numbers no longer exist.


2. Loss of all ability to specify where you want your text 
to wrap. Well, you can, and I always want it to wrap at 60 
characters, but it only works when I'm typing in the message 
window, but once I hit send, the message will look different 
and not wrap at 60 characters, but will spread all the way 
across the screen.

3.In v 4.7x, you would have a caret at the top of your 
message pane, which would indicate to you where your text 
was going to wrap. That is also gonzo like alonzo mourning

4. You can select multiple messages in binary groups and 
save as *.uue, effectively making netscape useless with 
respect to many binary groups.

5. I can't seem to find a way to open the drafts folder in 
another window, so I can preview my message, without 
affecting the group that I'm currently reading, but I could 
do that easily in version 4.7x



But the most important thing to me, is the message preview. 
I really want to be able to see what the person on the other 
end will see, before I hit send, and I want to be able to 
control where the text wraps.  I've attached a .gif (whiners 
will be ignored) of what this message looks like as I'm 
typing it. I just want to know how to get it to look that 
when it arrives on the newsgroup.

thanks!


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