Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 23:37:40 +0200 Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <593e21d6-38d4-497d-8db7-586644b820edn@googlegroups.com> <1783433.tdWV9SEqCh@PointedEars.de> <9c9a9e71-df85-4e34-9874-23bc69ad3576n@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net bdSuinyZhj6pBB+BZFLKhAzWWZLQ52I/lNDcqC/0kzdsNR7zax Cancel-Lock: sha1:Y7gVgHhDU2400wM1xT2A7Gqi/Xs= In-Reply-To: <9c9a9e71-df85-4e34-9874-23bc69ad3576n@googlegroups.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:40115 Michael Haufe (TNO): > On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 1:33:04 PM UTC-5, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 6:59:24 AM UTC-5, Arno Welzel wrote: >>>> So why not using a newsreader like Thunderbird and a NNTP server >>>> instead? I find this *way* better than Googe Groups to access usenet. >>> >>> In my particular case I use more than six devices and maintaining software >>> on each of them for this purpose is impractical. Thunderbird would be >>> reasonable except that I do not have any desire to have multiple mail >>> clients and the mobile options are questionable. I have significant >>> integrations and dependencies on the Microsoft ecosystem and migrating to >>> a mishmash of other technologies is non-trivial. >> Interesting. Do you have access to a Web server from all those devices, and >> can run scripting languages on it server-side? > > I do alot of consulting and contracting work so it's unavoidable. > > I've debated making a web interface alternative to GG but I don't know how heavy of a lift that would be. > > I can stand up a fully functional web server simply enough. What do you have in mind? Do you know RoundCube with the "Elastic" theme? A newsreader similar to this webmail client would be nice. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de