Re: MVP Award...
Yes, for offline I still don't see it being better. There's nothing like a
newsgroup reader for doing offline imo.
I have heard a few people have been able to get a bridge to work with the
newgroup reader, but I've never been able to get it to work reliably.
Tom
"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message
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I'm a big fan of the offline approach, because the local cache is always
going to be more
responsive than the Internet.
joe
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:30:49 +0100, "Giovanni Dicanio"
<giovanniDOTdicanio@REMOVEMEgmail.com> wrote:
"Tom Serface" <tom@camaswood.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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I think you should take another look. They have fixed it up pretty
nicely. [...] I think the interface is much improved over the past
several
months.
Hi Tom,
I agree with you that the web forum interface is improved over the past
versions, but some problems still remains.
For example, there is no threading view on the web forums.
And using an offline client offers a better user experience (IMHO): for
example, you can quickly scroll threads, filter threads for categories
like
read, unread, etc.
And all is very snappy, much snappier than what a web interface can offer.
G
Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
email: newcomer@flounder.com
Web: http://www.flounder.com
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