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Re: Netscape Search button
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas H. Grayson)
Tue Jun 13 12:51:36 2000
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To: Lee Ridgway <ridgway@mit.edu>
cc: infosys@mit.edu, itpartners@mit.edu, macpartners@mit.edu,
ntpartners@mit.edu, netscape-release@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:27:33 EDT."
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:51:10 -0400
From: "Thomas H. Grayson" <thg@MIT.EDU>
I agree with the other respondents that having the search button go to the MIT
search page is not very functional. It is easy enough to search MIT pages
from the MIT home page (which is where the "Home" button takes you by default
on Athena). I've never used Netscape's search page; in looking it over
quickly, I like that it lets you pick your search engine, but it has no
"advanced search" option, which is useful for difficult searches. I'd prefer
that the search button point to an established search engine like AltaVista,
HotBot, Lycos, or Dogpile.
Tom Grayson
> From: Lee Ridgway <ridgway@MIT.EDU>
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:27:33 -0400
> Subject: Netscape Search button
>
> In preparation for the MIT customized version of Netscape 4.73, we are
> taking a poll on where you would like the Search button to take you.
>
> Under MIT's customization of Netscape 4.6 for Macintosh and WIndows, the
> Search button takes you to the MIT Search page,
> http://web.mit.edu/search.html.
>
> The Netscape default is to go to the Netscape search page,
> http://home.netscape.com/escapes/search/. (This is the case on Athena.)
>
>
> Please reply with your preference for the MIT version of Netscape 4.73:
>
> -- Search goes to the MIT search page.
>
> -- Search goes to the Netscape search page.
>
> -- Search goes to some other search page (please specify).
>
>
>
> Thanks for your feedback!
>
> Netscape Product Release Team
>
> [Apologies to those who receive multiple copies of this message.]
