Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!snark.UUCP!eric
From: eric@snark.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re:  Finding a needle in a haystack (was: future public nets)
Message-ID: <8812262241.AA24943@snark.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 88 03:41:10 GMT
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>Have you tried the "vn" newsreader?  It presents a screenful of message
>titles, and you just pick the ones you want.  It makes picking just a few
>articles out of a huge batch about as quick as it can be.

>There's an option in rn that gives somewhat the same ability; hit = and you
>get a screenful of article titles with their numbers.  You then type in the
>number to see the article.  Not as easy as vn, but it does work.

All the interactive readers in 3.0 news (including vnews) will have this
capability, it is already implemented and has been working fine
for months.

eric@snark.uu.net = eric%snark@uunet.uu.net     -->     Eric S. Raymond