Re: qapplaH (was Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling)

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: qapplaH (was Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling)
Date	2021-11-13 08:27 +0000
Organization	A little, after lunch
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References	(3 earlier) <e43a50ee-41da-46a5-95ce-400bc071d5f5n@googlegroups.com> <bef6322a-ce05-4cb7-8434-b8f771961a33n@googlegroups.com> <89d468a8-dee6-48cc-bce0-df3d4260bba5n@googlegroups.com> <denodster-1211210015040001@192.168.2.200> <4cb44317-857f-481f-be8f-34c9f282349bn@googlegroups.com>

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On 13/11/2021 01:12, luserdroog wrote:
> On Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 11:15:13 PM UTC-6, Denodster wrote:
>> In article <89d468a8-dee6-48cc...@googlegroups.com>,
>> luserdroog <luser...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> html-blob{white-space:pre-wrap;}
>>>> br{display:none;}
>>>
>>> Ok, last one I promise. Is it possible to force the html-blob to use a
>> fixed width font
>>> or tty font?
>> Why go through all this trouble? isn't there a traditional newsreader you
>> could use instead of google groups?
> 
> Well, yeah. I have gnus installed and set up. But somehow I can't get used to it.
> I got used to the web interface back when it was DejaNews and just grumbled
> and adapted as they've slowly crippled and shackled it. Maybe there's another
> that'd suit me better. I keep hearing Thunderbird thunderbird thunderbird from
> everybody. But, you know ... inertia.
> 
> That is to say, you're absolutely right. 100%. But I'm not gonna do it.
> 

Yup. In the end its s straight cost benefit exercise - learning the 
bloated feature ridden crap  that is thunderbird, *or* fixing up the 
interface on the web site.

Every time Thunderbird does a major upgrade I need to spend a day or two 
researching the web trying to turn it back to how it used to look and feel.

"We don't fix bugs, we add new features"

It's called the 'Poettering Maxim'.



-- 
"First, find out who are the people you can not criticise. They are your 
oppressors."
      - George Orwell

Thread

Fixing Google Groups Styling "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2021-05-20 18:29 -0700
  Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2021-05-22 03:18 +0200
    Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling James Kirk <noneya.invalid@gmail.com> - 2021-05-21 23:59 -0400
      Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2021-05-22 20:29 +0200
  Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2021-05-22 13:59 +0200
    Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2021-05-22 08:42 -0700
      Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2021-05-22 20:32 +0200
        Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2021-05-22 12:01 -0700
          Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2021-05-24 01:34 +0200
            Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2021-05-24 10:23 -0700
            Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2021-05-24 22:21 +0200
          Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2021-05-22 23:37 +0200
  Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Mostowski Collapse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2021-05-25 09:25 +0200
    Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2021-05-25 06:03 -0700
      Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling Mostowski Collapse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2021-05-25 18:36 +0200
  Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2021-05-23 23:31 -0700
    Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2021-11-11 15:21 -0800
      Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2021-11-11 15:26 -0800
        qapplaH (was Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling) luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2021-11-11 15:41 -0800
          Re: qapplaH (was Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling) luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2021-11-11 15:43 -0800
            Re: qapplaH (was Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling) denodster@gmail.com (Denodster) - 2021-11-12 00:15 -0500
              Re: qapplaH (was Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling) luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2021-11-12 17:12 -0800
                Re: qapplaH (was Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling) The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-13 08:27 +0000
              [OT] tlhIngan Hol (was: qapplaH) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2022-01-19 07:56 +0100
            Re: qapplaH (was Re: Fixing Google Groups Styling) Tavis Ormandy <taviso@gmail.com> - 2021-11-12 23:49 +0000

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