Re: Android Usenet news newsreader

Dave Royal wrote on Thu, 2 May 2024 10:17:50 +0100 (GMT+01:00) :

Ignore everything before M16.

 <Italian newsgroup removed>

Thanks for that belated advice as it wasn't intuitive to me that Mod 17
wasn't a bugfix of Mod 16, so I appreciate the further clarification.

What you're saying is that either the two M16 files are the latest if you
want the improvements you had suggested to Alfie, or, if people prefer the
old ways with the addition of X-Face, the two M17 files are the latest.

Is that correct?
If so, that's confusing. At least at first it is.

I had downloaded all the versions, not knowing which version was going to
be the latest & greatest update.

This [Mod16] solves the main problem with
 the PiaoHong newsreader - screwed-up quoting. Also the
 less-obvious design fault that it ignored replies if it didn't
 have the replied-to post. It also reports x-posts, which is
 important IMO.

Thanks for the summary of what is in the PiaHong NewsGroup Mod16 by Alfie.

 Mod16 Original Colors
 <https://mega.nz/file/DdQyVBgY#jq7uq7r4e8waidolLyvLgD_G_Rc82_FURYxaak7NUCI>
 Name: OC-ModNewsReader 2.02.M16.apk
 Size: 3922831 bytes (3830 KiB)
 SHA256: 97B27E062306C9D6FEA9FC6EA49FEA7D920FF7C0CB05AAFBBEB9C96758A68C97

The OC (original colours) version of M16 works adequately - not
 perfectly - for me on an Android 13 tablet, and better than the
 paid-for (VIP) version which I used for years. The colour version
 is preferred by some on the Italian newsgroup - for phones I
 think.

 Mod16 Modified Colors
 <https://mega.nz/file/GAwnTAaI#CshrBLtSl2smdcmHiBD0wdj-V409CJyq9nJ7IpQ0ooY>
 Name: MC-ModNewsReader 2.02.M16.apk
 Size: 3935119 bytes (3842 KiB)
 SHA256: 010AAF7EFF0ABBE040E66BE0486F6D32936432EC16C8F2FB56717479C76F4CDA

If you prefer the old behaviour whereby replies to missing
 replied-to posts are ignored - which can lead to multiple threads
 starting Re: and doesn't play well with filtering - then you can
 revert that in M17. Also if you want to use odd headers, like
 x-face. I haven't used M17.

Thanks for that summary that M17 isn't a bugfix of M16 but that it's a
design change that reverts to the old ways (which makes it a different app
in terms of what you said was different above).

Plus M17 adds an X-Face header.
So it's going to be up to user preference which to use, M16 or M17.

 Mod17 Original Colors by Alfie.
 <https://mega.nz/file/uYJSwBJD#3Ya4p0HpSczyt95c_MnXjyBXYqP5J_Phkz0gZ9RbkCI>
 Name: OC-ModNewsReader 2.02.M17.apk
 Size: 3926860 bytes (3834 KiB)
 SHA256: BB05B9FD454AD8D38047484FEA338DE9FDAB056F56B66D39C114162A53883815

 Mod17 Modified Colors by Alfie.
 <https://mega.nz/file/CIhiFKDT#H4FvPyZ_SIWKitPvaUxjKstjNmgPJhyMqwZxI4VkWVE>
 Name: MC-ModNewsReader 2.02.M17.apk
 Size: 3935052 bytes (3842 KiB)
 SHA256: DA8C8DF91DFAA68047F58A3339B6D5B91857185623CB7F386B74F9DFE84D5B03

I will report on any future changes in the earlier thread I
 referred to in news.software.readers.

For reference for others, so they don't have to search for that thread as I
did, especially given newsreader retention sucks on the servers I use, is:

    From: kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
    Newsgroups: news.software.readers
    Subject: Newsreader for Android
    Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:44:54 +0100
    Message-ID: <uo41vk$124mn$2@dont-email.me>

 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=1825&group=news.software.readers#1825>
 <https://news.software.readers.narkive.com/9N1ys3VT/newsreader-for-android>
 <https://cmacleod.me.uk/ng/news.software.readers/35512>

I will further post related issues to _that_ thread, as will you.
Thanks for helping all of us obtain a decent newsreader for Android.