Re: Just my opinion
From: sgopus (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/02/04
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 08:35:17 -0800
Ya know I've read this opinion before, and I offer mine.
I like the web interface, I've tried the outlook interface
and most likely due to my lack of experience , I find it
frustrating, and hard to find things, the web interface is
much easier for me to use, and shows the links .
IMHO the web interface is better.
>-----Original Message-----
>So do I hear (I should have checked!) that you are
reading this stuff via
>the web interface, rather than the much easier and more
useful NNTP
>newsgroup format?
>
>If so, can I suggest that newsgroups, while not as
powerful as google (which
>indexes them--see the groups tab)--are much nicer than
any web interface
>yet?
>
>See this reference for how to read this stuff via the
newsreader of your
>choice--I use Outlook Express ("because it is there") but
there are also
>other excellent choices--free or $--Forte's free agent,
for one.)
>(www.forteinc.com, I think)
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;
[ln];newswhelp#usenewsnntp
>
>"Mr. Matthew" <mrmatthew10001@hotmail.com> wrote in
message
>news:16f0601c417a3$604c0780$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> My goodness, I had to make a cup of coffee and sit down
to
>> read the novel you wrote!!! This is a message board,
not a
>> library. Honestly, I read the first two or three
>> paragraphs, dozed off, woke up, and then proceeded to
>> reply to you. Okay, was that ribbing good enough? ;)
>>
>> I had a problem come up with Windows. I didn't get a
>> solution here on Microsoft's website. In fact, it's
almost
>> as if Microsoft doesn't WANT you to know how to do it! I
>> found it from Google. I had to use a book that was
written
>> about hacking into Windows, and guess what? Using the
book
>> and Google, I found my answer, and I was able to solve
my
>> problem. In fact, I would say that out of all my
computer
>> problems, I got a solution off of going to Google; I
just
>> read about others having the same problems here without
a
>> good idea from anyone on how to fix them. All I ever see
>> here, in fact, are people with empty replies about going
>> to THIS website, or downloading and installing THAT
>> program, and that's it, nothing more.
>>
>> We just have a difference of opinion of which is more
>> effective, I guess. I say, it's no debate: Google is
>> fantastic. Just watch what website you are going to so
>> that you can determine if it's reputable, and you can
find
>> more information there than here, and that's just my
>> opinion based on experience.
>>
>> I think this place is another alternative, sure, but
it's
>> no comparing this to what you can find on Google. None.
>> Not even close. Maybe this message forum's format is to
>> blame; it isn't exactly user friendly, and it's not easy
>> to keep up with who replied to what.
>>
>> Other websites give you the nitty gritty about Spybot,
>> what firewalls are good, worms, anti-viruses and which
is
>> worth getting, etc., etc., etc. I like to compare this
>> place to a movie trailer, where Google is the movie.
Okay,
>> bad analogy, but I think you get it.
>>
>> We do agree that if we "spoon-feed everyone, they won't
>> learn to pick it up for themselves." Exactly my point.
>> Search engines are the key here; this website isn't.
>>
>> Okay, that's enough writing for now. I don't want to be
>> like you who wrote 58 paragraphs when 3 or 4 would have
>> been enough. Damn, it's contagious! :p
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