Subj : Offline Mail Reader
To : Jon Watson
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Oct 08 2004 09:55 pm
ml>> errrmmmm... as i recently described and explained
ml>> to another party in some echo, you can copy and
ml>> paste to/from DOS and windows apps with relative
ml>> ease... i do it all the time and the only
ml>> "complaint" i have is that i can only copy a DOS
ml>> window one screen at a time...
JW> Agreed..it can be done - but it's annoying. I run
JW> at a 1024x768 resolution
as do i in the graphical stuffs... my DOS prompt, though, is set to 50 line
mode...
JW> and multi-mail and it's ilk run at 640x480 so all
JW> I get is this little dos window to read my mail in.
if you're running the DOS version of multimail, it should be able to run width
the default settings of the prompt window... it does on my system...
JW> Hence why I am seraching for a Windows based reader.
i've not been able to try the windows version of multi-mail because my virus
scanner thinks that it contains a virus and i've not disabled my scanner to
test it... but i would imagine that it is either a console mode app which
should be able to run in the existing settings (80x50 on my boxen) or if it is
a GUI then that's your answer ;)
ml>> JW> Using a DOS one (I know some of the readers sell themselves
ml>> JW> as Windows programs but they still open up in a DOS windows)
ml>>
ml>> errrmmm... you cannot rely on the lack of a GUI appearance
ml>> to determine if an app is running in a DOS box or not...
ml>> there are many text mode native windows apps out there...
ml>> FWIW: its called console mode...
JW> True - console mode apps exist, but really...they're poor.
in what manner? i run all sorts of them here and even have several of my own
self-developed apps converted to console mode with no problems... in fact, they
use much less system resources than GUI versions and that's a GoodThing(tm) in
my book...
JW> Why disregard all the power of the supplied GUI
what power? why do you think they keep developing faster video and CPU chips?
because there's not that much power in GUI stuff... there is, however, a lot
more data to manipulate... a couple of orders of magnitude in most cases...
JW> and use a 3GL to code a console app?
3GL? good grief! what's wrong with 1GL or 2GL stuffs? and i see things now
about 4GL and even 5GL <shaking head>
JW> I mean, if was creating an app that had little or no user
JW> interfation then console mode is an appropriate choice,
JW> but it's a poor choice for an offline mail reader.
i don't agree but then i'm not one to follow the rest of the lemmings^Werr...
blind folk and go for pretty when functional should be the utmost item on the
list... winwhatever is a perfect example, too... sure it's pretty but look at
all the bigs and security holes...
JW> For the sake of clarity I'll start describing my preferences
JW> as a Gui based reader instead of a Windows based reader.
maybe you should try out the GUI win-native version of multimail?
JW> Actually, this whole conversation is moot since I've
JW> replicated my echoes to my website :) Check it out...
JW>
http://www.theheatsinkbbs.ca
i might drop by and check it out... what method have you employed in getting
them available via a browser?? remember, the WEB is html/http stuff /only/ ;)
)\/(ark
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