• Re: (NovaBBS) The only time i see the [Fortunes] is when i open a page

    From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to HenHanna@dev.null on Sat Dec 14 19:29:21 2024
    HenHanna <HenHanna@dev.null> wrote:
    On Sat, 7 Dec 2024 18:50:01 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    Newsgroups: news.software.readers news.groups alt.test


    i noticed that...

    Usually i don't see the Fortunes....

    The only time i see them is when

    i open a page in [InPrivate Window] (a feature of MS Edge browser)

    so that i'm logged on
    to the NovaBBS page anonymously -- (Not as HenHanna)


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    it's official... NovaBBS is so good that...

    i've not used TB (ThunderBird) in maybe 2 months.

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    One of the great features of NovaBBS is that...

    Every post is Chronologically tagged meticulously.

    34 seconds ago, and then
    3 minutes 41 seconds ago, and then
    22 hours 42 minutes ago, and then Eventually
    .......
    2 years 4 months ago


    I used to use Usenet a lot in the 1990s, and back then
    such focus on (awareness of) timing of Posts would have been
    unthinkable

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    What an excellent point you make. After all, arithmetic hadn't yet been invented in the 1990s. There was no way to perform such calculations.

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  • From morena@21:1/5 to Retro Guy on Sat Dec 14 22:26:48 2024
    On 12/14/24 9:18 PM, Retro Guy wrote:
    On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:31:38 +0000, sticks wrote:

    On 12/14/2024 1:03 PM, HenHanna wrote:

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      One of the great features of  NovaBBS is that...

       Every post is  Chronologically  tagged  meticulously.

           34 seconds ago,  and then
           3 minutes 41 seconds ago,  and then
           22 hours 42 minutes  ago,  and then  Eventually
                .......
           2 years  4 months ago


      I used to use Usenet a lot in the 1990s,  and back then
    such focus on (awareness of)  timing of Posts  would have been
    unthinkable

    No idea what you're talking about, Hanna.  Every post has a required
    date header showing when the message is posted.  Using a real client you
    can even sort the group by it if you want.  What's the problem?

    Yep. I've been trying to explain the benefits of using a a real
    newsreader to someone else today but it seems to go right past them.

    But, as the developer of the software running on NovaBBS, I'm way more concerned that there appear to be two spaces TWO! between '2 years' and
    '4 months'. This is the most critical issue of the moment!


    I assume poster means clearly, that back in time even dedicated software
    was not so easy to use and not so friendly than today even some web
    front-end. So he did not even need to use Thunderbird, but just open the
    web, which has some advantage over GUI client, as it's server side, so
    one get the same experience from anywhere.

    --
    morena
    http://morena.rip
    gopher://morena.rip

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