From: mt999999@ymail.com   
      
   On 7/15/2021 7:45 AM, Snidely wrote:   
   > 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"   
   >   
      
      
   I only use it at home, not work.  I frequently wonder how people could   
   post to Usenet on a mobile phone.   
      
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