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From: seindal@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Rene' Seindal)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Review of NN, a Usenet news reader
Keywords: rn, .newsrc, b&d
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Date: 6 Jul 89 16:54:44 GMT
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flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) writes:
[complaints deleted]

First, if nn's style of news reading does not fit you, don't use it.  There
are lots of news readers out there.  Use one that does fit you reading style,
and if there are none, write one.

Second, the discussion on the net and on the nn-info mailinglist has (in my
eyes) revealed two major problems with nn.  The first is the `Re^n' problem,
and I know Kim will change this if he is told often enough.  The second
problem is the way nn marks articles as read.  The current scheme is clearly
not sufficient, and it will have to be changed, so nn has at least facilities
comparable to rn's.  Kim is well aware of this, and are working on it.  You
can expect to see either a fix for it, or a new release, within a decent
amount of time.  It is my impression that Kim is more interested in getting
this change out right, than in getting it out fast.

For those of you, that do not know, there is an nn-info mailinglist.  Send
requests to join to nn-info-request@dkuug.dk, and submissions to
nn-info@dkuug.dk.  As always, if you have problems or find bugs, send a
message to nn-bugs@dkuug.dk.

I can understand that Flash might fell a little (a lot?) frustrated, since the
ongoing communication between him and Kim hasn't been very constructive.  On
the other hand, it is not a good idea to start a discussion with the author of
a program with the sentence ``Pretty useless.''

Rene' Seindal (seindal@diku.dk).