On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 07:27:58PM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > Why is that? I never used it, but I use Newsbeuter, and they seem pretty > comparable. >
Newsbeuter had been my second choice but I don't remember it 4 years ago so I installed. Lunch break is well over and I haven't read a single thing but here are some usage points that are key-press options I like in snownews. *Not* a criticism of Newsbeuter, just an impression. 1. Newsbeuter comes up asking for a URL file or an OPML import. Snownews just opens the first time and one can start adding and deleting with key-press commands. 2. Newsbeuter doesn't show me a key-press way to categorize. Evidently I must edit the URL file with tags. 3. Newsbeuter doesn't show me a way to edit the title so maybe I have to trust the source to not send BS or long titles. 4. Newsbeuter doesn't show me a way to arrange things into the exact order I want to read them, just sort by criteria. 5. Newsbeuter doesn't show me a headlines *only* view. In snownews, my news feeds are arranged by preference in descending order. The headlines only view then displays in that same order, making a very fast news hit for on the fly. -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110330195521.GA4527@Europa.office
