doc/FAQ.txt in sup-0.0.2 vs doc/FAQ.txt in sup-0.0.3

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@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@ Sup FAQ ------- Q: What does Sup stand for? -A: "What's up?". -Q: How is Sup even possible? -A: Sup is only possible through the hard work of Dave Balmain, the - author of ferret. +A: It stands for "what's up?", which is more or less the question I'm + asking when I read my mail. - I started using Ferret when it was still slightly buggy, and it - seemed like every week Dave released a bugfix or a speed - improvement that directly affected sup. Ferret has become a - first-class piece of software, and it's due to the tremendous - amount of time and effort he's put in to it. +Q: If you love GMail so much, why not just use it? +A: I hate using a mouse, and I hate ads, and I hate non-programmability + and non-extensibility. + Q: Why the console? -A: As the millions (ok, hundreds) of mutt users will tell you, there are - many advantages to the console: - - You don't need web browser. - - Instantaneous interaction. - - A few keystrokes can accomplish the work of a hundred mouse - clicks. +A: There are many advantages to the console. As any Unix user knows, a + few keystrokes can accomplish the work of a hundred mouse clicks. + Also, you don't need web browser, and you get instantaneous response + and a simple interface. -Q: If you love GMail so much, why not just use it? -A: I hate using a mouse, and I hate ads, and I hate non-programmability. + That said, a good Ajax programmer could probably replicate GMail + pretty easily using Sup as the backend. Q: How does Sup deal with spam? A: You can manually mark messages as spam, which prevents them from showing up in future searches, but that's all that Sup does. Spam filtering should be done by a dedicated tool like SpamAssassin. @@ -35,6 +30,12 @@ taken by another project on RubyForge, and wasn't that original, and was too long to type anyways. Maybe one day I'll do a huge search-and-replace on the code, but it doesn't seem that important at this point. + +Q: How is Sup possible? +A: Sup is only possible through the hard work of Dave Balmain, the + author of ferret, which is the search engine behind Sup. Ferret is + really a first-class piece of software, and it's due to the + tremendous amount of time and effort he's put in to it.