Newsreader - alternative to FreeAgent?
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From: antipodean.lower.mammal on 16 Sep 2006 04:16 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 *************************************************************
From: Mike Dee on 16 Sep 2006 04:40 antipodean.lower.mammal(a)FAKEgmail.com wrote in news:akcng25vbbglu6hluopbq2dhqres613407(a)4ax.com: > 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 prefer Xnews avove all I've tried... However, if you've been using Agent for so long, you might take a look at Xananews. http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/xananews.htm The big difference between Agent and Xananews that springs to mind here, is xananews is freeware. And friendly. -- dee
From: Mike Dee on 16 Sep 2006 04:40 antipodean.lower.mammal(a)FAKEgmail.com wrote in news:akcng25vbbglu6hluopbq2dhqres613407(a)4ax.com: > 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 prefer Xnews above all I've tried... However, if you've been using Agent for so long, you might take a look at Xananews. http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/xananews.htm The big difference between Agent and Xananews that springs to mind here, is xananews is freeware. And friendly. -- dee
From: HVS on 16 Sep 2006 04:43 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. -- Cheers, Harvey
From: James UK on 16 Sep 2006 06:14
Mike Dee leapt out of the bath and screamed "EUREKA!" before typing in alt.comp.freeware: > I prefer Xnews avove all I've tried... Seconded. Best I've found for me too. http://xnews.newsguy.com/ Also check out the "test" version, rather than the latest stable release; http://xnews.newsguy.com/test/ HTH Regards -- James UK See http://www.pricelesswarehome.org for recommended Freeware software. |