Oh thank goodness you said that because I was wondering how in hades you were doing that with a browser.
BTW - who are you using to access the newsgroups? Comcast is dropping Giganews and I am ANNOYED
Cheryl
Well, that was one of the dumbest things I've said in a long time. I
> used to be a die-hard Netscape user. My brain fried. I use Thunderbird
> to read newsgroups, and love it for email as well.
>
> Dianne
>
> Dianne Lewandowski wrote:
>> Firefox allows you to read newsgroups. I use it for that all the time. >>
>> It is a nice browser. Another you might want to look at is Chrome. A
>> new one from Google (free). A lot of serious geeks are a bit concerned
>> about its stability and potential security issues. I don't use it
>> regularly, but do make sure that my sites work in it.
>>
>> IE should be toast. It is a terrible web browser and more and more
>> people are turning away from it. As are programmers who design add-ons
>> for websites.
>>
>> Dianne
>>
>> Tia Mary wrote:
>>> MargW wrote:
>>>> When Netscape stopped working for me about a year-and-a half ago, I
>>>> switched over to Firefox and then to SeaMonkey. They are both
>>>> Mozilla, the same as Netscape, and look almost exactly the same.
>>>> They both imported all my bookmarks and e-mail addresses without
>>>> having to do anything. Plus the get updated regularly. I use IE
>>>> only when I absolutely have to (say, if a site won't open in one of
>>>> the other browsers).
>>>>
>>>> MargW
>>>
>>> OK -- here's my problem -- I use Netscape 7.2 to read my newsgroups
>>> and that's the ONLY thing I use it for. If it goes belly up, I will
>>> be S.O.L for reading the groups. I don't understand the intricacies
>>> of all this stuff **at all** the best I can do is understand that I
>>> pay news.individual.net to provide me with access to the newsgroups
>>> and then I go through Netscape to be able to actually read them.
>>> So, if Netscape 7.2 goes bye-bye, then I will need some other
>>> internet access "thing" to be able to read the info provided by
>>> news.individual.net. When it comes to having to download some new
>>> "thing" and then trying to set the whole &$#(*$&^$ thing up, I get
>>> VERY pissy because just about none of them are easy for MOI to use.
>>> VBS -- I can guarantee I will be posting here screaming for help
>>> finding a way to actually access the newsgroups and then figuring out
>>> how to use the *($*$&% thing. To make matters worse, I am having to
>>> try and learn how this VISTA "thing" works! OY THE PAIN -- LOLOL
>>> CiaoMeow >^;;^>>
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