Yearly TV Licence? ...Really? (Side Track)

[Carol]

Annemehr wrote:
> I used to use Netscape all the time, until I kept running into
problems on different sites I wanted to use -- particularly Yahoo
mail.  The (one?) advantage of IE is that everything works in it.
> 
> To copy and paste, I use the mouse (just seems easier to me). <snip>
 
Carol:
Thanks. I do know how to cut/copy and paste using a mouse. I do it all
the time in editing. But you can't cut-and-paste a URL into the
address block in IE as you can in Netscape without using some sort of
function key. Or, at any rate, *I* can't because of the way IE is set up. 

Okay, I tried it just now and realized that it *can* be done using the
cut-and-paste icons (rather than the edit menu, which I use in
Netscape). I had to add those buttons to the menu and delete some that
I didn't want. But now the toolbars themselves keep disappearing from
the page, just rolling out of sight instead of staying put as they do
in Netscape. I even clicked "Lock Toolbars" and they still slipped
away. Just one more reason that I hate IE.

As you say, the *one* advantage of IE is that sites designed to work
with IE sometimes don't work in other browsers, especially the older
Netscape versions. If I need to use an application requiring the
latest version of Java or Flash (which I do have installed but which
won't work in Netscape 7.2), I just go to Netscape 9 (though I still
prefer 7.2 for most things because of the way the toolbars are set
up). Occasionally, even Netscape 9 won't work. If, for example, if I
need an upgrade to Word or Windows, I have no choice but to use IE.
But when I'm through with the download, I go right back to my default
browser, netscape 7.2.

I don't have any problems with Yahoo mail in Netscape because I've
turned off all the fancy features and just use plain text. (I have a
"real" e-mail address for business e-mail.) 

Carol, who has never encountered the rolling toolbar before and finds
it frustrating