On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Rupert Boleyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: >> >> Yes, a good mail user agent is still immensely better for reading >> discussions than any web application, especially when the discussions >> are many and varied. Threading, kill-files, full text editing, >> standard message protocols, efficient message transfer, all these >> advantages and more are not to be found in a web application. >> >> I would be overjoyed if the SJ Games forums were to be made available >> via NNTP, since then I could use a standard, flexible newsreader of my >> choice to get much of the same power of a mail user agent. >> >> The web forum application, though, is hideously inflexible and >> cumbersome to use. >> > > I think that this horse has long since bolted, more's the pity, at least > when it comes to the general internet using public.
Sure. They want a droll-proof interface. (With the added benefit to the forum operator of being able to sell their eyeballs to advertisers.) There's a substantial number of people who don't care to use web fora. -- David Scheidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
