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From: Doc O'Leary on 4 Apr 2010 12:38 In article <2010040320260464440-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom>, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: > I have to agree. Unison is simple to use for text and binaries. MT-NW > is downright clumsy and anti-mac with its ugly GUI. A good Mac app isn't just about being pretty, it's about being usable. MT-NW might have a few flaws and lack a lot of polish, but what it does it does well. $29 might not be much for Unison, but that doesn't help me from feeling cheated for having paid for an app that looked promising but turned out unusable for serious reading. > As far as Unison filters go, they might not be as sophisticated as some > others, but they can do the job quite adequately. Not for many people. Nor does Panic seem interested in improving them, or offering customer service that in *any* way shows they're interested in supporting substance-over-style customers. -- My personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, localhost, googlegroups.com, ono.com, and probably your server, too.
From: gtr on 4 Apr 2010 13:47 On 2010-04-04 09:38:47 -0700, Doc O'Leary said: >> As far as Unison filters go, they might not be as sophisticated as some >> others, but they can do the job quite adequately. > > Not for many people. Nor does Panic seem interested in improving them, > or offering customer service that in *any* way shows they're interested > in supporting substance-over-style customers. Funny how people who inhabit the same world see only their own version. I get a response from Panic usually within 24 hours of an email. Their filtering has improved with the newest version. That doesn't mean it will do what you want it to do, though. Your filtering needs are likely not the same filtering nees as others. Me, I need to kill file the occasional user, highlight the occasional topic (e.g. Jazz Guitar) or thread within a usegroup ("Japan" within travel usegroups). Oh, and anything cross-posted to more than about 3 usegroups. I'm took care of! If you're loyal to a product you've enjoyed over the years, loyalty and habit will likely keep you fixed there, and there's nothing wrong with that. Of course at the same time the biggest problem with all other products, for loyalists, is they are not the product they are loyal to. -- Thank you and have a nice day.
From: Larry Gusaas on 4 Apr 2010 14:48 On 2010/04/04 12:02 PM John wrote: > In article<kv7hr55ecbcov4jnmcomemr54pbqamd800(a)4ax.com>, > Juan I. Cahis<jiclbchSINBASURA(a)attglobal.net> wrote: > > >> 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. >> > How do I install this app if there is no Mac version? > As he said, you run it under Crossover for Mac. -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese
From: Peter James on 5 Apr 2010 06:39 Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA(a)attglobal.net> wrote: > 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) How do you get Agent to work under Crossover. I just downloaded the 30 trial of Crossover and it doesn't support Agent? Can you advise please? Peter -- He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 5 Apr 2010 07:47
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 *overwhelming sense of deja vu* -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. |