In uk.rec.sheds,  (Richard Robinson) wrote in
::

>bobharvey said:
>> On 3 Nov, 10:56, Dave Budd  wrote:
>>
>>> > And it's all webbified, so you have to be online to read it.
>>>
>>> Well yes, but also you can use owt that html allows, rather than being
>>> restricted to ASCII
>>
>> I thought we regarded that as a virtue?
>
>
>That could turn out to be one of the biggest virtues of a web-based system -
>that it's based on protocols that did not emerge from the prists of mehistory
>bearing lurking assumptions of sevenbittitude to bite people 30 years later.
>
>Well, we can dream ?

I wouldn't mind something with rich presentation if it had an offline
client, like usenet.  It's the "only works when connected, and that
slowly" aspect that irks.
-- 
Marc

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