Tuesday, January 11, 2000, 12:02:37 AM, Ralf wrote:
> More threaded? :-) Doesn't any reply to a news or mail message automatically
> create a or add to a thread?
No. There are a lot of email applications which do not use References and
In-Reply-To. Most notably the web based email readers and a good portion of
the Windows clients. References is pretty much a requirement in usenet
otherwise you get flamed off the face of the map. Even Deja.com keeps
References intact.
SL>> and the way the information is searched and categorized is certainly
SL>> different.
> I don't understand, Steve. I would understand if you'd say that you are
> talking about "lower levels" like NNTP vs. SMTP/POP protocol an the
> like. But why shouldn't I be able to do a full text search in a mail and
> a news "folder"? It is all a matter of how it is presented to the user.
I score my news. I don't score my email.
> I'm still reading news in Agent (no scoring functionality) :-)
Then you've not effectively read news. I go through my dozen or so
newsgroups in about <10 minutes excluding reading and replying time. What I
mean is simply scanning my newsgroups for interesting posts, posts to me, etc.
I read some heavy traffic groups (comp.os.linux.misc, comp.lang.perl.misc(?),
alt.gothic) that push 1000+ messages a day. I can say with near absolute
assurance I have never missed a message to me and that the topics that have
interested me in the groups that interest me by people who interest me I've
never missed.
SL>> You'll note that there are no scoring email clients around.
> Well, wouldn't this be a nice feature for The Bat! 2.0? To the wish list
> it goes!
No. Here is my formal wishlist for v2.0.
Do *NOT* include newsgroup functionality. You will simply get it wrong.
If people want newsgroups they can use Free Agent and XNews for free or Agent
and Gravity if they feel compelled to pay for news reading capabilities.
These for applications will surely be leaps and bounds beyond anything you'll
ever put into an email client and any effort to surpass them would only
detract from the main focus of the email client which is >>>EMAIL<<<.
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