On Thu, 08 Mar 2001 04:16:39 -0500,
"Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Of course I realize that it is the nntp client that actually does this, but
> in the case of NetTamer and PC-PINE the nntp client works the same as the
> email client as far as the appearances on your front-end interface are
> concerned. I'm talking only about the "look and feel" here, not the
> technical nitty-gritty. I regret my oversight in having neglected to say
> this in my post to which you have responded.
Sam,
I regret that I allowed my personal disagreement with someone
else to influence the tone of my response to you.
> I haven't tried using Yarn or any other dedicated newsreaders.
> For that reason I can't compare them to PC-PINE or NetTamer.
For that matter, Yarn, in particular, and some of the other DOS
readers are both news and mail readers, so they definitely have
the same "look and feel" for both mail and news.
> NetTamer works fine as an offline newsreader and PC-PINE is good
> for use as an online newsreader.
>
> >> I too would like very much to see newsgroup access built into
> >> Arachne's email client.
>
> > That's fine, but I am suggesting that there is more to it than
> > you and L.D. seem to think.
> I said nothing to imply that it would be
> easy or simple to incorporate newsgroup access into Arachne, but it sure
> would be a nice thing to have as an additional feature. Just dreaming.
Well, I imagine that the hypothetical Arachne newsreader would have
the "look and feel" of Arachne. As I mentioned a couple of times, I
now move individual Usenet messages that I have already downloaded
into an Arachne folder and use the Arachne mailreader as a sort of
offline reader, but I use it online to follow embedded links in the
message. So I've got my own reason to use Arachne as a newsreader.
All that's really missing is a way to followup with References:
So far, beyond unspecified newsgroup access, no one has indicated
what form it might take in Arachne. Another browser, Lynx386, like
PC-Pine is an offline reader. Unlike Lynx386, Arachne does POP
e-mail, which is suited to an offline reader. And that's just the
beginning.
Anyway, that's the way I see it. It's nice to dream, but if we want
to accomplish our dreams, I don't think we should set our sights too
high, and we should look at all the options.
Regards,
Howard E.
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