Re: Screenshots etc.

"J. P. Gilliver" <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Feb 2026 20:03:54 +0000
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-xp,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.msdos.batch.nt
Organization 255 software
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026/2/7 3:22:5, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> J. P. Gilliver <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
>>> But for Kenny's question above, most of us use some form of free
>>> image-hosting web site, where the one I use most asks for no login.
> 
> No worries; I have no desire to post any screenshots here.
> 
> I was just amused by the idea of someone requesting a screenshot on Usenet.
> 
> As Tim Walz would say, weird!
> 
> And, the point is: Usenet *is* a text-only medium, by definition and
> decree, even if lots of people have abused it over the years.

People have been requesting screenshots - and in response, people have
been uploading them to file/image sharing sites, and posting the URL of
the uploaded file (thus remaining within "text-only" rules) - for years,
decades I think.

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