Re: Test of new phone and app

Mike McKeown wrote:

On 25/11/2024 15:25, The Last Doctor wrote:

 
I’d be happy to use a well behaved online service and would
even pay a nominal one off or annual fee to maintain it (I
was happy to pay the Germans a few euros a year for
news.individual.net) but I don’t think NovaBBS is a great
answer. There is no good Android app (PhoNews is the best I
could find) - the few options out there almost all focus on
binaries. News reading is old fashioned and probably on its
way out.
 
This app on iPhone (NewsTap) is excellent except for lack of
kill files (you can colour code messages from individuals
and mark them as read on receipt, which is usually good
enough). But this phone’s lightning port has died (can only
charge by induction), and it’s a good few years old, so a
great corporate-plus-Black-Friday discount on Samsungs mean
I’m finally weaning myself off the Apple ecosystem so
goodbye NewsTap.
 
But, I’ve literally just spotted what might be my solution:
Thunderbird finally has an Android client! Off to check it
out now.

 
Nope, like K-9 before it, its just ans email client. No one
seems to be stepping up to the plate to add nntp
functionality. Ah well. I had hopes for a day, there.

Most people assume nntp is dead or dying out... if they even
know what it is. The majority of the Usenet world in 2024
revolves around Binaries and indexers* now since NZB's have made
it a lot easier to 'get' stuff from Usenet than it was in the
old days of decoding a hundred pieces and then putting them all
together yourself... (etc.)

That's why I hope to see the online web portals [like NovaBBS]
improve in time as it is possible that people will be more
inclined to access Usenet via a web forum type of thing whilst
they are browsing online than go to the hassle of setting-up a
newsreader and downloading messages from newsgroups. We are old
school, we can do it in our sleep, but some people's heads would
explode trying to configure something called a newsreader and
having to then sign up for a news service to read things!!!

* Whilst on the subject, Eweka have a great Black Friday offer
of €2.50 a month Usenet access (that's €30 for the year) which
includes a free EasyNews account and a VPN. Bargain!!!