On Friday 17 July 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> What ever happened to the good old newsreader? I use KNode and keep my >> news groups distinct from my email (I could use TBird for both but I >> prefer this method). It is quite unobtrusive and I can quickly scan the >> messages and focus on what I want. I don't really see what the problem is >> to subscribing to a newsgroup. >> Cheers, >> jonathan > >The modern monkey is not trained for it. His is trained to use a web >browser, and the occasional monkey is trained to use an email client >(as opposed to the ever-popular webmial). Today's monkey will not even >think about using a newsreader. You can document how to do it in the >OOo wiki, but most modern monkeys will just glaze over it.
I hate to say it, but man are you ever right. I have diligently worked with my next door neighbor, setting up t-bird to get mail from their mailbox at both the vz and gmail servers. It all Just Works(TM) when I'm done. The next email I get from her comes from the yahoo servers cuz 'its so much more convenient' to use their web based mail. Hello Pooh? (Yeah, that's what I call her for a pet name half the time cuz she claims she is a bear of very little brain, and yet she worked for me for a couple of years as a tv transmitter operator) Ya gotta launch a damned browser, find the mailbox in the bookmarks, login, put up with all the fscking adds they wrap the page up in, sometimes covering up what you went there to see, then wade through more damned pop-ups before you can actually read a given message, wade through more pop-ups to reply to it, it encourages top posting cuz most don't even know you can actually down arrow to the proper place to put your reply, hit send & clear 4 more pop-ups to get back to the main screen. Cut me a break, I'm lazy, kmail run 24/7 here, on its own window, one of 8 I setup & all I have to do is tap the + key to get to the next, or reply & type if I wanna, then click send. And I don't have any pop-ups. They are (miss) trained by rote, and once trained, I think you would have to electrify the wrong keys to eventually break the (bad) habits. Sigh... -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Satellite Safety Tip #14: If you see a bright streak in the sky coming at you, duck. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
