Twitter's focus on absolute simplicity may also make some Q&A conversations difficult to follow, as one of the most useful tools that could visualize threaded conversations, Quotably, has closed up shop; Twitter offers no comparable alternative.

Several aspects - such as replaced cues, asynchronous communication, insightful interaction, desire for impression management and maintained partner affinity - are all in support of social information processing as a comparable, if not improved, alternative of face-to-face communication (see hyperpersonal model).

He adds that the Democrats' bruising losses in 2004 were a byproduct of the party's failure to offer a "comparable alternative" to the Republicans' clearly articulated vision of a strong interventionist foreign policy, lower taxes and a conservative social-cultural agenda.

Other distributions use comparable alternatives like AppArmor.

The band was forced to find a comparable alternative, and tour manager Richard Cole eventually chartered Caesar's Chariot, a 45-seat Boeing 707 owned by the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas.

The band required the plane because the plane they had previously used for their 1973 and 1975 North American concert tours, The Starship, was permanently grounded at Long Beach Airport with engine difficulties, and they required a comparable alternative.

We have to be better than the next most comparable alternative.

Growstones appear to be a comparable alternative to expanded clay aggregate.

A silk comforter is a comparable alternative for people who are allergic to goose down comforters.