[OT] Re: Tango heap is dangerous

[Walter Bright]

Robert M. Münch wrote:
> I totally agree!! Web-Forums are a step back in time (bad useage pattern 
> only "modern" cosmetics), they are one of those things absolutly not 
> necessary. Newsgroups are simple to use, fast, and I can handle them all 
> with one client.

I also tire of the avatars people use, and the great deal of vertical 
screen real estate a single message takes up. It's also hard to follow 
threads, as everything gets linearized. Worst, it's hard to tell what 
messages you've read and what you haven't. I really like with n.g. I can 
see at a glance what's new, and what I haven't read yet. I can also tag 
particular postings with color for my own reasons. Forum software seems 
oriented towards glitter rather than functionality.

The reddit forum software is the best, but it still stinks as it's very 
hard to go back to a page and see what is new since you last looked at it.

To be fair, with n.g. the backquoting is often excessive.