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, 09 Jun 2014 21:46:44 +0200 Organization: the center of color Imaging for the color blind probono institute Lines: 72 Message-ID: References: <2014060910060374942-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <2014060912325780458-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> X-Trace: individual.net 6ck1+7+rU+OOViwxRuK3IQv1ECePqOMe1rgLUWejUPzaupPTsD X-Orig-Path: here Cancel-Lock: sha1:SYfsHCVf8CI8GMRtub1g50lGX4g= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:22656 comp.sys.mac.system:60636 In article <2014060912325780458-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>, Savageduck wrote: > On 2014-06-09 17:44:17 +0000, android said: > > > On 2014-06-09 19:06:03 +0200, Savageduck > > said: > > > >> On 2014-06-09 16:20:10 +0000, Sandman said: > >> > >>> > >>> In article , Darrin Doc O'Leary > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I’ve mentioned here before that I’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 . . . > >>> > >>> I'm one of those that miss MT-NW dearly, so it's a welcome effort. But > >>> one > >>> of the weak points of MT-NW was its UI, unfortunately. > >>> > >>> Here's a blog I wrote about how to "fix" the UI of Unison, which has > >>> really > >>> nice, but underused UI: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> So that's basically some of the features and UI things I would like to > >>> see > >>> in a news client. Maybe it can help as some form of feedback. I would > >>> certainly expect Signal to "inherit" the strong filtering functions from > >>> MT-NW with regexp's and filtering on any header. > >> > >> Your UI issue with Unison 2 is well founded and one of the reasons I > >> prefer Unison 1.8.1. is the ability to have separate windows for each > >> NG I am working with, and not having to deal with the cluttered > >> horizontal threading. I find Unison 2 very restrictive when compared > >> with the earlier version. I have both on this Mac running OSX 10.9.3. > > > > 1.8.1 is not free it's evaluationvare and have restrictions if used > > beond the trial. Testing this as I type... I have on the mashine since > > earlier but then I chosed to use MT and Thunderbird in combo.... > > Then I guess I was mistaken, I paid for 1.0 and the 2.0 update when it > was released, needless to say I was disappointed with 2.0, and I > believed they were offering 1.8.1 free. I have never used any version > of Unison as *evaluationware*. I didn't mean that. What I mean't was that if you download unison 1.8.1 you get a evaluation copy. I understood that you had paid for a license. That said I don't think that you becomes a criminal if you use the crippled version after the fully featured trial has expired. I'm happy with MT-NW for now though. -- teleportation kills http://tinyurl.com/androidphotography