At 10:36 PM 7/23/95, Robert Hettinga wrote:

What I mean is, that after you've used Netscape, a web client, to read news for a while, you'll start to think about more specialized applications like Newswatcher, for instance.

Speaking for myself, of course, I used Newswatcher _before_ using Netscape's newsreader.

No, Tim, your mother does *not* wear army boots. ;-). I just have several friends who recently moved to a TCP net feed and thought they only needed Netscape. That is, until they used Eudora, and/or Newswatcher (preferably in it's "value added" editions), and switched to them instead for their respective purposes.

I've been using Eudora since early on, in 1992, via my Netcom shell account. And Eudora Pro since it came out. Now I use it on my PPP account, but the functionality is essentially the same as when I was using a shell account. As for Newswatcher, see above. As for other non-Netscape tools, I also have MacWAIS, Anarchie, TurboGopher, Finger, NCSA Telnet, Talk, etc. I use specialized tools when the need arises. But Eudora + Netscape meet most of my Net needs, which are for doing mail, reading and posting to News, fetching files, checking out Web sites, etc. I'm not saying this combination meets the needs of everyone, and their mileage will likely vary, but I do dislike arguments of the flavor: "Ah, Tim, wait until you learn what a real computer is, wait until you see what's out there besides Netscape." --Tim May .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@sensemedia.net | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-728-0152 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Corralitos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."