Success?

[rejectomorph]

At this very moment, I am using Mozilla. Thus far, Sluggo has made no protest. However, I do notice that my friends page loaded very, very slowly. Perhaps this is because the infant browser has never been here before. Once it has accumulated some knowledge of the various sites I frequently visit, I suspect that it will pick up speed. One thing I find quite irritating, though, is that, while it automatically imported my favorites list from Internet Exploder, it has placed the various folders in the order in which they were created, rather than alphabetically, as I would prefer. I suppose I'll have to root through the help files to see if I can change the setting for that.

I installed the mail client, but was unable to configure it, as it needs to know the names of my incoming and outgoing mail servers. I went to the Chiconet site, but was unable to figure out whether they have those things displayed or not. There is a number for their mail server, but I don't know if that's what Mozilla wants. Ah, the misery of being a technodolt! I'll have to call Chiconet tech support again tomorrow for assistance. I'm not sure how to set up my other e-mail addresses there (I get five!) in any case, so I can get that done at the same time. This means I still can't get my LJ notifications delivered directly to me. I want to set up a particular address just for them. By tomorrow night, I hope everything will be settled. Then I can quit doing all the geek things for which I am so poorly qualified, and go back to being a producer of decorative bits of word jewelry. I can hardly wait.

Comments

[polonius.livejournal.com]

It's been my experience using Mozilla in both Linux and Windows that while the Linux version is terrific, the Windows version is truly hideous. Whenever I'm in Windows I use IE.

Mailzilla is punishment from God for sins in life. Don't use it if you have a choice.

[rejectomorph]

Thus far, I'm not impressed by Mozilla. For one thing, I can't figure out how to view pages from the cache offline, which is something I do regularly. It's quite simple in IE.

I'm not sure I'll be able to use the e-mail client, in any case, or even that what I want to do is possible with the POP3 mail service I'm getting from Chiconet. I want to be able to fetch e-mail and store it on my hard drive, and write e-mail while offline. This was quite simple with Juno -- and, there was that little flag that popped up everytime I got new mail while online. I like that flag.

Had Juno not made the stupid decision to block all mail from the LiveJournal servers, I'd have been content to continue using it. The e-mail service is actually quite good. It's the people running the company who have their heads up their asses.

Anyway, at the moment, I'm back on IE, and it seems likely I'll stick with it.

I suppose my best alternative is Outlook Express, though I'm reluctant to use it.

[polonius.livejournal.com]

I recommend Eudora (http://www.eudora.com/), which has been my favourite Windows email client for goodness knows how long. There's a totally free Lite version, and if you don't mind a little ad in the bottom right of your screen, you can have full paid functionality for free as well.

[rejectomorph]

Thanks. I'll check that one out.