Re: [Nolug] GMANE mirror? (was Re: Please Enjoy Another E-Mail Alert)

From: Barrington Womble <stigwom_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:11:28 -0500
Message-ID: <t2s81277b671004131111ifd59782alfb4ffcc8b19880e3@mail.gmail.com>

I'll ask again: about when you're not on your own machine? Like, you
know, at work.

And what about smartphones? It's a significantly different medium.

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:

> On 2010-04-13 11:07, Barrington Womble wrote:
>
>> That would be huge. You know what else sucks? Having two different
>> browsers open at the same time so I can monitor two web-based e-mail
>> addresses. It's distracting.
>>
>>
> That's because the web is *not* the proper tool for the task. Use a
> screwdriver, not a hammer, to drive a screw.
>
> Email and netnews protocols and clients have 20+ years of refinement; they
> do what they do *very well*. Use them.
>
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