From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Michael Trew pounded on thar keyboard to tell us   
   > On 7/14/2021 3:41 PM, Questor wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:21:47 -0400, Michael Trew   
   >> wrote:   
   >>> On 7/13/2021 3:28 PM, Questor wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:02:55 -0800 (PST), Bob   
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>> Almost anything other than TCP-IP is dead, and the WWW will continue to   
   >>>>> dominate   
   >>>>> that.  How many of you are still reading this via NNTP?   
   >>>> I still read newsgroups via NNTP and a "real" (albeit very dated)   
   >>>> newsreader.   
   >>>   
   >>> How else does one read/post on Usenet?  I'm using an older version of   
   >>> Thunderbird, but is there another method?   
   >>>   
   >>> I've heard of "google groups" but I have no clue what that is.  Sounds   
   >>> pointless, it's easy enough to just use a newsreader.   
   >>   
   >> Goo-goo groups is by far the dominant web-based interface to newsgroups.   
   >> There   
   >> have been others.  This ISP offers newsgroups as part of their package.  I   
   >> don't   
   >> know how users of "over the top" services like Eternal September gain   
   >> access;   
   >> specifically whether they use NNTP or some other mechanism.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > I use Eternal September via normal NNTP.  I haven't found an ISP that   
   > provides Usenet for some time.   
   >   
   > I wasn't aware that there was a web based access for Usenet.  It sounds lame.   
      
   It works well when you aren't able to install software or the IT   
   department blocks NNTP.  Google Groups (where the newsreader code is)   
   gets updated frequently, but probably not by usenet diehards.  A few   
   months ago, some convenience features were lost (choice of tree view or   
   chronological, and keyboard navigation come to mind), and it has never   
   had a killfile (a third party killfile existed, but couldn't keep up   
   with code changes).   
      
      
   It does make heavy use of the html environment, almost follows   
   standards (probably more than MS does), and of course you're in the   
   hands of one of your favorite multi-national oligopolies.   
      
   /dps "but it mostly works"   
      
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