Re: Current profile [OT]

From	Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject	Re: Current profile [OT]
Date	2021-04-14 18:00 -0600
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 4/14/2021 4:00 PM, Dave Royal wrote:
> On 14 Apr 2021 15:10:12 -0600 Jeff Barnett wrote:
>> [On 4/14/2021 2:52 PM, Ken Blake wrote:]
>>> On 4/14/2021 1:43 PM, WaltS48 wrote:
>>>> On 4/14/21 1:26 PM, s|b wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:21:06 -0400, WaltS48 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Replaced Pan on my systems ages ago.
>>>>> Pan isn't that bad.
> 
> I used Pan for several years when I stopped using SeaMonkey. It has a
> decent scoring system and sub-thread handling. It was fine, but a year
> or two ago on my xfce system it became buggy - the GUI part. Wouldn't
> stay the same size - went off the edge of the display. I still use it
> occasionally. I've also tried XPN, knode, and sylpheed among GUI
> clients but generally use tin on Linux and SFOS.
>>
>> What you say is indeed the common (and I believe, accurate) view of
>> traditional newsgroup rules. However, I have always mused about whether
>> this makes sense in groups dealing with products that deploy HTML, e.g.,
>> TB and FF groups. How much easier is it to present a problem in HTML if
>> it is involved with that problem?
>>
> But some newsreaders cannot read html. It's not a requirement of an NNTP
> client. I'm only seeing and responding to the plain text. So it may be
> easier to present the problem, but some readers will find it difficult
> to understand.
> 
> Usernet is a plain text system. If you want or need to use html, use a
> forum. I like usernet - but I'm happy to use forums too.
The Mozilla newsgroups recently killed were plain text too. They were 
only about Mozilla products, all of which to my knowledge allowed HTML. 
I think this admiration for the rustic good old days is rather silly.
-- 
Jeff Barnett

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