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Re: Dear NNTP users,
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:57:16 GMT
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"Allan Johansen" <f2k@chaotica.dk> wrote in message
news:IJxH0E.110r@lugnet.com...
> NNTP is, to me, an outdated technology that should simply be allowed to • die
> out. It is cumbersome (especially with the extra checks that Lugnet demand
> before allowing user to post) and, quite frankly, not particularly
> user-friendly.
I disagree. I think NNTP is a underappreciated technology by most people.
Reading content via a News Reader is as simple as reading e-mail. I really
like the ability to download all of the new posts and read it offline and at
my convenience. I don't know of any web based forum which allows for
offline reading. I have OE configured to watch the newsgroups I care about.
With one click I can see there are 5 new articles in lugnet.general, 3 in
lugnet.trains, etc. I don't have to go wandering around LUGNET to see what
is new. For me it is an efficiency, my computer is doing a bunch of work
for me while I do other stuff.
I rarely participate in web based forums because I find most of them a pain
to keep track of what I have read and what I haven't. Yahoo's message
boards (not Yahoo Groups, the message boards which they use on
finance.yahoo.com) is the only one which I find easy to follow. It is very
clear what you have read and what you haven't.
I think RSS has gained in popularity because people tire of going to web
sites to see if there is new content they might want to read. While RSS
helps (I used FeedReader too), it still suffers from not being able to read
offline. This may not be an issue for a lot of people but I find that when
I traveling, particularly on an airplane, I have time to catch up on my
LUGNET reading.
I don't find LUGNET's validation scheme to be to much hassle - it limits the
spam and ensures that people are somewhat accountable for what they post. I
post, I get an e-mail, I reply, my post appears on LUGNET. Not a real big
deal IMHO.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com
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| "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:IJxLJF.1xwq@lugnet.com... (...) Why is browsing offline important? My computer is on-line at all times (expect when I'm sleeping, of course.). You can read an on-line forum at your (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| I do generally prefer NNTP, but web based does have a few advantages. Here are my pros and cons for each (not specific to LUGNET unless specified): NNTP Pro: User selectable client software allows greater tuning of the interface. My software is in (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| It seems that I'm no only one here who doesn't like NNTP. I'll try to explain. NNTP is, to me, an outdated technology that should simply be allowed to die out. It is cumbersome (especially with the extra checks that Lugnet demand before allowing (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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