On Mon, 24 May 2010 06:55:49 -0700, vector2 <> wrote:
>Matt let me try to understand you on this-
>
>1. "NNTP access through a newsreader is very fast"
>
>i click on a link to the autodesk revit discussion
>and i'm there instantly- how much faster could
>that be?
No, that's not the point. Loading an application or web browser is a wash in
terms of speed. It's how you access the groups and manage them on a daily basis
which is faster.
>2. "I can tell it to get all of the
>new posts, even ones with attachments."
>we can get all the posts by date or by
>member or by word search..
But you have to enter a search paramater. Each time you wish to filter by that
date or member name. And that's the ONLY search you can do. Then you need to let
some far-off server proces that request, then spit out a reformed web page for
you. The next time you launch the browser/forum you have to do that all over
again. It's not persistent.
Not a win.
With a newsreader, you choose to download the latest header information and
optionally the message bodies in one shot for any of the groups to which you are
subscribed. Then you have everything local, and can set up any number of
one-click on-demand filters, or set up group filters, or set up global filters,
or a combination.
>3. "It's MUCH more powerful."
>
>the autodesk forum interface is more
>powerful than a Mac truck..
As made by Playskool, possibly. Compared to a newsreader, no.
>4. "particularly in how I can filter
>posts."
>we don't want to filter out anyone- we
>think that is for children.. if we don't
>want to read what another member
>has to say- we just don't read them..
>we are professionals..
Most professionals I know understand the word "filter."
It's not for blocking someone (although that is one use). Filters arrange posts
based on some property, such as, say, threads which I responded to get a "mark
for retrieval" action assigned so they always are downloaded, so I can easily
see where I posted without getting every header.
>5. "navigate to the different groups."
>
>if you want to go over to the AutoCAD
>discussion- you just keep that link in
>your favorites..
Using a newsreader all of your groups are in the same interface and there's no
jumping around additional browser pages necessary. It's also IMMEDIATE, so I
don't have to wait for a different forum to display.
>6. "I can tell it to get all posts
>under a certain size."
>
>why would you not want to read someone's
>post because it was a certain size? that
>makes no sense..
Because I'd rather not spend the time downloading the post where some numskull
attaches a 3MB bitmap file.
>7. "retrieve the posts with large attachments."
>lol- that also makes no sense.. no attachment
>is over 1.5 meg..
Surprise, meet Vector2. V2, this is Surprise.
As I said, if you don't know what NNTP access brings, you don't know what you
are missing, so any confusion on your part is excusable.
However, if you don't know what you are talking about, it's rather idiotic to
criticize those who do, no?
Matt
matt@stachoni.com
