On Fri, 30 May 2008 23:58:14 +0200, Robert Roland <fake@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>Not one particular reason. The list is long. Top 3 might be:
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>1. Forums are now spread around, just like in the old BBS days. You
>have to log on to a number of different sites to keep up with your
>threads. You will probably find some of the same people and some of
>the same subjects several places. You will need to remember a separate
>password for each site. We are moving back in time. I remember how
>great an improvement it was when Usenet too over for BBSes. I don't
>want to go back.
I only bother with 1 really. Pretty much for the same reasons.
>2. I'm stuck with someone else's idea of how a user interface should
>work, and I have to learn several different ones.
Well, you're kinda stuck with that here on usenet too, depending on
your news reader.
>3. Ads.
Well, those forums take a LOT of money to run so the operators need to
recoup some of that expense somewhere. A few ad graphics on borders
or across the top or bottom of a screen aren't that big of a deal
(IMO) but popups are a deal breaker for me.
>Yes, but that's the same in every form of forum, whether it's
>electronic or in real life. The difference is, on my Usenet client, I
>make three mouse clicks, and the annoying dude is killfiled.
Similar functions are available on most modern forum software as well.
>Yes. Head speed is around 2500, but I am not capable of any hardcore
>3D, so my flying style is probably classfied as gentle to meduim.
That's pretty low for a 400-sized bird... How's the cyclic
response???
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