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From: Richard Steiner
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 00:00

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Here in news.software.readers, The Dr <psychiatrist@general-hospital.com>
spake unto us, saying:

>Excuse me but I am a human being and this is the 21st century. slrn seems
>a product of the 1950's.

There's nothing wrong with putting aesthetics above functionality (or
beginner-friendliness above expert-friendliness), but there are many
ways to state it without being insulting.

>A user should not have to study a few days first on how to handle a
>program.

Slrn doesn't take long to learn -- I was comfortable using it within an
hour of installing it for the first time.

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>--->  Bloomington, MN
      OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
       + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
         Stupidity got us into this mess; why can't it get us out?

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