OT: Recommend newsreader for the Mac?
Gilles Kohl
Slightly offtopic, but can you recommend a newsreader for the Mac so I
can follow this (and similar) groups on the machine where development
actually is taking place?
Thanks and regards,
Gilles.
Sherm Pendley
> Slightly offtopic, but can you recommend a newsreader for the Mac so I
> can follow this (and similar) groups on the machine where development
> actually is taking place?
I use gnus, which is included with Aquamacs. Which is rather odd, since
I prefer BBEdit over Emacs for actual text editing. :-)
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Don Sample
Gilles Kohl <gilles_de...@compuserve.com> wrote:
I use MT-Newswatcher.
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Daniel T.
> Gilles Kohl <gilles_de...@compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> > Slightly offtopic, but can you recommend a newsreader for the Mac so I
> > can follow this (and similar) groups on the machine where development
> > actually is taking place?
>
I second MT-Newswatcher. I have been using newswatcher since it first
came out.
Gilles Kohl
Downloaded and installed it (The latest beta V 3.5.3b3 which states it
supports Leopard).
I was quickly able to point it to my ISPs server, configure a couple
Mac-specific newsgroups for download, and actually download messages.
Having trouble to adapt my "workflow" to its philosophy though - is
there a way to get rid of the plethora of windows it opens and switch
to an integrated view with several hierarchical panes?
(subscribed groups -> message list -> message)
My typical use case is a) get new messages in subscribed groups b)
move from message to message with a minimum of keystrokes and
(ideally. 0) of windows opening and closing, automatically moving from
a "completed" group to the next. I'm occasionally replying or creating
a new message, rarely searching. I'm not using NNTP for downloads of
binaries or pictures.
Currently using (and probably weaned to :-) a licensed version of
Fort� Agent.
Regards,
Gilles.
Daniel T.
> On Sun, 10 May 2009 18:38:35 -0400, "Daniel T."
> <dani...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >Don Sample <dsa...@synapse.net> wrote:
> >> Gilles Kohl <gilles_de...@compuserve.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Slightly offtopic, but can you recommend a newsreader for the Mac so I
> >> > can follow this (and similar) groups on the machine where development
> >> > actually is taking place?
> >>
> >> I use MT-Newswatcher.
> >>
> >> <http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/>
> >
> >I second MT-Newswatcher. I have been using newswatcher since it first
> >came out.
>
> Downloaded and installed it (The latest beta V 3.5.3b3 which states it
> supports Leopard).
>
> I was quickly able to point it to my ISPs server, configure a couple
> Mac-specific newsgroups for download, and actually download messages.
>
> Having trouble to adapt my "workflow" to its philosophy though - is
> there a way to get rid of the plethora of windows it opens and switch
> to an integrated view with several hierarchical panes?
That's kind of funny. What you want to get rid of is precisely why I
like it. :-)
> My typical use case is a) get new messages in subscribed groups b)
> move from message to message with a minimum of keystrokes and
> (ideally. 0) of windows opening and closing, automatically moving from
> a "completed" group to the next. I'm occasionally replying or creating
> a new message, rarely searching. I'm not using NNTP for downloads of
> binaries or pictures.
Same here. My workflow is as follows.
1) Start the program by double-clicking my subscriptions document.
2) After the reader finishes checking for new messages, I select all and
hit return to open them (yes, that's lots of windows.) The first window
opens on top and the rest open behind the first one.
3) Browse the message list by pressing the down arrow and hitting return
on messages I want to open (or double-clicking on it.) Reply or close
the message with the appropriate keyboard shortcuts, use the page down
button if the message is more than one page.
4) After I'm done with a group, I close its window (again with the
command key,) and the next group is open and waiting for me.
About the only time I use the mouse is when I'm spell checking or to
quickly jump to some other part of a message while writing one.
Once I write a reply, I create a filter to highlight the subject in red
(my defaults are set-up to expire the highlight in 3 days if nobody is
adding to it.)
I have some basic filters that work on all groups, I highlight messages
that begin with "Re:" in green and show threads collapsed, so I can
easily see the difference between new posts and responses. I also have a
filter that automatically marks message over a week old as read.
There is one group that I use for binary downloads... I highlight the
message I want to download and download the binary (again using the
keyboard shortcut.) Then I hit the yellow jewel to minimize the group
window until it's done.
Non mais
> can you recommend a newsreader for the Mac
May I suggest you to try the old MacSoup ?
http://home.snafu.de/stk/macsoup/
Not really update but still working perfectly well. Compatible Leopard
though ..
A main window for all subscribed newsgroups
One window for the choosed active group.
One window for the choosed active thread, nice spacebar scrolling and
plenty of more keyboard shortcuts (visible in the menus)...
Open one thread with enter, navigate via numeric keypad through
messages, mark all thread (or group) as read with com-E etc etc ..
You should give it a chance ...
Walter Bushell
car...@couillu.org (Non mais) wrote:
But not integrated with the system spell check. I looked at some of the
suggested spell checkers for the thing and they were not really
functional.
Laurent Demaret
> But not integrated with the system spell check.
Sorry, I did not see this request in your post.
It's an old app, more a thread tool than a post tool...