Fast lightweight web-based newsreader

From	wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Fast lightweight web-based newsreader
Date	2014-03-04 02:02 -0500
Message-ID	<bnlc3eFteoU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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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.

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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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