Re: Offline Readers

spam_block wrote in alt.ascii-art on 07-Feb-97:
>On Wed, 05 Feb 1997 17:11:22 -0800, Planer <pla...@odyssey.net> 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 'pla...@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.

Yes and you can use the same offline reader to read messages from bbs's,
telnet bbs's and so on..which I do.. newsgroup messages are simply filed
under Internet, while the other systems have their names..Much more
comfortable and cheaper. And you get better time to think through your
answers. So there! :)


>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.



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