Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Lloyd E Parsons Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Newsreaders Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 08:14:14 -0500 Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net yGJ02ZMy8fGjPYINSQRabgEtGzDwjQtPM900YVL+v+Aw/Cg05X Cancel-Lock: sha1:nNpt3keC5s3lniPr5Hm8s0UW3UY= User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:21552 On 2014-03-10 06:47:57 +0000, Oregonian Haruspex said: > On 2014-02-16 15:20:35 +0000, Matti Haveri said: > >> In comp.sys.mac.apps Lloyd wrote: >>> >>> I did buy Unison, and it is very nice in many respects. I really can't >>> fault it for text groups, which is all I do. >> >> I've spent the last few days installing and configuring tin. Seems to >> work great although this is my first real post. >> >> [...hmm just how does pico wrap lines ...guess I manually insert linebreaks >> now to avoid sending garbage] >> >> Today I took a quick peek at Unison trial. Installing and configuring it >> took only 2 minutes and the UI seemed OK. Might even buy it to support the >> Mac ecosystem because CLI clients' learning curve IS quite steep. >> >> Guess I'll stick to tin for now. I installed also slrn -- does it have any >> major advantages over tin? > > Unison usually works pretty well, except for three issues. Sometimes > it decides to consume an entire processor's resources for an indefinite > amount of time. It remains responsive, but to correct the condition > one must quit and restart. Sometimes it decides to mix up the posts of > two or more recently clicked threads willy-nilly. Sometimes it just > decides to crash entirely. I purchased the program but am saddened by > the fact that the developers are not fixing these bugs despite the fact > that I usually email in the crash reports. > > Thoth by contrast appears to have an active developer, and I am tempted > to try it just because I believe that he or she will act on bug reports. Thoth DID have an active developer. But he's dropped it again. No updates, and you can't buy it and get the unlocking key any more. -- Lloyd