One Netscape problem solved ...

[rchappell]

... thanks to you fine, fine forum members. Hoping you can help with another. Netscape 7.1, Mac OSX. The mail notification sound is just this tiny little "blip" that I can hardly hear. My job requires me to read and reply to emails quickly, so I need a better alert. So, I went to Netscape>Preferences>Mail and Newsgroups>Notifications. The only choices are the System New Mail sound and Custom .wav file. Since the system doesn't have any other .wavs available, I downloaded one ("Message for you, sir!" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Cliche, I know, but I like it.) So, I click "Browse," and browse to it, and it looks hunky dory, the file location and name is listed in the little box, but Netscape still plays the system sound, even when I'm in the preferences window and the radio button next to Custom .wav is checked, and I click "Preview." I tried putting the wav file in a couple different spots inside the profile inside the Users folder. I'll try it somewhere else but in the meantime, any help?

Thanks,
Rob

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Hmmm... that may be one of those preferences that doesn't actually take effect until you restart Netscape. Have you tried quitting and then relaunching Netscape?

 

[rchappell]

Yeah, and restarted the machine, too. I found out last night that the same problem exists in Windows 98, and, presumably, other versions of windows. In that I was able to change the New Mail Alert sound in the Windows control panel. Does OSX have a similar thing?

Hmmm... that may be one of those preferences that doesn't actually take effect until you restart Netscape. Have you tried quitting and then relaunching Netscape?