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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Frank Filz writes:
> Ross Crawford wrote:
> > > - Web browsers are NOT easy to browse through posts, because they don't
> > > display message trees like a good newsreader, and it's harder to keep track
> > > of posts you read and posts you didn't read.
> >
> > 1. Every message displays the entire thread tree at the bottom, until it
> > gets too large, at which point it can be displayed on a separate page.
>
> But one problem with the dots display compared to how newsreaders handle
> trees is that it doesn't list the subject and author.
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 to it. And as I said I still do
occasionally read Lugnet on my newsreader, but I'd never post from there
anymore.
ROSCO
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