Subj : Re: Offline Mail Reader
To : mark lewis
From : Jon Watson
Date : Fri Oct 08 2004 03:49 pm
mark lewis wrote to Jon Watson:
ml> JW> My search is for a Windows based reader. I'd like to have a
ml> JW> Windows based reader because it makes it a lot easier to
ml> JW> paste log segments and the like.
ml>
ml> errrmmmm... as i recently described and explained to another party in
some
ml> echo, you can copy and paste to/from DOS and windows apps with relative
ml> ease... i do it all the time and the only "complaint" i have is that i
can
ml> only copy a DOS window one screen at a time...
Agreed..it can be done - but it's annoying. I run at a 1024x768 resolution
and
multi-mail and it's ilk run at 640x480 so all I get is this little dos window
to read my mail in.
Hence why I am seraching for a Windows based reader.
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 to determine
if
ml> an app is running in a DOS box or not... there are many text mode native
ml> windows apps out there... FWIW: its called console mode...
True - console mode apps exist, but really...they're poor. Why disregard all
the power of the supplied GUI and use a 3GL to code a console app? I mean, if
was creating an app that had little or no user interfation then console mode
is an appropriate choice, but it's a poor choice for an offline mail reader.
For the sake of clarity I'll start describing my preferences as a Gui based
reader instead of a Windows based reader.
Actually, this whole conversation is moot since I've replicated my echoes to
my website :) Check it out...
http://www.theheatsinkbbs.ca
Jon
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