Xref: utzoo news.software.nntp:1146 comp.windows.ms:9651 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Does WnQVTnet include a news reader? Message-ID: <1991Feb25.162521.18662@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 25 Feb 91 12:14:12 GMT References: <1991Feb25.153733.12869@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <2216@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 25 In article <1991Feb25.153733.12869@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes: > >In article tarjeij@ulrik.uio.no (Tarjei Jensen) writes: >>Winqvtnet v 1.5 is available at cica.cica.indiana.edu in a directory below > > >I tried this program asn as far as I can tell, it only works on our local >network - it won't go past the gateway. Anybody have any help?? > > I got it working --- the "subnet mask" is apparently NOT optional. In any case, now that it works, a review: The News reader needs some user interface work. It needs keyboard equivalents for mouse actions (ALL Windows programs are supposed to work without a mouse at all) and it should be changed so that you can read an article and the next ones without having toi move the mouse all over the menu bar. In other words, after selecting the header of an article you should either not have to move the mouse at all, just click again, or at most move to the adjacent button. But it is a good start. Doug McDonald Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com