[Noffle-users] no way to read just an article without dragging its parents along

[Dan J. <ji...@ji...>]

Guess what I caught that nasty noffle doing?
Whenever you read an article it causes a request for all its parents.
Indeed,
J> They are further marked INTERESTING when read or an article that
J> references them is read
J>      INTERESTING
J>      - This message should be downloaded on the next fetch, if it has
J>        not been downloaded already.
and this was in overview mode too. I've never used thread mode.
It turn out that (except for perhaps noffle -a) there's just no
concept of reading a single article. Oh no, plenty of background
material for we avid readers.  No jumping to conclusions without
dragging all the postulates down our modem to boot.

Indeed, young Dan was mislead by the man page:
       over   fetch  only  article  overviews  by  default. Opening an article
              marks it for download next time online,

       thread like over, but download articles full if an article of the  same
              thread already has been downloaded.

Note how "over" doesn't mention the free Encyclopedia Britannica you
unknowing also sign up for each fateful press of the spacebar. "I made
a date with the daughter, only to find her parents along for the ride too."