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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Let Netscape know what you want....
http://home.netscape.com/browsers/6/feedback/suggest.html
votes count here.
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| Later.
| Ric.
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