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: android Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:44:21 +0200 Organization: the center of color Imaging for the color blind probono institute Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <1lmn9id.1cardaa1mxz95lN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> X-Trace: individual.net qTrt5oMpgNuB3dcmMuhpgwAia+yMPGE4HNvIfM1d5D3TR6s6Ti X-Orig-Path: here Cancel-Lock: sha1:IRdxM4UKuItd/Ms8oVJFUgjb5to= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:22132 comp.sys.mac.system:59916 In article <1lmn9id.1cardaa1mxz95lN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: > Barry Margolin wrote: > > > In article , > > Darrin "Doc" O'Leary wrote: > > > > > Iâ•˙ve mentioned here before that Iâ•˙ve been working on a newsreader due > > > to > > > the > > > death of MT-NewsWatcher on Mavericks. It was suggested that I look into > > > doing a crowdfunding effort to move things forward, so I took that > > > advice. > > > Today I went live with a campaign on Indiegogo, and you can get to it > > > via: > > > > > > http://signal.subsume.com/ > > > > > > I've done my best to make it the most attractive way to turn it into a > > > non- > > > commercial project. Take a look and tell your friends if you like what > > > you > > > see. I'll be happy to discuss Signal further here (of course! :-) or on > > > Indiegogo. > > > > > > Now let's see if this cross-posting works . . . > > > > Will this run on Snow Leopard? I haven't upgraded to Mavericks, so MT-NW > > still works for me, but it has some annoying bugs, mainly having to do > > with character sets (the apostrophes in your first sentence don't show > > correctly). > > > > So if there were a new, maintained newsreader that's an easy transition > > from MT-NW, I'd consider contributing. > > I'm all for continued Usenet client development, but I'm happy with > MacSOUP. Of course I appreciate former MT-NW and Thoth users are not > having their needs met nearly as well, nowadays :-) So best of luck! For those that needs a Usenet/NNTP client right now there is the Thunderbird. It's free of charge and available now... I use it side by side with MT-Newswatcher. -- teleportation kills http://tinyurl.com/androidphotography