Re: Easier way to read htp://forums.microsoft.com

From:

"Tom Serface" <tom.nospam@camaswood.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:47:59 -0800

Message-ID:

<B9CF513E-8E38-49F0-AF02-A590EC1B96E7@microsoft.com>

Thanks David, I'll give that a try too. I confess that I think the web
interface is clunky and slow and I'm not sure why MSFT pushes that as the
primary location for their participation, but alas...

Thanks,

Tom

"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ZySpj.7040$nK5.4678@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...

Many of us here have resisted spending much time in web-based
http://forums.microsoft.com, prefering the simple elegance of NNTP-based
newsreaders providing threaded post support. This is too bad, because the
other forums have some pretty famous people hanging out there, and staying
tuned to what they are saying is valuable.

So I was very happy to have started RSS Bandit and SharpReader, two RSS
feed readers, instead of a browser to read these forums. They provide a
UI similar to Outlook Express and other NNTP newsreaders and are two of
the few RSS feed readers that support "threaded comments" so each reply
appears as a separate message. It's still not as convenient as Outlook
Express, but it's much more convenient than using a web browser. Check
them out!

-- David