Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > alt.comp.software.thunderbird > #21608

Re: "system integration" - news?

Show all headers | View raw

On 2026/7/30 11:25:52, Andy Burns wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver wrote:
> 
>> what would ticking news do? I can understand what
>> ticking mail does - it mean TB is used if I click a "mailto" link on a
>> webpage, and I think if I click a .eml file - but what about news?
> 
> register for usenet related URLs, but they're quite a rare beast e.g
> 
> <news://uk.tech.broadcast/>
> 
> and what may be valid on my chosen server (NIN) isn't valid on yours 
> (ES) e.g. to point to the start of this thread
> 
> <nntp://news.individual.net:119/alt.comp.software.thunderbird/21884>

Thanks - I've ticked it anyway, as the popup does return every time I
start TB.

IMO it's rather poorly designed:

1. It has tickboxes for mail, news, something else I've forgotten
already, and calendar - but the buttons at the bottom are only "set as
default" and "skip integration". The latter just makes it come up every
time I start TB, but "set as default" doesn't seem the right label since
you can choose whether it is for the four categoties: "save my choices"
or something like that would IMO be better wording.

2. Like all such things that only pop-up once (if you accept them),
there's always the concern "how do I change my mind later" (as in "how
do I find the settings this is presenting to [concealing from] me").
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

it is easy to make up a lie, but it can take much more time and effort
to convincingly refute it. - Patrick Cockburn, i, 2016-9-24

Back to alt.comp.software.thunderbird | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

"system integration" - news? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-30 10:40 +0100
  Re: "system integration" - news? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-30 11:25 +0100
    Re: "system integration" - news? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-30 17:23 +0100
      Re: "system integration" - news? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-07-30 17:43 +0100
        Re: "system integration" - news? "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-30 19:12 +0100

csiph-web