[Zeke]

Well, my new DSL connection was up and running a couple days early, so I've spent quite a bit of time online this weekend.

I'm used to navagating in Compuserve, so I'm getting used to some new things, like Outlook, which, I've never liked.

I'm already starting to miss some of the features of CS. For instance, the mail center was always on top and instantly acessable. When I get mail now, I have to launch Outlook and keep it running. That's just another program running and slowing things down.

The speed is better online, but not what I thought. It's 2-3 times faster, but that's like going from a 1300cc VW to a new Beetle. I was expecting a Porsche. It has to be mentioned that I'm a little down on memory and rather than expand, I'm looking a new computers with the whole package of faster processor, big memory and drive.

Back to mail, I'm getting duplicate mail. It comes to me in the Verizon (my ISP), or I can open Outlook. Verizon is really a PITA to access. It takes MINUTES to log in.

Another little secret I did and miss, was to keep a 'new message' screen going all the time and when I needed to check spelling of a word, I typed it in and did the check. That's a lot faster than going back and forth between Pelican BBS and Word. I don't even see the spell check in Outlook, but I'm sure it's there.

What are the slick ways to streamline DSL? And rather than navagate in Explorer, is there a better solution? TIA