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From: Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com>
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Subject: Re: Newsgrouper - a web interface to Usenet (text only)
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Colin Macleod wrote:

> not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) posted:
>> 
>> > It's not really
>> > usable on mobile devices yet, I hope to improve this. The architecture
>> > can be summarised as nntp/Tcl/Redis/Tcl/Tk/Xvnc/Cloudflare/noVNC.
>> 
>> I see, I never considered that it might be implemented that way, I
>> was expecting some fairly bare-bones HTML. 

> I have now reimplemented Newsgrouper in "fairly bare-bones HTML",
> partly because I couldn't get the noVNC-based version to be properly
> usable on mobile devices.  There are still many desirable features
> that I have not implemented yet, but hope to get to eventually.

It's looking nice! Glad to see you avoiding javascript when possible.

> One aspect that may be of interest is that it supports the full set of
> newsgroups available on eternal-september.org, not just a pre-selected
> subset as rslight does. It can be found at https://cmacleod.me.uk/ng

It's good to note that there is a difference in intent between rslight and newsreaders (whether web based or not). RSLight is meant to act like a forum, and seems to work well for users not really familiar with the structure of Usenet. Newsgrouper is good to give the Usenet "feel" to the site for those familiar with the structure.

Just my opinion. I think there is room for both styles, and I'm glad to see your project coming together :)

-- 
Retro Guy