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From: Gerry on 9 Jun 2010 15:52 In article <100620100730428340%HP(a)snotmail.com>, High Priest <HP(a)snotmail.com> wrote: > I've expressed before the opinion that there is no truly functional, > stable, fully-featured, professional, easy-to-use NNTP reader. These > pages seem to support that view. I would happily pay $100 for such as > tool. Why, I wonder, is no developer interested to develop such a > thing? Because usenet is a dying resource, very few people know about or use it, and more and more ISPs no longer carry news groups.
From: Jim Gibson on 9 Jun 2010 18:05 In article <100620100730428340%HP(a)snotmail.com>, High Priest <HP(a)snotmail.com> wrote: > I post these two references because (a) they are probably of use to > some people; and (b) a routine search of Wikipedia (or Google, for that > matter) might not necessarily include them in search results. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Usenet_newsreaders > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Usenet_newsreaders > > The two things that were of note to me are (a) Thoth is not included; > and (b) No newsreader-for-Mac seems to include all of the tabulated > features. There is a list of 18 Mac newsreaders here: <http://www.macorchard.com/usenet/> -- Jim Gibson
From: Davoud on 9 Jun 2010 18:57 High Priest wrote: > .... > I've expressed before the opinion that there is no truly functional, > stable, fully-featured, professional, easy-to-use NNTP reader. These > pages seem to support that view. I would happily pay $100 for such as > tool. Why, I wonder, is no developer interested to develop such a > thing? USENET is widely regarded as obsolete, superseded by moderated forums, including Yahoo groups. The number of users is small and mostly geeky and it includes a high percentage of psychopaths. That could be why. Me? I find Thoth to be adequate. I'm reading posts and replying from time to time; whatever functions I am missing seem to be unimportant to me. As for stability Thoth has been stable for me for some years. Note: talking about _myself_ , not you or anyone else. Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: erilar on 9 Jun 2010 22:42 In article <everyday-85D524.12521209062010(a)mx01.eternal-september.org>, Gerry <everyday(a)sunrise.net> wrote: > In article <100620100730428340%HP(a)snotmail.com>, > High Priest <HP(a)snotmail.com> wrote: > > > I've expressed before the opinion that there is no truly functional, > > stable, fully-featured, professional, easy-to-use NNTP reader. These > > pages seem to support that view. I would happily pay $100 for such as > > tool. Why, I wonder, is no developer interested to develop such a > > thing? > > Because usenet is a dying resource, very few people know about or use > it, and more and more ISPs no longer carry news groups. Unhappily, my ISP is one of those and I had to find access elsewhere. I'm not sure what "professional" might mean in regard to newsreaders. I've been using different incarnations of what is now MT-NW and have always been happy with it. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: AV3 on 10 Jun 2010 00:26
On Jun/9/2010 3:3042 PM, High Priest wrote: > I post these two references because (a) they are probably of use to > some people; and (b) a routine search of Wikipedia (or Google, for that > matter) might not necessarily include them in search results. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Usenet_newsreaders > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Usenet_newsreaders > > The two things that were of note to me are (a) Thoth is not included; > and (b) No newsreader-for-Mac seems to include all of the tabulated > features. (Although what does the absence of _both_ green and pink > labels mean?) Windows users might presumably choose NewsBin Pro. For > those, like me, who use Thoth but are frustrated that it is > less-than-perfect, this is both interesting and disappointing. > > I've expressed before the opinion that there is no truly functional, > stable, fully-featured, professional, easy-to-use NNTP reader. These > pages seem to support that view. I would happily pay $100 for such as > tool. Why, I wonder, is no developer interested to develop such a > thing? Subconsciously you answered your own question: there aren't enough people willing to pay $100 each for such an application. I doubt there are enough to pay even $5 each to amass enough for such. I make do with Thunderbird and MT-NW for free. I have long been a legacy subscriber to earthlink news services, but they are being cut back, so my only worry is which provider has the best coverage of both text and binaries for the best price, coverage first and price second. -- ++====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====++ ||Arnold VICTOR, New York City, i. e., <arvimideQ(a)Wearthlink.net> || ||Arnoldo VIKTORO, Nov-jorkurbo, t. e., <arvimideQ(a)Wearthlink.net> || ||Remove capital letters from e-mail address for correct address/ || || Forigu majusklajn literojn el e-poŝta adreso por ĝusta adreso || ++====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====++ |