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    Re: stupid question —Larry Pieniazek
   Weren't you the guy who told us you were a "professional" web designer? Maybe I'm misremembering but... Anyone who's a pro at the web like you told us you were ought to know the basics of using a newsreader. Starting a new thread is newsreader (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
   
        Re: stupid question —Kevin Wilson
   (...) I looked at my Netscape bar and wondered why it ddn't look like what Larry said... and realised it's because I have it set to text instead of icons. Mine says intuitive things like "New Msg" and "Reply" instead of showing baffling icons :) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
   
        Re: stupid question —Jeremy Sproat
     (...) Kevin, you're a geek after my own heart. The very first thing I do with any new Netscape profile is turn the buttons into text. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
    
         Re: stupid question —Larry Pieniazek
      The buttons are smaller as icons and I need the real estate. Or so I claim. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
    
         Re: stupid question —Lindsay Frederick Braun
       (...) That's odd. Mine shows the baffling icons *and* the text...hmmm. LFB. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
    
         Re: stupid question —Susan Hoover
     [followups set] jsproat@io.com (Sproaticus) wrote in <381F1268.FDC1D2C5@io.com>: (...) True geeks don't read news with Netscape. ;-) (I think true alpha- geeks use tin or rn.) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
   
        Re: stupid question —Thomas Main
   (...) I have mine set to small icons instead of baffling text...I also prefer international iconographic road symbols to text...a picture is worth a thousand words :) (...) main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: stupid question —Jeremy Sproat
   (...) Baffling text? What's so baffling about "Next"? Compared to the arrow-pointing-to-a-green-dot icon, it speaks volumes about tis functionality. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then gimme the millipictures any day! :-, Then again, "Get (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: stupid question —Bram Lambrecht
   (...) I have pictures because they look nicer :) I hardly ever use the buttons anyway...and for me it's easier to recogize a stop sign or a back arrow at a glance than the text. (...) LOL! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 

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