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From: Steven Fisher on 4 Apr 2010 01:35 In article <jwolf6589-0B81F5.19345001042010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > I use Newswatcher. But Panic is charging big bucks for a commercial > client. Is "unison" a better client or the best of the best for the Mac? > Unison looks better for binary groups (which I do not use). I love the Mac, but when it comes to the Mac and usenet looking for the "best" is a waste of time. You're better off looking for "least worst." :) Unison has promise. But I said that about the 1.0, too, and look how long it languished? Steve
From: Malcolm on 4 Apr 2010 01:38 On 2010-04-03 03:43:41 -0400, Steen said: > Malcolm <malcolm(a)invalid> wrote: > >> On 2010-04-02 13:16:47 -0400, Doc O'Leary said: >> >>> In article <1jgbhz1.wvlhj6k47o9sN%isteen(a)gmail.com>, >>> isteen(a)gmail.com (Steen) wrote: >>> >>>> Unison is by far the best choice when it comes to binary groups. >>> >>> I'm going to disagree with that. Binary groups are notable for their >>> large volumes of posts and their equally large volumes of spam. Unison >>> was the slowest reader I ever tried when it came to fetching headers, >>> and the filtering was *awful*. I paid for the last version before >>> realizing it was useless in the long term. I see no reason to pay for >>> the new version when it looks like they haven't improved basic operation. >> >> Fetching headers is a lot faster on the new Unison. > > I only miss the option to empty the cache. > I was running MacKeeper (anyone know a free app that is just as good), > and Unison builds up a big cache. That is easily cleaned out with > MacKeeper - but it would be even better, if it could be done by Unison > itself. > > http://mackeeper.zeobit.com/ If you use "Delete" instead of "Mark as Read", the new Unison doesn't build up the huge caches that the old Unison did.
From: Warren Oates on 4 Apr 2010 07:25 In article <81qlk9Fd45U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > groups.google.com is the best news client and "Hannah Montana: The > Movie" is the best film. Also Ringo was the best of the Beatles. Nah. Forte Agent Battlefield Earth (Macarthur Park was the best tune ever) -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 4 Apr 2010 07:34 Warren Oates wrote: > In article <81qlk9Fd45U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > >> groups.google.com is the best news client and "Hannah Montana: The >> Movie" is the best film. Also Ringo was the best of the Beatles. Actually, Peter was the Best of the Beatles. :-) Geoff. If you don't believe me, look up "peter best beatles". -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm(a)mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.
From: Juan I. Cahis on 4 Apr 2010 10:23
Dear John & friends: John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: >I use Newswatcher. But Panic is charging big bucks for a commercial >client. Is "unison" a better client or the best of the best for the Mac? >Unison looks better for binary groups (which I do not use). > > >John For me, the combination of Agent (4.3) for Windows running under CrossOver for Mac (9.0) and XQuartz for Mac (2.5) is unsurpassable. There isn't any Usenet Client for Mac that it can beat Agent. And it can run without any problem in a Mac (Snow Leopard) in that way. Thanks Juan I. Cahis Santiago de Chile (South America) |