On Sat, 22 May 2010 18:53:31 -0700, vector2 <> wrote:
>but i can't imagine how anything could be
>nicer than this autodesk forum..
Then you need to get outside more.
>can you name one thing about this forum
>where the news reader is better?
NNTP access through a newsreader is very fast - I can tell it to get all of the
new posts, even ones with attachments, and read the whole group later or
offline. It's MUCH more powerful all around, particularly in how I can filter
posts, group them, navigate to the different groups, etc. I can tell it to get
all posts under a certain size, then selectively retrieve the posts with large
attachments as necessary. I can subscribe to any number of groups and get all
new headers across the board in one fell swoop. And I can navigate the entire
discussion group tree using keyboard shortcuts.
People who have been brought up with web-based discussion groups are missing out
on the power. Autodesk is doing everyone a disservice by moving to a complete
web-based system.
Matt
matt@stachoni.com