[thelist] Web Design on iMac > Graphics Software

At 8:52 PM -0400 6/20/00, Meredith Tupper wrote:
>"J. Ross Dishner" wrote:
>
> > While were at it BBEdit rocks, Anarchie rocks, Fetch Sucks (although
> > I didn't register Anarchie in time and I'm using it right now), Get
> > GearBox for connection and email account as well as browser settings
> > (incredibly handy product), Us Eudora for email etc etc etc. These
> > products make working so easy and so nice.
>
>Okay, time to toss my hat into the ring...I am also looking at an iMac;
>apparently you can get a better deal if you wait until July when Apple
>does a speed bump.  I'm nervous about the transition because I used Macs
>in school from '85 - '92 (yeah, I'm old) but switched to PC in '93 and
>have rarely used Mac since.  Is there a support group for recovering
>Wintel users?

I'm sure you can find one somewhere. :)

>What am I supposed to do without right-click?

Buy a two-button mouse? :) No, seriously, Control+Click equals 
right-click, and a two-button mouse can easily be programmed to 
function like that.

>And what
>the hell does that Finder thingie do again...I can't remember.

Finder is what all your programs run off of, or the desktop.

>Anyway, I have a ton of archived mail in Netscape on PC, and I'm
>wondering if it's possible to convert to Eudora on Mac.  Has anyone else
>faced this situation?

A quick google search turned up a few possibilities:

http://mango.human.cornell.edu/kens/MoreFAQ.html#Convert
http://emailman.com/conversion/

Your best bet, I would think would be to get Eudora for the PC (free 
from their site), transfer all the Netscape email to Eudora, then 
move it from Eudora for the PC to Eudora for the Mac, following this 
set of steps:

http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1644hq.html

>Got any helpful tips for escaping the Microsoft
>mindmeld?  (I'm only half-kidding.)

Some good Mac sites:

<tip type="Macintosh sites">
http://www.macwindows.com - mac/windows integration
http://macintouch.com - great resource for mac info
http://www.macorchard.com/ - lots of internet apps for mac 
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html - Info-Mac 
HyperArchive
http://www.macjournals.com/ - has MWJ, weekly PDF 'zine ($10/month, 
my free trial lasted quite a few months, then I got work to pay) with 
the latest info on what's updated and new for the Mac. Also including 
a daily and a monthly format starting in July.
</tip>

>Thanks for letting me bend your collective ear,
>Meredith

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