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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.
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