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Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader

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> > and is not set up for quick searching 
> There's a search box on the 404 page: http://squte.com/404.html, but maybe there 
> should be one on the main page. 
> > scanning through the Usenet group hierarchy 
> By scanning do you mean being able to enter a group name and have it autocompete? 
> or something else? 


I just realized I had never replied to this. I don't necessarily believe that squte 
needs a search box on the main page, but a search link in the "Map" box might 
be nice. As for "scanning through the Usenet group hierarchy", I should explain 
how the http://newswebreader.com site works for that. There's a tab labeled "All" 
that will let you list all the top-level groups (e.g., alt.*, comp.*) available 
on the site. From there, you can drill down very quickly to find any group you might 
be interested in (the site carries a *lot* of groups), and then quickly get to all 
the recent posts in those groups. 

Mind you, I'm not suggesting that anybody use that site for reading news, as it 
is kind of limited. However, if your goal is to quickly see what groups are out 
there, if they're still active, and what the recent posts have been like, then 
this is actually a pretty good tool. For example, I just checked out the first 10 
comp.lang.* groups (from c.l.ada through c.l.basic.visual.misc) in a little over 
one minute... and from this, I now know that c.l.ada and c.l.awk are very active, 
c.l.apl and c.l.asm.x86 are somewhat active, c.l.basic.visual.misc is kind of dead, 
and the rest are really dead. 

For somebody coming back to Usenet after a long hiatus, this might be a good way 
to find groups to start following right away, and possibly some that might be relatively 
easy to resuscitate. 
-- 
I drive a '74 AMC Hornet in my dreams. Also, I really like cheese.
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Fast lightweight web-based newsreader wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 02:02 -0500
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-04 07:23 +0000
    Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 02:56 -0500
      Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-04 09:41 +0000
    Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-04 19:55 +0000
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-03-04 12:42 +0000
    Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2014-03-04 14:16 +0100
      Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 10:01 -0500
        Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-05 12:44 +0000
        Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-07 19:29 -0600
          Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Anthony G <anthonyg@invalid.sdf.nospam.org> - 2014-03-08 02:49 +0000
            Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-08 15:40 +0000
      Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-04 17:30 +0100
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-04 17:14 +0000
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-04 13:14 -0600
    Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 15:41 -0600
      Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-07 19:10 -0600
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-03-05 15:59 +1100

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