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From: rmb@hercules.cb.att.com (59532-Richard M Brack(CB2008)000)
Subject: Re: Netscape - this is ridiculous
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Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 17:23:34 GMT
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In article <3sbrfbINN1d6@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu>,
andrew j mueller <amueller@cis.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>>(]ke Holmlund) writes:
>>when the user starts netscape) but what if I want to change something (like
>>mailcap location, cache size ...)???
>
>	Sheeesh! You don't need to look any further than your browser.
>	Under the options menu, select preferences. The helper app
>	menu specifies the global/personal MIME and mailcap files.

The problem is, what if the administrator wants to move the global
mime.types and mailcap files?  Then what?  All the users have to change
their prefrences to the new location.  Netscapes needs a global _prefrence_
setup so the users only have to worry about the user-specific things, and
the administrator can easily change global things, like the global mime
and mailcap files, and default caches, etc.  This would also help new users
so they don't have to figure out how to set that stuff up the first time
they try the program.

Maybe the problem is that nobody, including netscape, is understanding the
issue...


Rich...
rmb@hercules.att.com