Re: Android newsreaders

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
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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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