Re: Question on Formatting
Jonathan Groves wrote:
It did surprise me to see that there are interfaces
out there for accessing sci.math that don't have maximum line
lengths like e-mails and word processors and Math Forum do.
Why should those people creating and running those newsgroups
continue to use such primitive technology?
'Cause if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
First you add a web interface, then the next thing you've got
pop-ups and adware coming at you from left, right, and center,
throbbing, flashing icons, ad space that continually changes size
and shifts the text around while you're trying to read it, when all
you wanted to do was browse the content of the newsgroup.
.
Relevant Pages
- Re: solo actor in a documentary
... provided "html interfaces" to newsgroups there has been a surge in terms of insincere queries. ... People query search engines and land into these groups. ... Before someone says what is wrong with this -- let me mention that newsgroups weren't meant to be online in the first place. ... It is because these people get to the clunky google-group/mesg-group interfaces, find it hard to scroll/read and leave after they get their answers. ...
(rec.music.indian.misc) - Re: rs232 temperature data read into PC , want to send as email
... Newsgroups: comp.robotics.misc ... rs232 temperature data read into PC, ... I am reading in some temperature sensor data, ... Oh, and Tk is the included toolkit language which make development of graphical user interfaces dead easy, with portable interfaces which look pretty good owing to the recent improvements to provide "themeing". ...
(comp.robotics.misc) - Re: solo actor in a documentary
... provided "html interfaces" to newsgroups there has been a surge in terms of insincere queries. ... Before someone says what is wrong with this -- let me mention that newsgroups weren't meant to be online in the first place. ...
(rec.music.indian.misc) - Re: generic oversight?
... As a 'full' user of generics, as far as I know, I don't need the? ... My new interfaces might not be useful with the? ... > giving advice on newsgroups that assumes that Joshua Bloch is an idiot. ... I did not say ANYTHING against Joshua Bloch. ...
(comp.lang.java.programmer) - =?Utf-8?Q?Re:_Ist_Outlook_2007_schlecht_od?= =?Utf-8?Q?er_bin_ich_zu_bl=C3=B6d_=3F?=
... Allerdings habe ich mich sehr schnell daran gewöhnt, mag das Bild jetzt sehr, und finde ältere Interfaces eher abstossend;-) ... bzw. bis Outlook zum arbeiten bereit ... Auch wenn ich neue E-Mails abrufe, ... Nachdem die erste Indizierung mal durch ist sollte die Suche eigentlich recht flott gehen. ...
(microsoft.public.de.outlook) |
|
