[mdlug] Google Wave invites

[Aaron Kulkis]

Paul wrote:
> Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at opengroupware.us>, on Wed Dec 09, 2009 [04:27:05 PM] said:
>> On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 12:57 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>>> What I really miss is powwow.
>>> Powwow was basically Unix/Linux talk (character by character,
>>> rather than line-by-line, transmission) with split screen
>> Actually just about everyone I've talked to about wave gives the
>> opposite as a complaint - that wave is char-by-char rather than
>> line-by-line.  It is not only distracting to the reader but not
>> conducive of effective communication for the writer.  People want to
>> compose a message, possibly rethink it, and then commit to sending it
>> out into the world.  Who hasn't banged something into an IM line and
>> then thought better of it?  In real-world applications the moments pause
>> is important.
>>
> 
> 	Hi;
> 
> 	Well having experienced n/talk, char at a time ICQ and
> IRC and other clients dating back to primitive IM in the mid '80s
> over bitnet, I have to say char at a time sucks ass.
> 
> 	If you disagree, I suggest a session with my father
> who can actually touch type, but at an infuriatingly glacial speed.
> 

Does line-by-line improve his typing speed?