From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/41994 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steve Youngs Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Question regarding the new multiplaned x-face Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:19:47 +1000 Organization: The XEmacs Development Team Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035177302 9055 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:15:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:15:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 1653 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2002 20:23:01 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 14 Jan 2002 20:23:01 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16QDcZ-000794-00; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:22:19 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:22:12 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA18016 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:21:58 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 1637 invoked by alias); 14 Jan 2002 20:22:00 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 1632 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2002 20:21:59 -0000 Original-Received: from mail017.syd.optusnet.com.au (203.2.75.179) by gnus.org with SMTP; 14 Jan 2002 20:21:59 -0000 Original-Received: from slackware.mynet.pc (wdcax17-041.dialup.optusnet.com.au [198.142.137.41]) by mail017.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g0EKLf614796 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:21:41 +1100 Original-Received: (from steve@localhost) by slackware.mynet.pc (8.12.0.Beta7/8.12.0.Beta7) id g0EKJmKd010702; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 06:19:48 +1000 Mail-Copies-To: never Original-To: Gnus List X-Attribution: SY X-URL: X-Face: %@A&y\ef)A6pi|q43;M>uyhO)~NP*fpdo0XrUuutf0|nku\O5JV(7EG%odc'n6}G@tYRl+B #[n,%B`.sHZ5>3MZvrm%,rWE7)c}ZXjH\>=p@AL\y\gyu|.lJ8B`F++86 In-Reply-To: (Wes Hardaker's message of "Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:23:05 -0800") Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090005 (Oort Gnus v0.05) XEmacs/21.5 (bamboo, i686-pc-linux) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:41994 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:41994 |--==> "WH" == Wes Hardaker writes: >>>>>>On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:11:32 +1000, Steve Youngs said: SY> Two questions: What's number one? And, why? WH> I'm assuming probably exmh is more popular than gnus. I think zmail WH> might be more popular as well, and it also displays xfaces. OK, but what is it about these that makes them more popular than Gnus? Is it "ease of use"? Do they have more/better features? Is Gnus lacking in some respect? Is it just a marketing issue? Do we care? -- |---------------------| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |---------------------------------------|