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Dr J R Stockton  
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 More options Apr 25 2012, 2:37 pm
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From: Dr J R Stockton <reply1...@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:37:37 +0100
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 2:37 pm
Subject: The Future
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Usenet News is rapidly dwindling.  Major ISPs have dropped or outsourced
news-serving.  Open unmoderated systems needing special software will
not survive on a used-by-all broadband Internet.

Google could have made a good job of something very like News, but did
not.

Can we move to a more modern system, accessible by browser and without
too much advertising and bad formatting?  Can one be recommended, etc.
etc.?

--
 (c) John Stockton, nr London UK  ?...@merlyn.demon.co.uk  IE8 FF8 Op11 Sf5 Cr15
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   <http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> TP/BP/Delphi/jscr/&c, FAQ items, links.


 
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Mel Smith  
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 More options Apr 25 2012, 8:24 pm
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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syn...@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:24:42 -0600
Local: Wed, Apr 25 2012 8:24 pm
Subject: Re: The Future
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Dr. J R:

    I don't want it to change !!!

    I'm very happy with my Outlook Express 6 on my Win XP Pro machine
reading all the posts from you gurus (even though I don't learn much)

    But, I'll turn out the lights when you folks finally drift away :((

-Mel Smith


 
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Evertjan.  
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 More options Apr 26 2012, 3:20 am
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From: "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivo...@interxnl.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2012 07:20:30 GMT
Local: Thurs, Apr 26 2012 3:20 am
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Mel Smith wrote on 26 apr 2012 in comp.lang.javascript:

>     I don't want it to change !!!

It?

> Dr. J R:

Please keep your urge to email someone off this NG.

If you want to respond on something in the NG,
quote the essence of the source,
so that we know wat you are concerned about.

>     I'm very happy with my Outlook Express 6 on my Win XP Pro machine
> reading all the posts from you gurus (even though I don't learn much)

Some people don't want to learn, indeed, that's their privilege.

I personally cannot imagine
that reading from this NG without learning is something to be happy with.

>     But, I'll turn out the lights when you folks finally drift away :((

Is Dr J.R. "you folks"?

===========

Using a good newsreader,
and not simply a programme that that you are happy about,
but is not even a newsreader,
will help.

You do not need any ambient lights to read this NG,
a good monitor will suffice,
unless you read this on Amazon's Kindle alikes.

Ik doubt your ancient Outlook is Kindle capable.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)


 
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Justin C  
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 More options Apr 26 2012, 7:41 am
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From: Justin C <justin.1...@purestblue.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:41:49 +0100
Local: Thurs, Apr 26 2012 7:41 am
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On 2012-04-25, Dr J R Stockton <reply1...@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> wrote:

> Usenet News is rapidly dwindling.  Major ISPs have dropped or outsourced
> news-serving.  Open unmoderated systems needing special software will
> not survive on a used-by-all broadband Internet.

> Google could have made a good job of something very like News, but did
> not.

> Can we move to a more modern system, accessible by browser and without
> too much advertising and bad formatting?  Can one be recommended, etc.
> etc.?

Web forums are lousy when compared to usenet, but they do have
better article retention - even so, I still hate them and very
rarely use those to which I've signed up. Long live usenet!

   Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.


 
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Barry Margolin  
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 More options Apr 26 2012, 8:58 am
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From: Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:58:08 -0400
Local: Thurs, Apr 26 2012 8:58 am
Subject: Re: The Future
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In article <tson69-bs1....@zem.masonsmusic.co.uk>,
 Justin C <justin.1...@purestblue.com> wrote:

Agreed.  Are there any web forums with the equivalent of killfiles?  
Some allow you to ignore posters, but I haven't been on any that let you
filter out whole threads.  Good newsreaders offer extensive filtering
options (I don't even use most of the capabilities of MT-Newswatcher,
but what I do is still far more than I've seen in forums).

--
Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
*** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***


 
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Swifty  
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 More options Apr 26 2012, 10:01 am
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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:01:55 +0100
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:37:37 +0100, Dr J R Stockton

<reply1...@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> wrote:
>Can we move to a more modern system, accessible by browser

I've seen several attempts to move from a news-like system to a
browser based system.

It's very effective. 90% of the people who know what they are doing
are never seen again. Leaving you with people like me, trying to
answer the questions.

I think this the exact scenario for which the phrase
"user-friendly=expert-unfriendly" was created.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk


 
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