[vox-tech] linux machine for grandma

[Dave Margolis]

These are good suggestions.  Firebird/Thunderbird may have been exactly
what I was looking for.  For now, I have been playing with the _configure
toolbars_ options in both Konquerer and KMail, turning everythign off to
the point that they resemble what I was going for.  This makes the most
sense since system resources are short, and since I'm already using KDE,
I'm probably not asking for much more in the way of resources when using
these programs.

I may go check out Thunderbird for my own purposes when I have a minute...

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Matt Holland wrote:

> You might try Firebird (formerly Phoenix) as the web browser and
> Thunderbird as the mail client.  If you're not familiar with these,
> they are the browser and mail components of Mozilla, but I think the
> GUIs are lighter, so performance is snappier.  Both are development
> versions, but they benefit from all of the development on Mozilla over
> the past several years.
>
> Matt
>
> On Monday, January 12, 2004, at 08:57  PM, Dave Margolis wrote:
>
> > well, 'lacking' is really the wrong word.  with all the thread support
> > and
> > some of the other neater features, it didn't originally seem to fit my
> > e-mail-for-dummies requirements.  i've been going back and forth
> > between
> > them today.  the interfaces are very similar (and kmail has more
> > options
> > as far as how you lay the interface out, but i think i'll stick with
> > 'classic' either way).  kmail fires up quite a bit quicker...
> >
> > i don't suppose she'll ever find the higher end features since she
> > won't
> > go looking for them.  i just felt my ability to 'support' mozilla mail
> > (being
> > that's what i use) would be easier.
> >
> > i'll run my wife through a which one of these seems easier to use test.
> > any other mail client suggestions?  what about primary browser?  it's
> > basically the same: mozilla vs. konquerer.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Rod Roark wrote:
> >
> >> On Monday 12 January 2004 07:22 pm, Dave Margolis wrote:
> >> ...
> >>> I looked at KMail, but I
> >>> find it lacking compared to Mozilla mail....
> >>
> >> How so?
> >>
> >> -- Rod
> >>
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