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   Chris Green to nospam@example.net   
   Re: 30 Years Of Netscape   
   08 Nov 24 09:22:47   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: cl@isbd.net   
      
   D  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > On Thu, 7 Nov 2024, Ant wrote:   
   >   
   > > In alt.comp.software.firefox candycanearter07    
   > wrote:   
   > >> Chris Green  wrote at 08:03 this Thursday (GMT):   
   > >>> Ant  wrote:   
   > >>>> In alt.comp.software.firefox The Real Bev  wrote:   
   > >>>>> On 11/5/24 7:21 PM, Sn!pe wrote:   
   > >>>>>> The Real Bev  wrote:   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>> Heh.  I am one of those old people and I started using Netscape .9   
   for   
   > >>>>>>> linux.  I even used Mosaic a few times!   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> I predate Netscape, my first browser was Cello:   
   > >>>>>>    
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>> I THINK I heard of that, but it's pretty dim. I did use lynx, though.   
   > >>>>> And pine and tin.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> I'm still using tin. I also used pine, but went to mutt. I used Lynx   
   > >>>> earlier today on a web site that had its annoying paywall. Yeah, I'mn   
   > >>>> old school!   
   > >>>>   
   > >>> Yes, I'm still using tin too, and I also use mutt.  I use lynx with   
   > >>> mutt to view HTML E-mail.   
   > >   
   > >> I use slrn.   
   > >   
   > > I couldn't get into slrn. :/   
   > >   
   >   
   > I use alpine, although I hacked it a bit, to allow offline news reading   
   > and not online only as the default alpine does.   
      
   I have leafnode on my system (that I use with tin), so it's   
   effectively offline.  Leafnode is a doddle to install and it means you   
   never have to notice when news-servers are slow or not working   
   perfectly for some other reason.   
      
   --   
   Chris Green   
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