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Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader

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On 4/03/2014 6:02 PM, wjwlsn wrote:
> As I've been reacquainting myself with Usenet over the past few weeks,
> I've been using a few different tools to read, post, and search through
> various newsgroups to get a sense of what's out there. For reading and
> posting, I'm typically using http://squte.com ... which is great for
> those uses. However, it carries only a limited number of specific groups,
> and is not set up for quick searching and scanning through the Usenet
> group hierarchy. None of the newsreader apps I have are set up very well
> for this either. Google Groups is good for searching, but is very painful
> to use for scanning through several groups in quick succession.
>
> So, I kept looking for free tools that would let me do this efficiently,
> and I finally found it a few days ago:
>
> http://www.newswebreader.com
>
> This tool is largely text only, provides no means for posting and
> replying, and its group archives are not very large. However, it appears
> to carry the Big-8 group hierarchies in their entirety, along with many
> others. The interface is pretty simple, seems well laid out, and allows
> you to search for groups, and switch between them, very quickly. Give it
> a try if you're looking for a free, simple, lightweight, web-based, and
> read-only interface for your Usenet explorations.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
> --
> I drive a '74 AMC Hornet in my dreams. Also, I really like cheese.
>

Lightweight and web based seem like contradictions in terms.

Sylvia.

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Fast lightweight web-based newsreader wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 02:02 -0500
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-04 07:23 +0000
    Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 02:56 -0500
      Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-04 09:41 +0000
    Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-03-04 19:55 +0000
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-03-04 12:42 +0000
    Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2014-03-04 14:16 +0100
      Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 10:01 -0500
        Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-05 12:44 +0000
        Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-07 19:29 -0600
          Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Anthony G <anthonyg@invalid.sdf.nospam.org> - 2014-03-08 02:49 +0000
            Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-08 15:40 +0000
      Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-04 17:30 +0100
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-04 17:14 +0000
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-04 13:14 -0600
    Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 15:41 -0600
      Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-03-07 19:10 -0600
  Re: Fast lightweight web-based newsreader Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-03-05 15:59 +1100

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