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From: pcolby@robbie.prime.com (Peter Colby)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: vn verses vnews
Message-ID: <296@cvbnet2.UUCP>
Date: 13 Oct 88 14:35:23 GMT
References: <632@convex.UUCP> <3286@edm.UUCP>
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Reply-To: pcolby@robbie.UUCP (Peter Colby)
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In article <3286@edm.UUCP> rroot@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel) writes:
}From article <632@convex.UUCP>, by tchrist@convex.UUCP (Tom Christiansen):
}}}I have been reading news for about 6 months using vnews.  I tried
}}}rn but found it very yucky.  Just recently I got hold of vn and
}} 
}} I don't understand what's "yucky" about rn.  I find its flexibility
}} highly desirable.  Could someone explain what's "yucky" about it?  
}} Everytime I track down their specific gripes,
}} it's a case of RTFM.  
}I guess that part of the reason why people complain about rn is that you 
}HAVE TO RTFM.  This isn't good for non-hacker types who like to have the
}computer do all the trivial work for them.  A good user interface should
}try to be onobtrusive -- sort of like a sports ref who spends most of the
}time almost invisible and only stepping in when something weird happens.

Not to be one to dispell myths :=) but.... I have been using rn for the past
2 years (or longer) and I finally RTFM for the first time last week. I will
admit that there is lost of useful stuff described in the manual that isn't
easily picked up from the help screens but I never had any problem before.
In fact, the only reason I looked at the manual was to figure out how to
set up a couple of useful macros.

Then again, I've never used any other news reader so perhaps I'm speaking
from the viewpoint of ignorance.


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