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From: epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Why doesn't someone create and easy to use rn?
Message-ID: <648@wet.UUCP>
Date: 8 Oct 89 23:06:46 GMT
References: <1083@venus.misemi>
Reply-To: epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott)
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In article <1083@venus.misemi> chiprout@.UUCP (Eli Chiprout - test) writes:
>Is there no better alternative to rn?  Seeing that network news is so
>vital to communication, why doesn't some good programmer out there
>create a news interface that is easy to use, easy to understand (with --
>God forgive me -- a good help facility) and clear instructions.  man rn is
>almost useless because you have to understand the term that are used
>before you read it.

There are a *lot* of newsreaders out there.  At InterOp Apple was
showing one running under HyperCard.  Most of the rn complaints
seem to be about the documentation rather than the program
itself.  A lot of people just don't WANT to read the manual page.
Here's a project for someone: an online "rn tutorial/demo."

					-=EPS=-