As you seem to be aware of what they broke... do you know where to find
how to request a 'return receipt' when sending e-mail?!?!? Seems missing
to me???
Thx...Nancy
Fulvio Perini wrote:
> michael wrote:
>
>> 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
>> reporting live...
>> http://dogtv.com
>>
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>> broken.gif
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>> Content-Type:
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>> image/gif
>> Content-Encoding:
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>> base64
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> Michael,what you wish will not be granted.Sorry,you are a bad person!
>
> --
> Fulvio Perini
> Omaha,NE 68124
>
> Definition of an upgrade:it fixes some problem,while creating new ones.
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