From: yeidel@tomar.accs.wsu.edu (Joshua Yeidel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: news readers for the mac
Date: 6 Oct 92 19:31:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Oct6.193139.26180
Reply-To: yeidel@tomar.accs.wsu.edu (Joshua Yeidel)
Organization: Academic Computing Services, Washington State University


My favorite is NewsWatcher -- even though it's "not even a beta"
(see below), it works better for me than TheNews (your mileage may
vary).  

Following my .sig is the "readme" that came with NewsWatcher.

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Joshua Yeidel               | yeidel@tomar.accs.wsu.edu
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NewsWatcher Read Me

August 21, 1992

John Norstad
Academic Computing and Network Services
Northwestern University
j-norstad@nwu.edu


NewsWatcher 1.3d6 is a modified version of Steve Falkenburg's "NewsWatcher"
Mac newsreader. It is based on Steve's version 1.0.2 and incorporates code
contributions by Jeroen Scheerder, Neal Trautman, Ron Flax, Larry Rosenstein,
and John Norstad.

Please note that this is a DEVELOPMENT version of the program, not a finished
product (in fact, it's not even beta yet!). Many features planned for version
1.3 final are not yet implemented. There are many known problems and errors in
the current version which have not yet been fixed. You can expect existing
features to change as the development process continues. If you require
perfection or stability in your software, DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM!

I strongly advise against widespread distribution of this program to novice
users within your organization. Wait for version 1.3 final.

Please do not redistribute this program on other public file servers, bulletin
boards, or Internet archive sites. Wait for 1.3 final.

If you do use the program, please also fetch and read the following documents
from ftp.acns.nwu.edu, directory pub/newswatcher:

User Doc: Basic instructions for using the program.
To Do: To do list for version 1.3 final.
Wish List: Wish list for possible future versions.
Mod History: A detailed history of all the changes made to the program.

Please feel free to send me any comments, suggestions, or error reports.
However, before you do this, I would appreciate it if you would do the
following:

1. Check ftp.acns.nwu.edu, directory pub/newswatcher, to see if you are using
the most recent version. If not, fetch the most recent version and try that
first. I expect to be posting a rather rapid succession of new versions on
ftp.acns.nwu.edu throughout the summer.

2. Check the To Do and Wish List documents. Is your
comment/suggestion/complaint already listed in one of those documents?

3. Are you a C programmer? If so, consider fetching the current source code
from ftp.acns.nwu.edu and implementing your new feature or fix yourself and
sending me your code! If we include your code, we'll give you credit in the
docs and about box. The source code is compatible with both MPW C 3.2 and
Think C 5.0.

There are two NewsWatcher mailing lists:

If you would like to receive announcements of new NewsWatcher releases, send
a
request to NW_Info-request@phil.ruu.nl.

If you are a Mac C programmer and would like to participate in the development
of NewsWatcher, send a request to newswatcher-request@phil.ruu.nl.