Re: Newsreader usage in this group
- From: hairy.biker@xxxxxxxxx (Andy Hewitt)
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:53:08 +0100
The Rev Gaston <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> James Taylor <spam-block-@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > Well, I did better. I wrote a Perl prog to scan my local news
> > spool and present some usage statistics. My local spool is expired
> > after a week so this is only based on one week's worth of news:
> >
> > Posts Users Newsreader (sorted by total users):
> > 735 66 MacSOUP
>
> I'm absolutely baffled why so many people use MacSoup - as you will see,
> I'm using it now, having downloaded it to see what the fuss was about.
> What's the attraction? I have two specific gripes at the moment (having
> poked around in the menus for a while to try to configure my news
> server)
RTFM helps a bit :-)
> Why can't you reverse the sort order in the newsgroup window, to put
> recent posts on top (or can you? how?)
Bottom of the window of the message list for a groups, tabe that says
'Bodies and Headers', click on the Extra Options button, and select the
sort order in there.
> Why are there windows all over the friggin place?
Because paned windows are a pain ;-)
Sorry, couldn't resist. Probably because MacSOUP was written back when
paned views were not even thought of. It still isn't a true Aqua app you
know.
> Why don't new posts show up when you connect to the server - you have to
> redo the sort to get them to show up.
Huh?
Hit the keypad-1 key, and you should see all unread posts (bottom left
of group list window).
> Oh - that was 3 things. There'll likely be more ...
>
> Now - how do I post this? Ah yes, by pressing the red button that
> usually deletes things (shades of the Windows Start menu for shutting
> down)
I never use that, I use Command-W. It's not a 'delete' button either,
it's a 'Close Window' button. In most apps if you try to close a window
with unsaved changes it will normally prompt to save/discard/cancel.
MacSOUP simply saves it automatically to the outbox.
You can still access the article for editing or deleting later on.
Why do *I* use it. Well, it simply works, most of the alternative
newsreaders that I've tried normally crash or fall down at some point.
Then there's the graphical thread display, no other reader comes close
to that. It's fast, even on my G5 with 2Mb broadband, it still
outperforms all other readers for downloading complete articles - by a
large margin.
If I was to choose an alternative right now, it would probably be Pan.
--
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(updated Aug 28 2005)
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