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Re: Dear NNTP users,
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:01:51 GMT
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"Jan-Albert van Ree" <javanree@vanree.net> wrote in message
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> Allan Johansen wrote:
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> > NNTP is, to me, an outdated technology that should simply be allowed to
> > die out.
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> You're forgetting some BIG advantages of NNTP... NNTP doesn't require huge
> bloated software (be it IE or Firefox or whatever...), since it's
> text-based there's little overhead (just look at all the HTML code when
> looking at the source of ANY webboard) and it can be used offline.
True, but the web based interface is so much nicer.
Also see my response to your next point.
> > It is cumbersome (especially with the extra checks that Lugnet
> > demand before allowing user to post)
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> The LUGNET way is a bit of a bother (NNTP authentication would be nicer,
> but
> would take some effort to set up) but still preferred to using a browser.
> If the communication is all about text, why use a GUI?
Because a GUI makes it much easier to communicate with other users. Also, a
GUI can contain pictures, something that text-based GUI's (like Outlooks
NNTP client) cannot. Instead of having to click every link in every post, it
would be nice if the pictures were inline.
> > and, quite frankly, not particularly
> > user-friendly.
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> Perhaps because it's not familiair to you? With a good NNTP client, usenet
> is one of the easiest to use ways of engaging in non-realtime online
> discussions.
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> > The only reason why I use NNTP (via Outlook) is that the Lugnet
> > web-interface is, I'm sorry to say, rather poor and confusing.
> > A vBulletin driven forum would, IMHO, be a much better choice.
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> Please NOOOOOO, those crappy things are already all over the place,
> serving
> no purpose but to hide the content as much as possible, forcing people to
> use certain "additions" (pretty much how I felt and still feel about FTX,
> since it serves no purpose for me as NNTP user)
A GUI interface is much easier to learn than a text-based one. I, for one,
still have huge problems finding this particularly group via Lugnets web
interface. A proper forum interface would simplify things - especially for
new users like me.
Also, NNTP requires configuration, logging in and so on. Forums do not.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Nice != Useful (...) I don't WANT pictures, unless I explicitly click on them to be opened. And with me probably a lot of others. Some of us are sometimes still on dial-up you know.... (in the field, on holiday, or just no affordable broadband (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Dear NNTP users,
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| (...) Nicer in what way? The web interface has to work hard to provide the same information-at-a-glance that Free Agent does. (...) Who ever said that an NNTP client has to be text-only? (hey, anyone know of one that isn't?) It'd be really cool to (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) You're forgetting some BIG advantages of NNTP... NNTP doesn't require huge bloated software (be it IE or Firefox or whatever...), since it's text-based there's little overhead (just look at all the HTML code when looking at the source of ANY (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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