Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!psuvax!burdvax!sjuvax!bbanerje From: bbanerje@sjuvax.UUCP (B. Banerjee) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Basenotes in Responses Message-ID: <200@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Mar-84 01:54:39 EST Article-I.D.: sjuvax.200 Posted: Sat Mar 10 01:54:39 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Mar-84 06:51:47 EST References: <32700013@hp-dcde.UUCP> Organization: Saint Josephs Univ. Phila., Pa. Lines: 34 >> OK. This is a meta flame about people who copy the entire basenote into >> their responses on the net. The program "notes" displays the basenote >> before any responses can be read. I CAN'T STAND IT WHEN I HAVE TO WADE >> THROUGH THE BASENOTE AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR EACH RESPONSE! Please don't. >> (If news does not display the basenote before responses then at least I >> have brought this problem to peoples' attention) >> >> >> Dave Barrett >> (hplabs!hp-dcd!barrett) ^ |- (Absolutely intentional!) No, News does not display a copy of the "basenote" before each response. Bringing this matter to peoples attention won't do much good. many more people on the net use News than notes. It helps to know the context of a followup. To forestall the inevitable response - No, I have no desire to switch to notes. Notes were never intended to, and don't interface well with news. If notes provided an alternative interface to the net, I might bring it up for some of the users here. However, file space isn't cheap enough (yet) that I can afford to keep two copies of all the traffic on the net online. I get the screen oriented interface with vnews, while readnews allows a user on a 300 baud dial-in to deal with a reasonable interface. I can select articles based on title, date, author, etc. Once the topic sorting of B News 2.11 is available, there will be even less reason to use Notes. -- Binayak Banerjee {allegra | astrovax | bpa | burdvax}!sjuvax!bbanerje