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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