Xref: utzoo comp.windows.ms:9666 news.software.nntp:1147 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!timbuk!sequoia!dre From: dre@sequoia.cray.com (Dennis Ellis) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,news.software.nntp Subject: Re: Does WnQVTnet include a news reader? Message-ID: <165636.26082@timbuk.cray.com> Date: 25 Feb 91 23:32:38 GMT References: <1991Feb25.153733.12869@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <2216@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> <1991Feb25.162521.18662@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, MN Lines: 26 > >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. I agree!! The thing I would like to see added is another window with the subjects so I could scan them for arts of interest and then easily 'c' the group if I found nothing. Or am I missing something?? I like the way 'winvn' works (when it works which is not often). -- ******************************************************************************* * Dennis Ellis (dre@sequoia.cray.com) * * * Cray Research, Inc. * * * Eagan, MN 55378 * All the normal stuff about opinions.. * Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com