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iBoaterer[_2_]
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The new Google Groups went into effect today...
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:38:24 -0400, John H.
wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:00:27 -0400,
wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:59:41 -0400, X ` Man
wrote:
On 7/23/12 12:52 PM,
wrote:
Once you get Agent configured for your use it is very simple to
operate. The other good thing is the version I use does not really get
"installed" so it can run from a thumb drive on any machine and when
you pull the drive out it is gone without a trace. Everything stays on
the thumb drive. That is handy if you use more than one machine.
Agent is really aimed at binary users tho.
I am not sure what you mean by "dated". Usenet itself is dated and
hasn't changed in a decade or two. Why would the software have to
change?
I don't require software to run from a thumb drive, and when I sell off
my used apple computers to buy new ones, I wipe the drives clean with a
scrubbing program that allegedly provides a wipe sufficient for some
government agencies or other. In any event, good enough. I don't
download binaries. Therefore, my comment stands...Agent is too complex
for the simple task of reading and posting to the couple of usenet
groups I still follow.
Why would the software change? To add ease of use?
If you thought Agent was hard to use, you just did not customize it
for your use.
I have 2 versions running. One is set up for text groups and one for
binary groups. The top line buttons do different things.
As for the portability, I have more than one machine. If I want to
move from this desk top to my laptop, I sync to a thumb drive, plug
the thumb drive in my laptop and go. All of my newsgroup pointers and
saved posts move with it. When I get home, I just sync the thumb to my
hard drive and it is back here. I can also plug that thumb drive into
the hotel lobby machine (or any other machine) and run from there if I
want to. Then when I leave, everything leaves with me.
Nothing gets written on their hard drive, registry or otherwise.
Nothing very complex about it, that's for damn sure.
Harry is not a computer user, he uses Apple appliances.
True!
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