I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
1. Every two weeks it forgets who I am and what group (singular, I
only do rec.woodworking) I watch.
2. Then, even after I log back in it doesn't know my settings
On Jul 25, 3:41 pm, "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
>
> 1. Every two weeks it forgets who I am and what group (singular, I
> only do rec.woodworking) I watch.
> 2. Then, even after I log back in it doesn't know my settings
To prove my point it submitted my post before I was done writing it
(don't hit Tab)
3. Then about 1/2 fo the time once I do login, it says no such group
as rec.woodworking
Pretty much a disaster.
Are there any free or low cost solutions that will give me a better
experience here?
HHmmmm Outlook. That sounds interesting. I enjoyed it when I used it
before but my current corporate job has me using Lotus Notes (or Lotus
drives me Nuts if you prefer).
I'll try setting up Outlook at home.
On Jul 25, 3:56 pm, Chris Friesen <[email protected]> wrote:
> SonomaProducts.com wrote:
> > I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> > to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> > rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
>
> Use a real newsreader. Thunderbird, Agent, Forte, even Outlook will all
> be more convenient.
>
> Google is nice for searching the archives, not so much for a live feed.
>
> Chris
Actually stopped coding years ago. Now I just code when I can't find a
better way to communicate my design idea to the programming team.
Yes, I know about cookies. Heck, in the early 90's before cookies
existed I was part of a team that developed the first email bug
tracking system (if you know what that is). It is just that Google
news reader washes out the cookies every two weeks and I really don't
feel like manually capturing them and then manually reinitializing
them later once the reader has killed them.
On Jul 25, 4:29 pm, "Eigenvector" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> >I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> > to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> > rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
>
> > 1. Every two weeks it forgets who I am and what group (singular, I
> > only do rec.woodworking) I watch.
> > 2. Then, even after I log back in it doesn't know my settings
>
> You build software for a living, but don't know about better newsgroup
> readers? You also don't seem to know about cookies.
On Jul 25, 6:29 pm, "Eigenvector" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> >I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> > to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> > rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
>
> > 1. Every two weeks it forgets who I am and what group (singular, I
> > only do rec.woodworking) I watch.
> > 2. Then, even after I log back in it doesn't know my settings
>
> You build software for a living, but don't know about better newsgroup
> readers? You also don't seem to know about cookies.
I use google groups a lot at work - some of it is even FOR work. :-)
Occasionally I have to re-log in. I assume that is intentional. It's
something I'd build into an app - every so often I have to convince
them that I still know what my password is.
But that's it. Once I'm logged back in, all my configurations are
right where I left 'em. I think that's part cookie and part database
at the server. If I'm understanding Mr Sonoma, he's having problems
that I never have, after a couple years of using Google. I use a
different reader at home and Google has its own set of problems for
me, but not the problems described above. I'm puzzled.
SonomaProducts.com wrote:
On what platform?
Linux / Windows
P.A.N. (do NOT ask what the initials mean)
http://pan.rebelbase.com/download/
since you are a programmer, you could even grab the source code & recompile
Thunderbird (am using it at the moment)
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
AFAICT, PAN is actually the better of the two for newsgroups, but
didn't, last time I checked, deal with emails. Thunderbird handles both
but isn't the top of the pile for either. Close ... but no kewpie doll.
Kind of like us MS-Office instead of best-of-breed software. ;-)
Bill
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:44:25 -0700, SonomaProducts.com wrote:
> On Jul 25, 3:41 pm, "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> > to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> > rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
> >
> > 1. Every two weeks it forgets who I am and what group (singular, I
> > only do rec.woodworking) I watch.
> > 2. Then, even after I log back in it doesn't know my settings
>
> To prove my point it submitted my post before I was done writing it
> (don't hit Tab)
>
> 3. Then about 1/2 fo the time once I do login, it says no such group
> as rec.woodworking
>
> Pretty much a disaster.
>
> Are there any free or low cost solutions that will give me a better
> experience here?
http://www.slrn.org
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artg at eclipse dot net
SonomaProducts.com wrote:
> I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
Use a real newsreader. Thunderbird, Agent, Forte, even Outlook will all
be more convenient.
Google is nice for searching the archives, not so much for a live feed.
Chris
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> On Jul 25, 3:41 pm, "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> > to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> > rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
> >
> > 1. Every two weeks it forgets who I am and what group (singular, I
> > only do rec.woodworking) I watch.
> > 2. Then, even after I log back in it doesn't know my settings
>
> To prove my point it submitted my post before I was done writing it
> (don't hit Tab)
>
> 3. Then about 1/2 fo the time once I do login, it says no such group
> as rec.woodworking
>
> Pretty much a disaster.
>
> Are there any free or low cost solutions that will give me a better
> experience here?
>
>
I've found MicroPlanet Gravity to be adequate.
S.
"SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
>
> 1. Every two weeks it forgets who I am and what group (singular, I
> only do rec.woodworking) I watch.
> 2. Then, even after I log back in it doesn't know my settings
>
You build software for a living, but don't know about better newsgroup
readers? You also don't seem to know about cookies.
"SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I build software for a living but I just can't seem to understand how
> to do any better than the Google reader for accesing this
> rec.woodworking but the reader really sucks.
>
> 1. Every two weeks it forgets who I am and what group (singular, I
> only do rec.woodworking) I watch.
> 2. Then, even after I log back in it doesn't know my settings
>
My vote is for XNews. Hey you get to put funny pictures in as a sort of
sig!
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Han
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