Jargons of Info Tech industry

[John Bokma]

usenet at isbd.co.uk wrote:

> In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
>> usenet at isbd.co.uk wrote:
>> 
>> > "NNTP and its applications" have evolved to provide a set of much more
>> > sophisticated means of accessing and giving information than any forum
>> > I've ever seen.
>> 
>> Example(s). And do users need those sophisticated things?
>> 
> Kill files

there is a mod for that (at least for phpBB)

> Selecting posts and threads based on a scoring system

If there is no mod, one can be easily written.

> A huge variety of different newsreaders allowing different users to
> access the news in they way they want.

Different browsers, stylesheets, themes.

> I don't use all the possibilities (e.g. I don't use kill files) but I
> do use a 'minority' text based newsreader because it is ideal for me.
> I don't get the option of a text based forum reader - I doubt many
> forums work with lynx.

But have you tested it? You just blurb out random statements, based on gut 
feelings. Yes, phpBB works with lynx. And I doubt it's a rare exception.

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