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From: jww@sdcsvax.UUCP (Joel West)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Why digests are bad
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Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 11:27:07 EDT
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> I use rn, I know about ^G and G, and I still don't like digests.  The main
> problem is at 1200 baud (or lower).  
> 		...
> 	Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam (guido@mcvax.UUCP)

I'd just like to second one point here.  When considering the
convenience/utility of certain features, be sure to consider those
of us using readnews/rn/vnews at 1200 baud.  We may not consitute
a majority, but we certainly are a significant minority.

Digests are a real pain in vnews (all I use) since it normally means
two whole pages in order to get the digest header, filler, and then
the individual article fillers.

Speaking of vnews, there was a hacked version of it (2.11, it called
itself) that I used in AT&T land.  It allowed you to have a menu
(somewhat like ucb/mail 'h') of 1-line article headers, skip and mark
individual articles, and bounce back between headers and articles.
Does anyone know why it's not part of 2.10.3?

	Joel West	CACI, Inc. - Federal (c/o UC San Diego)
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PS: Things are only marginally better at 2400