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You know what ? Your mindless, condescending twaddle is both boring and pathetic. AOL is for people who can't manage to learn how to use a computer, and mostly worthless as an ISP. So thanks for your suggestion , since you probably just figured that out and switched serevers.

I'll fess up, we have a computer, with ALL of the bells , whistles, etc. that you could only dream of owning. I don't like computers ; never have. I won't use one , and I'm certainly NOT going to tell my husband that I am going to use it, when he is on it, nor am I going to throw him out of his study, so that I could use it. FR isn't worth it and I prefer WebTV, anyway. Even some computer users are having problems, with the new format. Why don't you tell them to buy new computers / get upgrades ?

While we're at it, why are you using TWO nics , and posting with both of them ? That is frowned on, by the owner of this site.

I know that you imagine yourself to be clever ( you aren't ) , interesting ( again, no, you aren't ), and goodness knows what else. Sooooooooo, answer this, if you will; however , it isn't going to get you anywhere at all. BTW, your reputation has proceeded you.

I can sympathize with your concerns about WebTV. It come as somwhat of a surprise to the techno-snobs on this thread how many solid, hard-core salt-of-the-earth FReepers use WebTV to access this forum.

I often do.

Also, the snide comments by the "read the manual" folks here remind me of the story about the man who just bought a new suit.
On his way home, he notice that one sleeve was longer than the other, so he went back to the store to express his concern. The salesman said, "No problem. What you need to do is hunch your shoulder up a little on that side, and the sleeves will line up."
Sure enough, that solved the problem, and he started back home, until he discovered that one of the pant legs was longer than the other. Back at the store, the ever-helpful salesman said, "Here's what you need to do. Just shift your hips a little bit as you walk, and the pant legs will line up properly."
That advice seemed to work, too, so he started for home AGAIN, only to find that the collar of his new suit would not stay down, so back he went.
Naturally, the suit salesman had the answer. "What you need to do is lean your head to that side, and it will hold the collar in place," he siad.
So off went the owner of the new suit, shuffling down the street, with one shoulder hitched up to straighten out the sleeves, one hip higher than the other to adjust the pant legs, and his head bent down to keep his collar in place - when he was passed my two women coming the other way down the street past him.
"Aw, look at the poor cripple," said the one woman.
"Yes, replied the other, "but LOOK HOW WELL HIS SUIT FITS HIM!!!"

I feel a little like the guy with the new suit. Seems like designing a USER-FRIENDLY interface would be preferable to teaching the old-timers how to "work around" significant design defects. Sorry, JohnRob.