X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,918937920c9b22de X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: spam_block@mymail.com Subject: Re: Offline Readers Date: 1997/02/07 Message-ID: <32fca0ba.11865037@nntp.netcruiser>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 215000892 references: <1257.6973T1T774@online.no> <32F92FBA.1218@odyssey.net> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Netcom Canada x-netcom-date: Thu Feb 06 10:45:37 PM EST 1997 mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: spam_block@mymail.com newsgroups: alt.ascii-art On Wed, 05 Feb 1997 17:11:22 -0800, Planer wrote: >Tom-Remi Flygel wrote: >> >> 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. Since he said 'most people', and not 'planpeg@odyssey.net', I submit that his observation is still valid - which means that for 'most people', that stuff is garbage. However, if you are, in fact, 'most people', then I withdraw the comment. >I think you protest "because you use an offline reader" and so have to >download all the garbage to read a few good messages. Well... the truth is we don't. We can download only headers, and mark just those messages we want to actually pick up. There are few things more frustrating than sitting and waiting for the message to appear on the screen with excruciating slowness on a busy system - even at 28.8 speed. You really couldn't pay me enough to do it that way. Reading on my own local stand-alone system leaves me with far more productive time than I could have the other way. After all, I don't really have to sit and watch the messages download. Federal legislation allows me to do other things while it's happening. All that also ignores the fact that many people (I hesitate to say 'most') also use the offline reader for far more than merely 'reading messages'. "Agent" gives me filtering, filing, posting and other capabilities that Netscape's news window can't begin to approach. Its spell chicken is also petty goo. >Just my $.02... ;-) And well worth the price. ;-) Just my $.014 Cdn worth. Alan My real address is alanp @ netcom.ca (without spaces) but I'm sick of email spam.