[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In comp.lang.perl.misc John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > the argument that usenet should never change seems a little >> > heavy-handed and anachronistic. >> >> No, simple since there *are* alternatives: web based message boards. >> Those alternatives *do* support HTML formatting (often the subset >> mentioned > > ... and generally these "web based message boards" (i.e. forums I > assume you mean) have none of the useful tools that Usenet offers and > are much, much slower.
Yup, Slow because of all the HTML and avatars. And you suggest to introduce such a thing to Usenet? And which useful tools do you require? -- John Small Perl scripts: http://johnbokma.com/perl/ Perl programmer available: http://castleamber.com/ Happy Customers: http://castleamber.com/testimonials.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
