for viewing these post and not getting a page full of mixed letters and
numbers when we clicked on a picture,or file. Any advise would be
appreciated.

Xnews

> for viewing these post and not getting a page full of mixed
> letters and numbers when we clicked on a picture,or file. Any
> advise would be appreciated.

["Kram"; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 01:01:29 GMT]

> Xnews

Seconded. There is a bit of a learning curve, though. (Especially for
scoring.)
--
J44xm

The voice of "J44xm" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...

>> Xnews
>
> Seconded. There is a bit of a learning curve, though. (Especially
> for scoring.)


The quantify...

Xnews has a many customizable features, and can be molded to suit your
downloading or news reading tastes, but there aren't many easy menus or
quick set-ups. You'll have to get your hands dirty and manually enter
some settings in the INI files directly to get the most out of Xnews.

You also need to learn Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (Pcre) in
order to get the most out of Xnews' dual method of filtering posts.
Xnews doesn't directly filter, watch, or ignore posts. For threads
you're interested in you need to "score" them with values between -9999
& 9999. You can then sort or hide these messages based on their score.

Pros:
- It's 100% free
- Extensive Regex scoring capabilities on any header
- Customizable interface (fonts, colors, and some menus)
- Use any edit program for posts
- Multiple Identities & Multiple servers
- Extensive per group settings

Cons:
- It's a memory hog (256MB recommended for binaries)
- Can cause crashes or stalls on some systems
- XP users enter at their own risk
- No spell checker

Download from: http://xnews.newsguy.com/
For more info: news:news.software.readers ("[Xnews]" posts)

--
The Tech Zero (Maxwell Pollare), Lost in the keys of Xnews...

"Merlin D.Magician" wrote:

> for viewing these post and not getting a page full of mixed letters and
> numbers when we clicked on a picture,or file. Any advise would be
> appreciated.
>
Xnews is great for both text and binaries. If you plan to download a lot
of binaries (pictures, music, software), you might prefer a dedicated
binary newsreader like PowerGrab. Both are Pricelessware.

http://2003.pricelessware.org/PL2003...htm#Newsreader




--
Cheers,
jason

>> Xnews
>
> Seconded. There is a bit of a learning curve, though. (Especially for
> scoring.)

Definitely. Get it at: http://xnews.newsguy.com/

And yes, scoring is a little tricky, but there is
an automated way to do it for simple tasks
(under "article" , "add to score file").
Also, I know of no other reader that is as powerfull...
(and totally free too!)

[""; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 03:43:58 GMT]

> Also, I know of no other reader that is as powerfull...
> (and totally free too!)

I should note, too, that it is apparently no longer in development. I
think there might be major bug fixes (if needed), but it's basically dead.
Fortunately, it's pretty well put-together anyway.
--
J44xm

J44xm <(E-Mail Removed)_g> wrote in
news:Xns943CDF4A3ECBBj44xm@206.127.4.12:

> [""; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 03:43:58 GMT]
>
>> Also, I know of no other reader that is as powerfull...
>> (and totally free too!)
>
> I should note, too, that it is apparently no longer in development. I
> think there might be major bug fixes (if needed), but it's basically
> dead. Fortunately, it's pretty well put-together anyway.


What bugs? What is it about being finished that makes it "dead?" This is
reasoning I will never understand.

On 24 Nov 2003, Tech Zero wrote

> The voice of "J44xm" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
> from the sea of virtual chaos...
>
>>> Xnews
>>
>> Seconded. There is a bit of a learning curve, though. (Especially for
>> scoring.)
>
>
> The quantify...
>
> Xnews has a many customizable features, and can be molded to suit your
> downloading or news reading tastes, but there aren't many easy menus or
> quick set-ups. You'll have to get your hands dirty and manually enter
> some settings in the INI files directly to get the most out of Xnews.
>
> You also need to learn Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (Pcre) in
> order to get the most out of Xnews' dual method of filtering posts.
> Xnews doesn't directly filter, watch, or ignore posts. For threads
> you're interested in you need to "score" them with values between -9999
> & 9999. You can then sort or hide these messages based on their score.
>
> Pros:
> - It's 100% free
> - Extensive Regex scoring capabilities on any header
> - Customizable interface (fonts, colors, and some menus)
> - Use any edit program for posts
> - Multiple Identities & Multiple servers
> - Extensive per group settings
>
> Cons:
> - It's a memory hog (256MB recommended for binaries)
> - Can cause crashes or stalls on some systems
> - XP users enter at their own risk
> - No spell checker
>
> Download from: http://xnews.newsguy.com/
> For more info: news:news.software.readers ("[Xnews]" posts)
>

I am using it with XP and have never has a millicenton's trouble with it.
(Yeah, yeah - I know - famous last words).

The only gripe I have - and it is a minor one - is that I can find no way
of flagging a thread I find interesting as "to be watched" ... or am I
missing something (apart from a brain)?


--
Nicolaas.

- "Bother!", said Pooh, as millions of voices cried out and went silent.

Nicolaas Hawkins <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:Xns943DD699C74C8nrph@202.37.66.2:

> The only gripe I have - and it is a minor one - is that I can find
> no way of flagging a thread I find interesting as "to be watched"
> ... or am I missing something (apart from a brain)?

I right click the small folder symbol at the start of the thread, this
marks the thread as "keep" and by default gives all messages a score of
8888. It doesn't mark each new message as "keep" but is easy to
identify the threads that I wish to watch.
Works for me.

--
The last fight was my fault.
My wife asked "what's on the TV"?
I said "Dust"