XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox
From: nospam@example.net
On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, Chris Green wrote:
> 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.
Yes, leafnode is part of my "hack". Very good piece of software and does
its job very well! =) I fear that it will eventually fade away and stop
compiling on modern linux systems. =(
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