I don't know about Netscape 6.1, but I just opened my Mozilla 0.9.5 for OS X and my IE 5.5 for OS X to compare them and I cannot see much interface differences between the two of them. I never used 4.7, so I never got used to it.
Marten > >I just grabbed Netscape 6.1 last week off their FTP. >The sidebar was the first to go. What I find >irritating >about the UI in Netscape 6 and Mozilla is they went >and moved stuff around to different places from >where it was in 4.7x. It's NOT an improvement. There >are fewer options for configuring it. The navigation >buttons are hogging space on the Location bar along >with a huge Search button, but they seperated the >Home button and put it on the personal link bar. >A print button on the Location bar, hogging yet more >space? I want all of the navigation buttons on one >toolbar and the Location all by itself. If there >have to be Print and Search buttons they can be on the >Navigation bar where I never use them. That way >I can completely hide the personal link bar without >hiding Home. The next annoyance is that there is no >setting in the preferences to select buttons with >icons, text, or icons and text. That is dependent on >the skin selected and each skin has only one type >of button style. I prefer text only, which is why I >like IE Mac better than IE Win. > >My preferences go back to when I only had a 640x480 >monitor and every pixel of screen space was precious. >IMHO, having all of the navigation buttons in a row >on one bar, all menu commands on (duh) the menubar >and a Location bar that is always the full width >of the browser window is a logical, non-confusing and >clean interface. > >A skin editor that would allow total customization >via drag-n-drop of every single button, bar and >menu command would satisfy everyone from types like >me who want "all the ducks in a row" to people who >just aren't happy unless they have to play "hunt >the button". > >===== >"The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, >which is fruitful to an excess here, be so very barren in >the rest of the planets?" Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >My ICQ# 16024947 > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. >http://personals.yahoo.com > >-- >Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> >The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> >Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- -------------------------------------------------------- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
