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From: Tom Serface on 10 Jun 2010 11:28 I can't argue with that logic. May get confusing knowing where to go for what... Tom "Mihai N." <nmihai_year_2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns9D92E35FB3EFFMihaiN(a)207.46.248.16... > But I guess your wife is not a MFC programmer. > While I can buy the argument of non-geeks using the forums for Office, > or even Express, I would be very worried to hear that someone who > claims to be a programmer is puzzled by newsgroups. > > But hey, it is what it is :-)
From: Tom Serface on 10 Jun 2010 11:30 Ah WordStar. Everyone's second favorite word processor. Those were the days. Tom "r norman" <r_s_norman(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:u8m1161otvchmdoh88ec55hcji968dq7m1(a)4ax.com... > OK, we can go back to MASM and WordStar and if I mention the keypunch > and submitting decks of cards hoping for less than 12 hour turnaround > time I would be revealing my age. >
From: Tom Serface on 10 Jun 2010 11:29 One good thing about the forums is you don't have to scroll through a bunch of lines with: >>> in front of them to get to the bottom to see what you really wanted to read. I never understood "bottom posting" and now it's moot. My arrow keys will get a lot less exercise. Tom "Mihai N." <nmihai_year_2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns9D92E35FB3EFFMihaiN(a)207.46.248.16... >> This newsgroup has been more than a "forum" to me. I have life long >> friends >> from participation here like you, Joe, G, Ajay, Mihai, all the other >> Davids, >> Scott, many of whom I've met in person and shared cheesecake. Our >> camaraderie here has grown beyond just answering tech questions. In the >> midst of it all we've become friends. I think we will stay friends :o) >> but >> I will miss this kind of banter and the chance to talk about other things >> besides the answer to the immediate question at hand. > > I really hope we will manage to keep the connection alive :-) > It was really nice hangin out with all of you, virtualy and in reality. > > >> support) and it's easy to point to them using an HTML link. We are >> pretty >> tech-savvy so we have a different perspective, but if you consider >> someone >> like my wife looking for an answer she'd be much more comfortable with a >> browser interface. I'm sure they considered all of this in the decision >> process. > > But I guess your wife is not a MFC programmer. > While I can buy the argument of non-geeks using the forums for Office, > or even Express, I would be very worried to hear that someone who > claims to be a programmer is puzzled by newsgroups. > > But hey, it is what it is :-) > > > > -- > Mihai Nita [Microsoft MVP, Visual C++] > http://www.mihai-nita.net > ------------------------------------------ > Replace _year_ with _ to get the real email >
From: Tom Serface on 10 Jun 2010 11:33 The interface that drops down the question part of the message (little down arrow to the left of the message subject) is quite useful so you don't really have to open it. Also there is info about how many people have viewed it, whether or not it is already answered (some people here could use that information) and the name of the last person who responded. For example, if I see the Giovanni responded to someone about an STL problem I can feel pretty safe that he's already taken care of the problem. I may read the response to see what he said so I can learn something, but it's nice to know the questioner is already in good hands :o) I'm not trying to be an advocate or anything, just trying to find some good in the change. Tom "Bo Persson" <bop(a)gmb.dk> wrote in message news:87c6dnFrfU1(a)mid.individual.net... > r norman wrote: > Yes, some of us have been through all that. :-) > > However, this time we are offered a less useful interface that takes more > time to work. > > In my news reader each entry takes only one line, and I can browse all the > threads at once, perhaps looking for replies from interesting people. > > In the forum, I have to first click on each thread to see who is posting. > Then scroll much further to see each entry. For a long thread that is just > a LOT of scrolling. And why do we need a Reply button for each entry, > instead of the one I have in my menu bar? And MVP medals, come on! > > If it was "New And Improved" I would buy that, but just new? No thanks!
From: David Ching on 10 Jun 2010 11:38
Now that consumer Internet connections coming into homes don't have NNTP, I don't think people are really exposed to NNTP as much. Even the past several years, people have been consuming Google Groups with newsgroups in general. So I think the current generation of programmers might not know about NNTP or be expected to. Cheers, David "Tom Serface" <tom(a)camaswood.com> wrote in message news:e3TfOGLCLHA.5412(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I can't argue with that logic. May get confusing knowing where to go for > what... > > Tom > > > "Mihai N." <nmihai_year_2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9D92E35FB3EFFMihaiN(a)207.46.248.16... > >> But I guess your wife is not a MFC programmer. >> While I can buy the argument of non-geeks using the forums for Office, >> or even Express, I would be very worried to hear that someone who >> claims to be a programmer is puzzled by newsgroups. >> >> But hey, it is what it is :-) > > |