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  Re: A Change
 
(...) Even members get the verification when using a newsreader The web interface has several drawbacks : - It's harder to search for things compared to a regular news reader (I store all messages I retrieve local for reference) - I need to be (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.curators)
 
  Re: A Change
 
(...) Well I'd say that depends a lot on what you're used to - I rarely have trouble searching for posts using the browser interface. (...) Agreed. (...) 1. Every message displays the entire thread tree at the bottom, until it gets too large, at (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
 
  Re: A Change
 
(...) Problem one for me... using 3 machines at the moment, LDAP unfortunately still not working :( (...) Right now it does, but with NNTP authentication that could go back to one small ASCII batch... the overhead of a webboard vs an NNTP system is (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
 
  Re: A Change
 
(...) But one problem with the dots display compared to how newsreaders handle trees is that it doesn't list the subject and author. (...) The trouble is the web browser eventually forgets that you visited a website, also, you can't mark the post (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
 
  Re: A Change
 
(...) Well, again not as good as listing in newsreader, but hovering your mouse over the dots will display the subject and poster name. No the web interface isn't as good in some areas as the newsreader, but it's definitely usable once you get used (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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