Sup FAQ
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+Q: What does Sup stand for?
-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.
+
+Q: If you love GMail so much, why not just use it?
- 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 almost entirely due to him.
- It amazes me just how much time and effort he has put into 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 a bulky web browser.
- - You can ssh and check your mail on another machine.
- - Instantaneous interaction.
- - A few keystrokes are worth 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
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.
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