On Saturday 25 January 2003 05:38, Michael Vang wrote: > > Well, to be honest, not much more can be done... As it is now, we have > several mechanisms in place to enable people with dialup access the > ability to log on and get done right quick...
What about posting (a digest of) forum messages on the list, a la SourceForge? > > 1) There are no heavy graphics usage... (If I were paying for access I'd > have graphics turned off anyways!) > 2) Everything is GZIP compressed... > 3) You can have email notifications of new posts... > > I was stuck on dialup for a week recently and was able to keep up with > the forum with just 5 minutes of reading a day... And I don't read all > that fast... And it was a 33.6 connection... > I find the major problem is the awkwardness of going on & offline when composing contributions, especially replies. Having been an Internet user for > 20 years, I think "store & forward" rather than "instant messaging". That's my problem, not yours. Regards Brian Beesley _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
