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From: Planer <planpeg@odyssey.net>
Subject: Re: Offline Readers
Date: 1997/02/05
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Tom-Remi Flygel wrote:
> 
> Angele Ryan wrote in alt.ascii-art 02-Feb-97 19:04:31:
> 
> >On (27 Jan 97) Tom-Remi Flygel wrote to All...
> 
>  TF>> what on earth is the point in posting html-codes in newsgroups???
>  TF>> Most people *DON'T* use their web-browser to read/write in
>  TF>> newsgroups!! The most common are offline readers

This is utter nonsense.  I use Netscape for reading the newsgroups.
I have an unlimited account so there is no point in downloading a rash
of messages to read offline when I can pick and choose while online.
 

> I'm using an offline reader called Thor for the Amiga. And I'm positively
> sure that most people do use an offliner for newsgroups, and HTML-codes
> looks like shit in pure ascii-text. Therefore my protest against the
> guy who posted 1� pages of pure HTML-code.. What's the point??
> Any1 have opinions?? (I might be wrong y'know:)

I think you protest "because you use an offline reader" and so have to
download all the garbage to read a few good messages.
The html code produces the same result on a browser as it would if
being seen on a web page.  

I'm with you in that the newsgroups aren't really the place for html
code as it shows little regard for the people using unix or readers
that don't handle the html.

Just my $.02... ;-)


Later,
Planer