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From: Anonymous on 16 Sep 2006 09:35 Try MesNews: http://www.mesnews.net/gb/index.php
From: Bear Bottoms on 16 Sep 2006 09:36 On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:29:47 -0500, HVS <harvey.news(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 16 Sep 2006, Bear Bottoms wrote > >> On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:43:23 -0500, HVS >> <harvey.news(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >>> On 16 Sep 2006, wrote >>> >>>> It occurs to me that I've been using FreeAgent for so long, >>>> that something better might have passed me by. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any recommendations for alternative >>>> freeware newsreaders that they like? Maybe some details as >>>> to why they like em? >>> >>> I've used XNews for years. I've tried others, but there are >>> two minor -- but killer -- features for me that always seem >>> to be lacking in them. >>> >>> 1. I like to display the threaded list of posts and the >>> message pane vertically/side by side -- it means a longer >>> vertical display for the message text, and thus less >>> scrolling. (Most of the other newsreaders I've tried insist >>> upon a horizontal division.) >>> >>> 2. There's an "auto-sizing" feature, which by hitting "Enter" >>> toggles between most of the screen devoted to the threaded >>> list and most of it for the message pane. I've not seen that >>> in another one, and I'd really, really, really miss it as a >>> feature. >>> >> >> 40tude allows you to set it up any way you >> like...http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/40tude_Dialog/40tudedia >> log.html > > Thanks; interesting. > > Does it do the "auto-size" window-toggling thing as well? > Yes -- I research freeware http://bearbottoms1.com
From: ms on 16 Sep 2006 10:19 Yrrah <Yrrah.YrrahYrrah.Yrrah(a)hotmail.com> wrote in news:23ing2hphb41kl1da9eoo79c134skjaad5(a)4ax.com: > Mike Dee <emteedee(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> I prefer Xnews avove all I've tried... > > Warning: XNews is an *on line* reader. > > Yrrah Click on the newsgroup in Server screen. Rightclick, Open Special Set the sliders to only about 1000 headers It opens quick and show the last 1000 headers. Xnews experts know a better way, and this is not elegant, but it works, Mike Sa
From: Dave on 16 Sep 2006 11:37 Bear Bottoms wrote: > On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:16:18 -0500, > <antipodean.lower.mammal(a)FAKEgmail.com> wrote: > >> It occurs to me that I've been using FreeAgent for so long, that >> something better might have passed me by. >> >> Does anyone have any recommendations for alternative freeware >> newsreaders that they like? Maybe some details as to why they like em? >> >> >> >> ************************************************************ >> Remove FAKE to email me >> ************************************************************* > > I personally like 40tude > http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/40tude_Dialog/40tudedialog.html > > Just a quick question,if you like 40tude why are your posts from Opera? Dave -- "...voters are not apathetic; rather, they are too deeply concerned with the nation's serious problems to be interested in the candidate's trivial proposals" Barry Commoner
From: Bear Bottoms on 16 Sep 2006 11:58
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:37:38 -0500, Dave <nodlee5spam(a)fuse.net> wrote: > Bear Bottoms wrote: >> On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:16:18 -0500, >> <antipodean.lower.mammal(a)FAKEgmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It occurs to me that I've been using FreeAgent for so long, that >>> something better might have passed me by. >>> >>> Does anyone have any recommendations for alternative freeware >>> newsreaders that they like? Maybe some details as to why they like em? >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************************************ >>> Remove FAKE to email me >>> ************************************************************* >> I personally like 40tude >> http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/40tude_Dialog/40tudedialog.html >> > Just a quick question,if you like 40tude why are your posts from Opera? > > Dave > Because I luv Opera. I use 40tude when I need it's full base capability. -- I research freeware http://bearbottoms1.com |