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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!feed1.news.erols.com!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 07:01:06 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 52 Message-ID: <32521332.2BD0@www.play-hookey.com> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <51pog8$1gj@newsbr.eunet.fr> <Dy0K58.MLv@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <32423719.6904CE4@julia.de> <51uo7m$bu9@magic.metawire.com> <R.3244780C.23B6AB75@aug.com> <01bbadcf$6ef66e60$8588b6cc@tzspc> <324E26CD.7785@www.play-hookey.com> <l7ij25.2s8.ln@localhost> <324E80B3.21F4@www.play-hookey.com> <j87k25.97g.ln@localhost> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:133194 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28457 comp.infosystems.www.misc:44388 Remi Guyomarch wrote: > > I disagree, sorry. Netscape won't do the job for me. > > I can't live without some Knews features, like putting a yellow square > in front of threads I've posted in, like killing some bothering > subject, part of subjects (actually subjects regexp), particular From: > adresses, particular Xrefs etc ... I like to be able to mark the same > way interesting acticles, threads or posters (have you tried to spot > Linus' posts in comp.os.linux.misc ?). I like to have a real threading > news reader with a real 2D thread view. I like to be able to pipe the > article to any filter. I like to be able to post a binary in Base64 OR > uuencoded OR in quoted-printable, I like to be able to specify the > mime-type of the attachment. I like to be able to post a binary inline > or as an attachment. I like to be able to use my prefered editor > (XEmacs). I like to customize the code to my own taste, etc ... > > Netscape is a good browser, but it's not a good newsreader. > Knews is a good newsreader, but it's not a web browser. Which is to say, "You pays your penny and you takes your choice." I will point out, just to correct a couple of misapprehensions in your comments above, that Netscape *will* do much of what you mentioned above. For example: Threads are handled as threads (you can disable this, but don't have to). In the Win3.1 version, it's fully 2D; in the BSD version it shows two levels and a number indicating the depth. Either way, you can expand or collapse the thread or any branch. You can also zap a thread or a whole newsgroup as read. (No, that's not the same as a killfile, but it gives me the chance to verify the insignificance of the thread -- to me -- without automatic zapping. This is my choice.) It doesn't care (yet) for Base64, but has no problem with uuencoding, quoted-printable, and several similar -- I've seen everything from an encoded image decoded and displayed as part of the post to a full HTML page tacked onto a news header. It also handles attachments with no trouble, either for e-mail (which I don't use) or for news posts. Prefer the browser/newsreader/whatever of your choice, by all means. What you use is properly determined by what you want to do and how well the software serves your needs. But please don't accuse Netscape or any other software falsely. You wouldn't want your own work to be treated that way, based on some peoples' personal preferences. Have a good day. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |