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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Netscape vs Knews (was Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?)
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 22:13:16 +0000
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Remi Guyomarch wrote:
> 
> Another newsreader flamewar ! ;-)

That's the *last* thing we need! Ah, well -- at least this one is a bit
more civil than most I've seen.

[Mostly snipped; I'm not about to argue preferences.]

> I don't know if it decodes BinHex or BtoA or any other 'exotic' binary
> to ascii conversion method. Since it can't pipe the article to another
> program, you have to do it yourself (save to file, launch decoder,
> remove ascii version). I admit that 90% of usenet binaries are in
> Base64 or uuencoded, and Netscape does the Right Thing  with these
> attachments.

Not true. For example, I've had Netscape call up Paint Shop Pro to
display an image. There's a whole range of "helper programs" you can
define for all sorts of applications, if you have the programs.

[snip some more]

Of course, it's still a matter of finding the software you want that
suits your own choices.  :-)

-- 
Ken

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