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From: Wayne C. Morris on 1 Apr 2010 21:14
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.

I'd hardly call $29 "big bucks".

> 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).

"Best" is strictly a matter of preference, especially when it comes to usenet
clients. I believe Unison has a trial period, so try it and decide whether you
like it more than MT-NW, and whether it's worth $29 to you.
From: Mike Dee on 2 Apr 2010 03:05
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).

If you're not intereseted in bin groups then MT-NW is an excellent
reader and doubly worth the admission fee.

For my limited binary DLs I find MT-NW is up to what I demand from it
too.

If you depend on filters at all, then I found (last time I looked - the
release version before last of Unison) that MT-NW was superior to Unison
when it came to filtering at that time, I don't know if thats changed
since but it would be hard to beat MT-NW in this area.

--
dee
From: Steen on 2 Apr 2010 04:50
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

I use both Unison, MTNW and MacSOUP just to compare.
Unison is by far the best choice when it comes to binary groups.
I rarely use binary groups, so for discussion it's not a good choice.

MTNW and MacSOUP are both awesome in regards to text groups. You should
try them both out, and see what you think.
--
http://bit.ly/daWnEe
From: Doc O'Leary on 2 Apr 2010 13:16
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.

--
My personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, localhost, googlegroups.com, ono.com,
and probably your server, too.
From: Tempuser on 2 Apr 2010 13:28
On 4/1/10 5:34 PM, John 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
"Best" is in the eye of the beholder. I have been using Mozilla's
Thunderbird (currently @ Version 3.0.4 for Mac). I use it under
Windows OS as well. Have been using it from the time it was born
as Netscape Messenger (pre-AOL purchase of Netscape).
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