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Added search engine retention / price but it is difficult to take into account quality/uptime which is quite different without giving preferentials.
Header download support column added - the basic feature is sometimes dropped from later nzb downloaders while calling the program a newsreader so a distinction should be made here as well.
File joining was a feature since the past millenium, it can be found everywhere except mail specialized clients like outlook express, so in fact we have "yes" almost everywhere even when not stated, so I strongly feel the column should be omitted, an unnecessary triviality.
Reliability / RAM utilization effectiveness also drastically differs in order of tens of times, it is of little use to have a newsreader which will bring your system to its knees while with another one running it won't be felt at all, but we have the same predicament of looking biased if to try to classify that, especially older clients have much higher RAM consumption for the same header volume. Maybe to add RAM signature when loading a newsgroup with, say, 10M headers (not relevant for nzb clients though).
It is good the wiki entry has been added, but it needs some work, what we have on the web is mostly affiliation/advertising.
Other columns which could be added are combining headers from different servers, virtual groups, combining files into collections (like binsearch) etc.
Hi guys, I am the original author of this comparison and am wondering just what sources should be cited?
I based this comparison on similar articles such as Comparison of P2P applications and Comparison of IRC clients All software information is verifiable on the site of the program in question. -- Fittysix 01:43, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I've made this to be similar to the format used with other mediums where a comparison seems to be favored over a simple list. -- Fittysix 01:43, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Columns to add:
yENC support, Ability to post articles y/n, uploading capability y/n
-- Zzo38 ( talk) 19:59, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
The fields seem to be mostly about the use for downloading binaries over usenet. Maybe the list should consider traditional Usenet a bit more. A second table could be made for that. Possible fields would be "killfiling", "scoring" (or generally "filtering"), "newsrc syncronization", "offline reading" and so on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.192.47.17 ( talk) 10:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Can we have a short description on the meaning and implications of Integrated Search Service? What does retention refer to? Is $$$/yr a subscription fee?
Why have so many programs been removed? Some, including URD, HAD Wikipedia articles that were deleted. This list is meant to compare ALL available usenet newsreaders, not just the ones whose Wikipedia entries haven't been deleted yet.
I propose they be added back in, but without linking them. In the mean time, I can start work on articles for the readers that don't already have them.
If others are in agreement, I'll add them back manually, as opposed to simply rolling back edits so newer changes don't get written over. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.212.37.51 ( talk) 02:35, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
If there's any software that begs for a text-based user interface, it's this software! Although I'm disappointed by the paucity of choices and lack of sophistication, I'd certainly like to see a page like this one, but devoted to TUI newsreaders alone, perhaps set up as a table showing information copied from this one. 4.234.36.32 ( talk) 15:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC) (It's me; I forgot to log in!) Unfree ( talk) 15:50, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Is that NNTP-related? If not, it's probably an off-topic feature. Tedickey ( talk) 11:59, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
I see Newswatcher is missing from the list of readers. It's a Mac OS one. For more info, see:
In fact a large number of other Mac newsreaders are also missing from the list. Here's one list and summary someone made up:
http://www.macorchard.com/usenet/
Stephen 114.72.204.193 ( talk) 18:58, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Various features for slrn claimed to be supported via macros. But after some searching I am unable to find the macros for say nzb support. Are there any references about where these macros exist? 76.113.47.197 ( talk) 21:49, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
Here is the comparison of NNTP client software, but you should have a comparison of NNTP server software, too. -- Zzo38 ( talk) 08:25, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
There are others. There is flnews (graphical, with FLTK), as well as bystand (command-line interface; as far as I can tell none of the other ones listed use a command-line interface, even though they are text-based). I may add this, and also other stuff not listed here yet (some of which are listed elsewhere on Wikipedia, but not on this specific page yet). -- Zzo38 ( talk) 19:36, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
Sorry that is beyond ridiculous. If there is a commercial program of a company with a yearly turnover of 100 million dollars, it cannot be included because it doesnot have a wikipedia page? 2001:981:7478:1:49F4:2C8D:E332:B6BD ( talk) 14:15, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
If I can check with Bloomberg that a company has a turnover of 1000 million that is more notable than a Wikipedia article that can be added or removed by a nobody. 2001:981:7478:1:49F4:2C8D:E332:B6BD ( talk) 09:44, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
This list article has no explicit criteria for inclusion, but for more than a decade, an edit war has been running about what to include or not. Based on WP:SAL, specifically the section about companies and organizations, I propose adding the following to the article (but the project should await this discussion before doing so):
This list includes News readers (products) past and present that either have their own Wikipedia article or are widely distributed, either commercially or as part of larger products such as operating systems or office suites. Products with their own articles need no sources beyond what is in their own article, other products need at least one 3rd party source that confirm its properties are as stated and/or that it meets this stated criteria (it is optional to have separate sources for properties and inclusion). Two exceptions to the source requirement are granted: InclusionSource: If the product is included in an otherwise notable larger product, the self-published content listing of that larger product is a good enough source for inclusion in this list article of the included smaller product. GracePeriod: If an article about a product has been deleted less than 1 year ago after existing for at least 1 year, the link to the deleted article is still enough to keep the entry here, but the product entry should still be marked with a dated "source required" tag to remind editors to add a source within one year.
I have intentionally phrased this criteria in a general way, being explicit only once what the words "product" and "larger product" means.
Jbohmdk ( talk) 12:43, 18 October 2022 (UTC)