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I’ve never been much of the toolbar fan. I remember when Word 5.1 came out, the toolbar was certainly the most dramatic change in its user interface from Word 4. It looked kinda coal in the big color ad in MacWorld magazine, but when my copy of Word 5.1 arrived, I found that I really didn’t use the toolbar very much, and since I was running a Mac Plus with a 9-inch display at the time, I was grateful that there was an option to turn the toolbar off. 
Similarly, although I’ve been using Eudora for years, I’ve always kept the toolbar turned off with it as well. Maybe it’s partly because I’ve generally used computers with small monitors, I also don’t find toolbars very intuitive -- at least for me. The icons are more often than not small and cryptic, and I just get along better with text menus and keyboard commands. Which is of course a bit problematic goal with OS X, since the Aqua GUI is heavily based on toolbars -- the Dock being a sort of uber-toolbar case in point. However, there is also a default toolbar at the top of every Finder window. Aside from the View options icons, I tend to ignore it, and happily, as with most Web browsers, you do have the option of displaying his text-only, or icons-only, as well as the default text and icons mode. 
You can also get rid of the toolbar entirely by clicking the little white oval in the upper right hand corner of each Finder window, which makes the toolbar disappear (you can also use the keyboard shortcuts, Command + B, or choose the Hide Toolbar command from the View menu). 
Hiding the Finder toolbar also changes the way windows behave, in that double clicking a Folder will open it in a new window, as in the Classic Mac OS, rather than the OSX convention of having its contents displace what ever was in the window you already had open, if any. 
The OS X toolbar is also highly customizable using the Customize Toolbar window that is accessed from the View Menu. With this window displayed, you can add or remove toolbar icons, or rearrange ones already there by dragging them around. The customize Toolbar window also contains a pull-down menu for the toolbare display text/icons options. Actually, you can add any icon to the toolbar simply by dragging it on at any time, whether or not the Customize Toolbar window is open. To get rid of an icon, just Command - drag it from the toolbar. I haven’t really settled on what toolbar mode will work best for me in OS X. I do like to have new windows open when I double-click folders, but I find the View icons in the toolbar convenient, and I suppose I could train myself to use other features of the toolbar more than I do. ViaVoice Installation Question From Kim Peacock Charles, I just thought I would ask you if you had any problems installing ViaVoice in both 10.1 and Jaguar. My problem is that it says it has installed correctly and when I press “Done” or somesuch, I get back to the message “Installer loading-Please wait” but it never appears (I waited 30 minutes once!). You may not have had a problem but I thought I might ask. If you have any insight, I would appreciate it. Otherwise I will contact ViaVoice Technical Support. Kim Peacock Hi Kim; I haven’t reinstalled ViaVoice since last winter. It still works under OS 9.2.1, but it’s flaky. I have to start the SpeakPad twice before it will work, and sometimes I have to goose the mic by activating the Speech prefs panel and turning on Speakable Items. For installing, you could try creating a fresh OS X login identity, and install it from there. That worked for me. Charles
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