The Death of Usenet, part 237
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From: Jim on 5 May 2010 07:28 On 2010-05-05, Martin-S <cgzjmthpzs(a)lzrpqi.net> wrote: > >> They're not based on Flash are they? > > That's certainly the impression you get at first. > > Apparently though it's all the fancy css and javascript stuff they load > up front. > > Sometimes the browser crashes half way during typing a post; must be the > WYSIWIG editor - talk about useless features. Bloody hell. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 5 May 2010 17:04 Martin-S <cgzjmthpzs(a)lzrpqi.net> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > Microsoft is killing off its newsgroups and encouraging users to move to > > forums instead. > > Seems like a common trend. Adobe dropped usenet access to their forums > last year against protest from a lot of regular, high-profile > contributors. > > The new forums are dog slow and just painful to use in general. Every Web forum I've ever met has been a pain to use. None of them have a UI that's any bloody good at all. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 6 May 2010 05:39 On 2010-05-06, R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/05/ms_kills_groups/> >> >> "Microsoft is killing off its newsgroups and encouraging users to move to >> forums instead. >> >> The software giant has over 2,000 public groups covering its various >> products, as well as 2,200 private groups for the likes of Microsoft >> resellers. But from June 2010 these will be moved to revamped forums on >> TechNet, MSDN and Microsoft Answers." > > Should a plan B for ucsm be under consideration in case > the worst happens? Not for a while I'd have thought. Usenet might be slowly on its way out, but it's not dead yet. Give it five years and things might be a bit more serious. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Pd on 6 May 2010 06:07 R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/05/ms_kills_groups/> > > > > "Microsoft is killing off its newsgroups and encouraging users to move to > > forums instead. > > > > The software giant has over 2,000 public groups covering its various > > products, as well as 2,200 private groups for the likes of Microsoft > > resellers. But from June 2010 these will be moved to revamped forums on > > TechNet, MSDN and Microsoft Answers." > > Should a plan B for ucsm be under consideration in case > the worst happens? Post-it notes on the noticeboard outside the Ethiopian. -- Pd
From: Graeme on 6 May 2010 07:07
In message <1ji2hjf.kf8cwq1xbby9cN%peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) wrote: > R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/05/ms_kills_groups/> > > > > > > "Microsoft is killing off its newsgroups and encouraging users to move to > > > forums instead. > > > > > > The software giant has over 2,000 public groups covering its various > > > products, as well as 2,200 private groups for the likes of Microsoft > > > resellers. But from June 2010 these will be moved to revamped forums on > > > TechNet, MSDN and Microsoft Answers." > > > > Should a plan B for ucsm be under consideration in case > > the worst happens? > > Post-it notes on the noticeboard outside the Ethiopian. > Can you sync them to the iPhone? -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/> |