--- Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wouldn't bother about Netscape 6.x. It is based on > an older mozilla > build. I don't know what you find so irritating > about the user > interface. It must be some time ago that you last > tried > Netscape/Mozilla. The only irritating feature is > that Side Bar, but > you can switch that off in the view menu. 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
