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Well, first off I would suggest you getting her on Phoenix, and not Mozilla.

1) Phoenix Looks better (and is more costimizable*)
(*meaning in an easy drag and drop way)
2) It's faster and doesn't inculde all the rest of the things your wife doesn't use
(mail/chatzilla/etc.)
3) Themes... Funny enough as it sounds, this way you can make your wife "feel at home" again.
4) Stability. For some odd reason Phx, feels a bit more secure than Moz.

I just converted my girlfriend and her familyover to Phoenix. I understand your pain.
I'm a mozilla user, (I use mail, chatzilla, all of it) and am so happy with it. But when my girlfriend would get on my computer, she hated it. Saying it respondes slowly, was ugly, etc.
I then installed Phoenix on her computer, and installed the Qute theme (and LUNA) here;

Qute , Luna
(Luna's a copy of IE's interface)

(my girlfriend loved the Qute theme)

I loaded it up, changed the Phoenix Icon to
on her desktop (download the icons here;
ICON site

And in 10min, taught her to use Tab browing, (how to save tab groups as a bookmark (great for research), easy searching, and how to costimize her toolbar (drag'n'drop can't be easier). She was hooked.
At first her impresion was "No, not mozilla please" but within a day, she grinned at me and said "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually really like it allot better than IE)

This coming from a 20year girl who's studying Finances. I was pleased!

My next step is to teach her Mousegestures, that will definitally get her hooked (no way going back after that).
Mouse gestures

For all type of way to custimize Phoenix I recommend you start here;
Phoenix Help

Cheers, and hope this has helpes you out with your convert!! =)

Well, first off I would suggest you getting her on Phoenix, and not Mozilla.

1) Phoenix Looks better (and is more costimizable*)
(*meaning in an easy drag and drop way)
2) It's faster and doesn't inculde all the rest of the things your wife doesn't use
(mail/chatzilla/etc.)
3) Themes... Funny enough as it sounds, this way you can make your wife "feel at home" again.
4) Stability. For some odd reason Phx, feels a bit more secure than Moz.

I just converted my girlfriend and her familyover to Phoenix. I understand your pain.
I'm a mozilla user, (I use mail, chatzilla, all of it) and am so happy with it. But when my girlfriend would get on my computer, she hated it. Saying it respondes slowly, was ugly, etc.
I then installed Phoenix on her computer, and installed the Qute theme (and LUNA) here;

Qute , Luna
(Luna's a copy of IE's interface)

(my girlfriend loved the Qute theme)

I loaded it up, changed the Phoenix Icon to
on her desktop (download the icons here;
ICON site

And in 10min, taught her to use Tab browing, (how to save tab groups as a bookmark (great for research), easy searching, and how to costimize her toolbar (drag'n'drop can't be easier). She was hooked.
At first her impresion was "No, not mozilla please" but within a day, she grinned at me and said "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually really like it allot better than IE)

This coming from a 20year girl who's studying Finances. I was pleased!

My next step is to teach her Mousegestures, that will definitally get her hooked (no way going back after that).
Mouse gestures

For all type of way to custimize Phoenix I recommend you start here;
Phoenix Help

Cheers, and hope this has helpes you out with your convert!! =)

Well, first off I would suggest you getting her on Phoenix, and not Mozilla.

1) Phoenix Looks better (and is more costimizable*)
(*meaning in an easy drag and drop way)
2) It's faster and doesn't inculde all the rest of the things your wife doesn't use
(mail/chatzilla/etc.)
3) Themes... Funny enough as it sounds, this way you can make your wife "feel at home" again.
4) Stability. For some odd reason Phx, feels a bit more secure than Moz.

I just converted my girlfriend and her familyover to Phoenix. I understand your pain.
I'm a mozilla user, (I use mail, chatzilla, all of it) and am so happy with it. But when my girlfriend would get on my computer, she hated it. Saying it respondes slowly, was ugly, etc.
I then installed Phoenix on her computer, and installed the Qute theme (and LUNA) here;

Qute , Luna
(Luna's a copy of IE's interface)

(my girlfriend loved the Qute theme)

I loaded it up, changed the Phoenix Icon to
on her desktop (download the icons here;
ICON site

And in 10min, taught her to use Tab browing, (how to save tab groups as a bookmark (great for research), easy searching, and how to costimize her toolbar (drag'n'drop can't be easier). She was hooked.
At first her impresion was "No, not mozilla please" but within a day, she grinned at me and said "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually really like it allot better than IE)

This coming from a 20year girl who's studying Finances. I was pleased!

My next step is to teach her Mousegestures, that will definitally get her hooked (no way going back after that).
Mouse gestures

For all type of way to custimize Phoenix I recommend you start here;
Phoenix Help

Cheers, and hope this has helpes you out with your convert!! =)

Well, first off I would suggest you getting her on Phoenix, and not Mozilla.

1) Phoenix Looks better (and is more costimizable*)
(*meaning in an easy drag and drop way)
2) It's faster and doesn't inculde all the rest of the things your wife doesn't use
(mail/chatzilla/etc.)
3) Themes... Funny enough as it sounds, this way you can make your wife "feel at home" again.
4) Stability. For some odd reason Phx, feels a bit more secure than Moz.

I just converted my girlfriend and her familyover to Phoenix. I understand your pain.
I'm a mozilla user, (I use mail, chatzilla, all of it) and am so happy with it. But when my girlfriend would get on my computer, she hated it. Saying it respondes slowly, was ugly, etc.
I then installed Phoenix on her computer, and installed the Qute theme (and LUNA) here;

Qute , Luna
(Luna's a copy of IE's interface)

(my girlfriend loved the Qute theme)

I loaded it up, changed the Phoenix Icon to
on her desktop (download the icons here;
ICON site

And in 10min, taught her to use Tab browing, (how to save tab groups as a bookmark (great for research), easy searching, and how to costimize her toolbar (drag'n'drop can't be easier). She was hooked.
At first her impresion was "No, not mozilla please" but within a day, she grinned at me and said "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually really like it allot better than IE)

This coming from a 20year girl who's studying Finances. I was pleased!

My next step is to teach her Mousegestures, that will definitally get her hooked (no way going back after that).
Mouse gestures

For all type of way to custimize Phoenix I recommend you start here;
Phoenix Help

Cheers, and hope this has helpes you out with your convert!! =)

Phoenix .4 seems to handle theme switching just fine. Downloads the theme, recognizes it as such, and installs it. Switching did not require a restart.

Phoenix themes: http://texturizer.net/phoenix/themes.html