Re: NEWSWire/400-11.04.98

[dhandy@xxxxxxxxxxx (Douglas Handy)]

Jeff/Dave/et al,

>> They're a LOT different for me, since I download newsgroup messages in the
>> background while I do other things, then read them and compose replies
>> offline.  Since I use Outlook Express for both newsgroups and e-mail, the
>> interface to both is nearly identical, and equally convenient.  I've yet to
>> see a Web forum that even comes close.
>
>Exactly Dave.  Newsgroups and email is designed for this stuff.  I have
>only a 33.6 modem at work.  I get easily 150 headers in 5 seconds or
>less.  When clicking on a particular header to see that message, it's
>_very_ rarely that I don't see that message in subsecond time.
>
>And this doesn't take into account the management of those messages,
>such as keeping, discarding, forwarding, etc. 

I agree 1,000%.  I was gone last week, and had well over 1000 messages
to sift through when I returned.  If I couldn't have done that offline
with near instant response time between messages, I'd still be trying
to catch up!

I have some sentiments about stuff like the CL Style Guide, but none
as strong as my dislike for web-based forums compared to a newsgroup
or mailing list.  It ranks right up there with my sentiments toward
using SEU compared to a real editor. <g>

Doug
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