Here is what I do not like about the new forums in the list above this General area.

When I want to make a new post, I have to try and decide where is most appropriate place to put it?

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While reading the web page of a former MacCentral contributor, Deb Shadovitz, I found a list of helpful Mac sites. One led me to "MacTech Daily News Scan". When I got there, I realized I had skimmed over that main MacTech page, noting that it was too busy and cramped in information/text for me to zero in on anything.

I gave it some extra effort and read it once quickly, and then went back and tried to pay more specific attention. I disccovered a new Safari version out today! I went to Software Update and now have the new version.

So, Neil, I will be a daily reader of the main page.It has been a long time since I daily read a MacNews page.

Many, many years ago I even subscribed to MacTech mag, paper version, but decided it was too technical for my purposes. I guess I figured the web site was beyond me too!

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Check out Deb Shadovitz Mac Resources page! Good place for recent Winblows converts to get started on Mac helpful web pages, and even for us old geezers.


So now to you Globals! You decide where this post goes and I thank you very much.

Kate

Kate...

Have you given a full-featured newsreader a fair shakedown cruise?

I used to hate newsreaders (like I'd experienced with Communicator and in Thunderbird) until I discovered the free NetNewsWire RSS aggregator

It's a quick way to efficiently gather all the news you want into one place. Skim, read, click-through to the originating site for more detail, if you want. Little preview windows that you can collect in a sidebar for one-click revisits. Full updates on all feeds are just a simple "Command + Shift + R" away.

NIIIIIICE!

Kate,
Not sure the reasoning of this post? Are you saying you don't like the layout of the forums?

If so, that's fine. But I'm at a loss trying to figure out exactly what you are saying and what you are quoting (if at all).

I don't make too much sense, do I?

Sorry I confused youse guys. Everything here is honkey dorey.

My personal preferences are just two forums: Stan's Lounge and Political Sandbox. They are the ones that interest me and keep me busy reading and entertained.

I'm certain hundreds of folk will be here joining the Tech threads once they are open. I'm too old and not interested enough to dig into that stuff that I enjoyed when I was employed and a lot younger.

Good luck to you all and continued success with these forums.

Sincerely,
Kate


Please disregard the post we're discussing. I appreciate it.

Kate,
there is a way to set it so that you only see 2 forums, I think. I don't know how, but perhaps some of these other guys can help you out.

That's okay. Don't bother I'm perfectly at ease with the manner in which I view this forum.

I'm cool

ok, I just don't want anyone to leave because of how things are or look.

Hey, kate. Try this trick, marg told me about it.

1. Click on "Forums"

2. Notice the grey bar at the top of each of the three lists?

3. Look at the far right end of each grey bar. There's a leetle beeety triangle.

4. Click that sucker.

5. This lets you leave open the General, if that's all you want.

6. Anytime you want to browse through the "Mac" fora or "IPod etc" fora, just click it again and the list opens back up.

7. Pretty cool feature, and I swear I didn't see it because I never even notice the elephants that cruise through my office.

8. Again, MacBabe high five to marg. She ain't a Princess for nothin'.



LL

No kidding! Doh, I had no idea about that. And it stays there even if you close the window and come back. How cool is that? Thanks for that tip Lea!

Yep ... and that's one of the reasons that we've moved to the new format. With granularity, you see more of what you want, less of what you don't want.

Thanks!

Neil