Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: D Message-Id: <20241013.031958.0e69d450@mixmin.net> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 03:19:58 +0100 References: Subject: Re: Android newsreaders Newsgroups: news.software.readers Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!alphared!sewer!news.dizum.net!not-for-mail Organization: dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider X-Abuse: abuse@dizum.com Injection-Info: sewer.dizum.com - 2001::1/128 Bytes: 4244 Lines: 71 On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 23:51:18 -0000 (UTC), vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote: >I use phonews to read and wait until I get to a computer to post p.s. seems that newstap lite is only for test purposes (crippleware), so it's not really freeware: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=newstap+lite found this descriptive link for "phonews" . . . (using Tor Browser 13.5.7) https://www.appbrain.com/app/phonews-newsgroup-reader/at.cmg.android.phonews >PhoNews Newsgroup Reader >3.13.3 >Christian Grach >About PhoNews Newsgroup Reader >PhoNews Newsgroup Reader is a communication app developed by Christian >Grach. The APK has been available since September 2010. In the last 30 >days, the app was downloaded about 18 times. >It's ranked in the top 500. >It's rated 2.78 out of 5 stars, based on 210 ratings. The last update >of the app was on January 13, 2024. PhoNews Newsgroup Reader has a >content rating "High Maturity". >PhoNews Newsgroup Reader has an APK download size of 5.48 MB and the >latest version available is 3.13.3. Designed for Android version 5.0+. >PhoNews Newsgroup Reader is FREE to download. >Description >PhoNews is a Usenet-News Client for reading online newsgroups. >You can use multiple servers with multiple newsgroups. Attachments >can be saved to a Cloud-Storage or internal storage. >For support and feature-requests send an e-mail to support@cmgapps.com. >Recent changes: >We try to keep the app stable - so this is another bugfix release. >More data about PhoNews Newsgroup Reader >Price Free to download >Total downloads 15 thousand >Recent downloads 18 >Rating 2.78 based on 210 ratings >Ranking Medium ranked >Version 3.13.3 >APK size 5.48 MB >Number of libraries 22 >Designed for Android 5.0+ >Maturity High Maturity >Ads Contains ads > >Comments on PhoNews Newsgroup Reader for Android >***** The interface is mostly very straight forward and useful. Took me a bit >to figure out how to unsubscribe (slide right in the subscribed group list). It >is a major pain though that the list of all groups has no hierarchy whatsoever. >It's just plain miles long list and finding anything there by scrolling is >virtually impossible. The search helps a bit but doesn't solve this problem >completely. >***** Awesome Works perfectly uses only built-in GUI elements, so it integrates >well! Five stars! >***** This is the best Usenet reader for Android I've come across so far. It >has threaded message views and the reply function works fine. It doesn't do >pictures very well at all. A way to blacklist people would be great. Overall, >pretty good! >***** Excellent app Simple and usable. It would be nice support for other char >encodings >***** Good newsreader but... I like it for the most part. A few little tweeks >would get more stars from me. A reading pane along with the thread pane, keeping >the entire thread together - not breaking into a new thread with the same topic >for same level replies. >** Nice Interface, Slow Took 5 min to load the group list, and only got to the >Bs. Maybe should be search only. >** Nice and simple to configure and use, but struggles to cope when a topic has >numerous deeply nested threads. Taken a couple of stars off due to the >frustration experienced when it loses server connection, then downloads multiple >copies of the same messages, making navigation impossible. The only workaround >is to delete and resubscribe to all groups. [end quoted plain text]