On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 03:46 AM, Shelley wrote: >Please explain what a "ferret skin" and "hotbar" are!? I just KNOW it >can't be what it sounds like. Please let it be some computer language >I just haven't heard yet. "Skins" are pretty much the same thing as "themes"; just depends what programs they affect. ICQ and Yahoo Messenger use 'skins'; so does Mozilla (open-source Netscape). The windows desktop calls them 'themes'. The browser bar of Internet Explorer is called a 'hotbar' , and can be changed by downloading themes or skins. Skins are a lot like the older 'wallpapers' or 'desktops'; they 'personalize' the look of your computer. I entered 'skin hotbar ferret' into google and found a few possibilities, though I didn't actually find a hotbar skin. (no ferrets are involved or harmed!) -Claire [Posted in FML issue 4248]