At 09:57 PM 2002-07-08 -0700, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
>Nick Simicich wrote:
> > At 12:06 PM 2002-07-08 -0800, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
> >
> >> >What does this have to do with anything? I can't imagine using a
> >> browser
> >> >for mail, sorry.
> >>
> >> Who said anything about a browser? Netscape has a mail and news client
> >> as well, which is not the browser.
> >
> >
> > But I am a dumb user. I installed a browser --- where did that mail and
> > news client come from? What is the difference? I think it is all the
> > web, you know? I mean, I want it to all be the web, why should I have
> > to learn the difference? And I'm right because I'm the user.
>
>If I heard this from someone who didn't know any better, I'd either
>explain it, or call it the portion of their browser that accesses mail and
>newsgroups so as not to confuse them.
>
> From you, I'd just say you were being a jerk for your own amusement.
And why do you not think that your users are being jerks for their own
amusement? You know, I honestly think that they are. They sure have you cowed.
--
"Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of
nature!"
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Nick Simicich - njs@scifi.squawk.com
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