Re: Yarn and GUI news/mail

From: Mark Landers (mlanders@netcom.com)
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 23:46:54 -0400

In article <SOgc1wSAYaGc092yn@xs4all.nl>, hneel@xs4all.nl (Hans Nelisse) wrote:
:Howard Schwartz <theo@ncal.verio.com>:
:>Ill try again (fool that I am):
:>
:> Why do dedicated yarn users like yarn better than the window/graphics
:> based, GUI news and mail readers?
:
:Because i can read everything full screen.
:
:
:Hans
:

I'm using a Libretto sub-notebook. Anything smaller than full screen
you need a magnifying glass to read.

Good GUI readers provide hotkey alternatives to the mouse for
experienced users. Why not just learn the hotkeys and forget about the
mouse (which is what Yarn does)? It's much faster that way.

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