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Re: The future of LDraw?
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:18 GMT
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Remi Gagne wrote:
> At LUGNET, I have to find the post I want to reply to, then click
> reply. Ok so far. Then I have to enter my Name, Email address and
> click 'yes' for the terms & services. Only then can I enter a
> response. Then click Preview. Then click Post. Then check my
> bloody email(!) for some silly, cryptic authorization email.
> Decipher that, then either reply with an 'X' in exactly the right
> spot, or click a link and then,and only then, can I finally post a
> message. Which then takes minutes to show up.
I'm reading LUGNET through a newsreader - Outlook Express - which is the
same as my email program. I donwload all new posts in a batch (much, much,
MUCH, faster than loading web pages) and then I can read the posts at my
leisure, I don't even need an internet connection.
To reply here I just click the button "Reply to group" in OE, write my reply
and send it.
When I've gone through all the threads that interest me, and written some
replies, I finally go to my In-basket and reply to the confirmation mails
that have accumulated there.
Done.
I don't have to enter my name or email at all, I don't have to go through
any 'new posters read this first', I get the chance to correct a post before
it is really sent. When lugnet is running at it's normal pace (no spam
floods slowing email down) my posts appear more or less immediately after
replying to the confirmation mails.
Using another newsreader - XanaNews for example - I can get the additional
benefits of seeing threads where I've posted in a color of their own,
threads where someone have replied to me in another color, threads I've
categorized in any other way in a color of their own etc. And all
newsreaders can indicate which posts are new and unread.
In both newreaders I have a local archive of old posts where I can go back,
read and comment even if internet is down right now (or the lugnet server is
not responding).
Just perfect, and much more bandwidth friendly than web pages.
People who have never used a newsreader don't know what they are missing
when they click their fingers sore on web 'forums'.
--
Anders Isaksson
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| (...) <much goodness of newsreaders deleted to save space> While true, most newer Internet users don't have a clue what a Newsreader is. That's because Newsreaders are mostly used by Usenet users and Usenet (at least the groups I read) is dying. In (...) (15 years ago, 18-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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| (...) Heh, don't apologize - it's great to hear from LUGNET users why they like this place! My view is about 100% opposite from yours ;) Yes, you need a flickr account, but you need to join here too, which we agree is painful. When you joined (...) (15 years ago, 16-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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