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!
this is Michael
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