I have yanked this from the comp.infosystems.www.{providers,misc} groups, since
playing with a browser is purely a user issue, not a provider issue.  I've also
changed Subject line since this is no longer the original topic.

In article <april-1710940901580...@april.ils.nwu.edu>, ap...@ils.nwu.edu (David S. April) writes:
|> In article <37pven$...@clarknet.clark.net>, arnol...@clark.net (Arnold

|>
|> > One thing I like about it is the way it points you to the better
|> > directories and search engines on the Web.  Very good for newbies as well
|> > as veterans.
|>
|> Yeah - but it would be nice to be able to customize these and the other
|> main buttons to point to your personal favorite search engines etc.
|> "What's New", for instance, is mirrored everywhere.  I like to pick a
|> place other than MCOM's page to reduce traffic to that site....

You can, although I cannot find it in Netscape's rather superficial
documentation, and these resources aren't listed in their Netscape.ad file.
Anyway, for running under X, each little bit of Netscape's menus is a resouce
that you can customize.  For example, here is the default configuration of the
[What's New] button and Directory item:

Please see the original article in c.i.w.users, "Customizing X Netscape's
"Directory Buttons"," for full information.
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