In article <1i76o5h.1wythqz1weo2p2N%%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
burt@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:

I think you've answered your own question. MacSOUP needs to discard
it's Classic "1.0" base and actually work on a Mac OS X version.
MT-NewsWatcher has the same problem, but at least it's free. Another
problem with MacSOUP is that setup is off-putting. When the web site
for it says "e-mail capabilities are somewhat rudimentary", it makes
*zero* sense to have the first thing prompted for be email settings. It
then apparently will prompt to set "personalities", another feature that
is unused by 90%% of the people who read Usenet and aren't asshats, so
I've already quit the app by that point. It takes more than having Mac
in the name to make software user friendly.

In article
sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
Doc O'Leary 4q2007.subsume.com> wrote:

Is there a Wiki for that word?

:-)))

Doc O'Leary 4q2007.subsume.com> wrote:

I wish it would just drop the email part too. So I just don't use it.

The newsreader portion is the best I have tried, and I have pretty much
tried them all...

Burt Johnson mindstorm-inc.com> wrote:

Doc O'Leary 4q2007.subsume.com> wrote:

The real userfriendly part of MacSOUP is the the graphical way it shows
a thread's tree structure, and how you can navigate between nodes with
the numerical keyboard.

In article news.verizon.net>,
"D. Kirkpatrick" sunclad.com> wrote:

I don't know, but there's definitely a nice entry on Urban Dictionary:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=asshat

In article <1i780kt.1inhxzaloz2psN%%burt@mindstorm-inc.com>,
burt@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:

When the setup "wizard" forces you to configure it, you can't just
ignore it. It's a huge warning flag right off the bat that demonstrates
muddled thinking by the developer.

I've tried them all, too, and am always left with the desire to develop
my own. I see many people who swear by MacSOUP, but as a new user it
sure looks like the developer is doing everything possible to make it
unattractive out of the box as a Usenet reader on Mac OS X.

Doc O'Leary 4q2007.subsume.com> wrote:

As soon as you lean the shortcuts to navigate within a single thread
[using the numerical keypad] you will realize how good it is.

The only major drawback being the lacking unicode support.

In article
sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>,
Doc O'Leary 4q2007.subsume.com> wrote:

LOL!!!

I have a new word!

In article <1i79xhr.1e1ldog10709cqN%%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>,
jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: