The NEXTSTEP/OpenStep FAQ

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3.11 Newsreader

Newsreader Alexandra NewsGrazer NewsFlash RadicalNews

There are currently four well known newsreaders for NEXTSTEP.

First there is Alexandra, a public domain newsreader and second there is NewsGrazer (and unsupported NeXT product). You should test them to get your personal favorite. The only real difference is the support of NEXTSTEP 3.3J (Japanese) and flatfiles in NewsGrazer, while the interface in Alexandra seems to be better to many people.

NewsFlash is a commercial product which adds several features. As Radical news it supports article threading, automated posting and extraction of multi-part files. Demos are available on the ftp sites. E-mail inquiries should go to support@wolfware.com. Further info is available at: http://www.wolfware.com/

RadicalNews is a commercial newsreader. It supports true article threadin, quoted text highlighting, japanese and Latin-1 support, URL-support, an interface to Digital Librarian, a sophisticated coloring scheme and much more. Info is available at: http://www.radical.com/.

A note to both commercial versions: the community is very splitted about which version is to prefer. In general it seems as if there are no really 'killer features' so it prefers much to personal taste. Demos are available and don't forget to test the free versions, too!



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