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- From: russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: Why we use Waffle
- Summary: because it came with uucico.exe and rnews.exe and a primitive reader
- Message-ID: <930125.110800.1a7.rusnews.w164w@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:08:00 MST
- References: <C12u0C.266@techbook.com> <TTXmXB3w165w@1776.COM>
- Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- X-Newsreader: rusnews v0.99
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- [note: I didn't read this until almost a week after it was posted. local
- network problems. sorry]
-
- bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:
-
- > This brings up an interesting point: What percentage of the Waffle community
- > actually runs a BBS or cares about Waffle's ability to support one? For my
-
- from the questions asked and the discussions, I'd guess a majority.
-
- > part, I use Waffle so that my wife and I can send and receive email and read
- > news. To me, the BBS support built into Waffle is more of a nuisance than a
- ...
- > munity for Chrome. Is the fact that Chrome doesn't exist a reflection of the
-
- I am in exactly the same situation. except that instead of using chrome,
- I use helldiver or nwreader or rnf or rusnews (I'm told rnf is still in
- beta testing in Europe, but will go on halcyon when it's ready).
-
- so, whether chrome exists or not, the console-only reader beast is out there.
- (my wife and) I personally only use waffle.exe to read/reply to mail.
-
- as an aside, on an almost-related topic: why do people still use waffle.exe
- to read and post news? what is _missing_ from these readers above? (ones
- with a (*) are not problems with at least one or two of them)
-
- - too expensive (*)
- - doesn't work with my setup
- - thought it was causing the waf165 mail problems I'd seen
- - wanted to give online users same interface (*)
- - suspected a trojan horse
- - too slow to pre-scan headers (when applicable)
- - too much bother to ftp it
- - nostalgic feeling of reading news out of order, not being able to
- follow threads, and having to read at least first page of each post
-
- I can't help with the last one, or the second-last one either, actually,
- but speaking as an author of one of these things (for my own benefit) I
- know that the effort has already gone into making it - but a lot of people
- are still posting from waffle.exe, something I gave up on as being too
- painful a long time ago. are _all_ these people coming in through the
- phone lines, where with a slow modem can make a fancier interface seem
- like a waste? (though I think selecting the articles _then_ only
- transmitting the ones you _wanted_ over the line is quicker. maybe it's
- a subjective thing)
-
- let us know. well, let me know.
- --
- Russell Schulz russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca ersys!rschulz Shad 86c
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