Best Newsgroup reader
Keith Wall
newsreader that I have any exposure to other than Microsoft's Outlook
Express. I would appreciate any input any of you may have as to other
leading readers that I might consider. Or is Gravity the best?
Alan
I'm using Xnews and i have to say i'm very impressed with it.
It takes a little time to master all its little niceties, but i
would recomend it to anyone.
Oh yeah, and its free. <g>
you can find it here.. http://xnews.3dnews.net
--
Alan
Steve Winograd
>I've just installed the trial version of Gravity. It is the only
>newsreader that I have any exposure to other than Microsoft's Outlook
>Express. I would appreciate any input any of you may have as to other
>leading readers that I might consider. Or is Gravity the best?
For binaries, News Rover, from http://www.newsrover.com . You can download
a free trial version.
For everything else, News Xpress, free from http://www.malch.com/nx1faq.html
Best Wishes,
Steve
J. Moreno
<Keith...@Worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I've just installed the trial version of Gravity. It is the only
> newsreader that I have any exposure to other than Microsoft's Outlook
> Express. I would appreciate any input any of you may have as to other
> leading readers that I might consider. Or is Gravity the best?
You'll have to decide for yourself which is best for you. But if
you're looking for other newsreaders, the place to start is
<http://www.newsreaders.com>. You'll find links to Agent, OE,
Netscape, Gravity, Xnews, NewsXpress and many other newsreaders.
--
John Moreno
Washi Desu
>The two leaders in the field are Gravity and Forte's Agent which can
>be downloaded from www.forteinc.com. Best thing you can do is try out
>as many newsreaders as you can find so you can best determine which
>one does things in the manner you like them being done.
>
>Lots of newsreaders & there are subtle differences between them as to
>how they perform their tasks. You need to find the one that works the
>way you do.
This is all true, but I would like to add a couple of comments from long years
of newsreading experience. One is that, as a registered user of both Forte Agent
and Gravity, I find myself using Agent most of the time because I feel it gives
me more control over what it is doing (even though it is apparently no longer
being updated). Gravity does many things that I didn't expect it to, and often
ends up downloading the same messages more than once, even after I thought I had
deleted them or told it not to. Agent filtering is much more straightforward and
makes it easier to see what is happening (in my experience, at least).
Second, neither Gravity nor Agent is very good for two-byte characters such as
Japanese. For that, I use a program called Datula, which combines one of the
best email clients in the world with a pretty good news client. The reason most
of you haven't heard of this program is that it is Japanese (the interface is
Japanese only). Other programs that handle Japanese, Chinese, etc., are Outlook
Express and Navigator, of course.
Most of the other news programs I've tried are not worth the bother.
--
Washi Desu, Tokyo
http://washi.nu
Washi Desu
wrote,
>-> Most of the other news programs I've tried are not worth the bother.
>->
>Ghod I get tired of asking this question. If "Datula" is so great
>then =why change=? Or, as some of us say in English, "If it ain't
>broke, don't 'fix' it".
Who said anything about changing??? Datula is a fairly recent program; I use it
mainly for Japanese groups and use Forte Agent for the rest. I settled on these
two programs after trying out most of the rest. Got a problem with that?
Washi Desu
>-> Who said anything about changing??? Datula is a fairly recent program; I use it
>-> mainly for Japanese groups and use Forte Agent for the rest. I settled on these
>-> two programs after trying out most of the rest. Got a problem with that?
>->
>Hey, it's =your= question. Apparently between Datula and Agent
>you =have= the best newsreaders for your purposes. There's no
>point in denigrating the rest. I think Gravity is quite worth the
>bother for what I need it to do as your softwares are for you.
>I've tried others, I come back to Gravity. The others are not
>"not worth the bother", just not for me.
First of all, it was not my question. Someone else asked about "best"
newsreaders and I gave my input.
Second, I did not include Gravity among those that were not worth the bother.
Third, and finally, I have always enjoyed trying out each new program that comes
around, because the perfect program has yet to be made. (I even have devoted
part of my Web site to a detailed comparison of email programs.) When Gravity is
updated, I'll probably give it another try to see how it has been improved. Hope
springs eternal and all that.
Hope this clarifies it for you. I get the feeling we are talking right past each
other. I wonder which one of us is confused? <g>
Amy
3 times. It seems there isn't any support for it.
and...@hodgsons.freeserve.co.uk (Andrew Hodgson) wrote:
>>It is only an on-line newsreader though. I persoanlly would recomend
>>yarn to anyone http://www.vex.net/yarn/ try looking at the software
>>faq posted here recently.
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Thought of the day:
Ok, I pulled the pin. Now what? Where are you going?
Annie K.
: I would love to learn how to use yarn, and I have tried at least 2 or
: 3 times. It seems there isn't any support for it.
Ask yer questions if you've got 'em....
--
Anthropomorphic Hamburger
Howard Eisenberger
>I would love to learn how to use yarn, and I have tried at least
>2 or 3 times. It seems there isn't any support for it.
for me with Uka_ppp under DOS. The page below or the one at
http://www.nic.com/~cannon/Yarn/ has information about using
with different OS's.
> and...@hodgsons.freeserve.co.uk (Andrew Hodgson) wrote:
>
>>>It is only an on-line newsreader though. I persoanlly would recomend
>>>yarn to anyone http://www.vex.net/yarn/ try looking at the software
>>>faq posted here recently.
Howard E.
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Richard Steiner
spake unto us, saying:
>I would love to learn how to use yarn, and I have tried at least 2 or
>3 times. It seems there isn't any support for it.
Chin (the author) doesn't monitor the Yarn mailing list anymore as far
as I know, but some of us will certainly try to get you started if you
need assistance.
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OS/2 + Linux + BeOS + FreeBSD + Solaris + WinNT4 + Win95 + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
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