Might be great but I'll never know

Pros: It's free

Cons: In the space of 25 minutes I wasn't able to get the reader to show a single story. Not one. I could subscribe, I could "configure" but not once, NOT ONCE, could I actually get the thing to show an article. Useless, unless you have A LOT OF TIME TO play with. I don't, so into the recycle bin it goes.

Posted: 08-Jul-2005 08:27:06 AM

Who knows, it never connected to the 'net for me!

Pros: It's free

Cons: It never, ever connected to the internet after installation. Never. I spent about 30 minutes trying to figure it out, cruised the forum and nothing. Nada. I uninstalled the thing; at least Firefox, Opera, Maxathon etc, operate out of the box.

This might be the best thing since sliced bread, I'll never find out.

Posted: 11-Aug-2005 08:19:25 AM

Pardon me while I (BURP) freeze up.

Pros: - great configurable layout

- no better text reader

- multiple servers supported

- many different filters; love the score file

- capable of amazingly advanced features- for the beginner to the advanced user [manual is a huge negative]

Cons: - can you say HORRIBLE manual? It really needs to be enshrined somewhere as one of the worse written manuals ever for general consumption. Strictly for geeks; don't bother looking at it if you don't either have a computer degree or enjoy spending 80% of your time fiddling with software. Usenet help group is generally useless with 40-yr-old+ fanboi's spouting about RTFM.

- BLOATS with more than 20-50k headers and freezes up often. Great for usenet circa 1998 six-day retention; terrible for 2005 365-day retention. An anger management class or Agent highly recommended if you have a long retention provider and only 256 RAM. Even 512 RAM can be terribly slow.

- Forget binaries on this one, utterly useless except for the odd download or two. Heavy binary downloaders run, don't walk, away from this one.

- It's a one-man designed program subject to his whims and fancies...and abandonment. If he gets sick, bored etc. it's NewsXpress all over again [the developer just disappeared and never returned].

- support? Excuse me, give me a moment to stop laughing. Usenet group as stated, is populated by middle-aged fanboi's, developer is usually AWOL although there are some helpful souls out there you'll need to dodge the flames to find them.

Posted: 25-May-2005 08:46:05 AM