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From: Robin Bignall on 24 Jun 2010 17:18 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:34:20 -0700, "pjp" <pjp_is_located(a)somewhere.com> wrote: > >"Bill in Co." <not_really_here(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:OmtOZxaELHA.728(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Just use another ISP nntp server. (I don't think the web based forums >> are going to work out too well for a lot of us, but obviously that's >> irrelevant as far as MS is concerned). > >Agreed, I'll just stop browsing them. Same as hotmail, when I can't use it >in OE it'll be history also. I hate most web pages design philosphy, e.g. >emphasis content not glitter with links to more glitter ad infinitum ... > Theoretically, this newsgroup is for discussion of the XP Help and Support function, but in real life people have used it as a general help and support group for XP. This is its strength. If you read all of the posts you pick up tips that you might never have thought of asking. The problem with the M$ Answers website is that it splits XP help into 15 different categories, which is probably OK for very specific questions but far too many for general browsing. -- Robin (BrE) Herts, England
From: Yuri Nalysis on 24 Jun 2010 17:34
MS Answers is a POS. "Robin Bignall" <docrobin(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:9hi726h3q6uk1m6q4bn922h6ikcsh1s1mo(a)4ax.com... On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:34:20 -0700, "pjp" <pjp_is_located(a)somewhere.com> wrote: > >"Bill in Co." <not_really_here(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:OmtOZxaELHA.728(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Just use another ISP nntp server. (I don't think the web based forums >> are going to work out too well for a lot of us, but obviously that's >> irrelevant as far as MS is concerned). > >Agreed, I'll just stop browsing them. Same as hotmail, when I can't use it >in OE it'll be history also. I hate most web pages design philosphy, e.g. >emphasis content not glitter with links to more glitter ad infinitum ... > Theoretically, this newsgroup is for discussion of the XP Help and Support function, but in real life people have used it as a general help and support group for XP. This is its strength. If you read all of the posts you pick up tips that you might never have thought of asking. The problem with the M$ Answers website is that it splits XP help into 15 different categories, which is probably OK for very specific questions but far too many for general browsing. -- Robin (BrE) Herts, England |