Mac usenet newsreader suggestions sought
I've been a longtime NewsWatcher user. Started using it back in the MacTCP days when it was still John Norstad's baby, and when I transitioned to OS X, it came with me. I use MT-Newswatcher now -- version 3.3b1 -- and haven't been all that impressed with Simon Fraser's support of it. The interface is creaking, the user preferences are occasionally obtuse, and while it works, it's just flaccid.
So, I'm wondering what you'd recommend for an alternative. For what it's worth, I'm not necessarily looking for something optimized to pull binaries from usenet newsgroups -- the 50 or so groups I subscribe to are actual old-fashioned discussion groups, like comp.sys.mac.games.action and rec.games.video.sega.
So what I'm trying to say is that I'm really looking for a newsreader that's well-configured to handle threading and discussions more than pr0n, and preferably something that's actually regularly supported by its developer.
Comments
I'd have to say wait a little bit and use Mozilla Thunderbird [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/]. In its current form, it's not really usable, but it certainly shows a great deal of potential. Hopefully it will be much better in the months to come.
Posted by: Prachi Gauriar | May 22, 2003 06:19 PM