Using A Newsreader
| Field | What field the skill applies to |
Usenet newsgroups on the internet
| Went Obsolete | An approximation of when the skill was made obsolete |
It's not quite obsolete, but newsreaders are imperiled by both Google Groups and a general decline in Usenet popularity.
| Made Obsolete By | The skill or item that made this skill obsolete |
Blogs and message boards are taking away newsgroup's audience.
| Knowledge Assumed | The knowledge needed to perform the skill |
Ability to install software and learn a GUI or set of keybindings
| When useful | When this skill could still be used in the real world |
To access newsgroups on the computer without a WWW interface. Newsreaders are required for getting USENET binaries,
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