On 15/12/2023 12:08, John Hill wrote:

On 13 Dec 2023 at 08:18:46 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

On 12 Dec 2023 at 15:36:55 GMT, "Another John" <lalaw44@hotmail.com> wrote: >>

I've had to move my Usenet reading to the much-vaunted Usenapp: I had used >>> MT-Newswatcher since its birth, but last week my 2007 Snow Leopard 20" iMac >>> went POP, with a smell of burning electronics.

(I could have a go at fxing it, replacing powersupply etc. but I have to >>> acknowledge that it's time to move on. And anyway I do most of my work
nowadays on this much newer (but ancient) 27" Mojave iMac. I stayed with the
20" because of beloved MT-NW.)

So: I bought a licence for Usenapp, and -- well -- is there a manual,
anywhere? At all? The Usenapp website says "coming soon" .. but since the >>> application is now years old I don't hold out much hope.

I find I'm all at sea! For example: with MTNW, when you had read (or marked)
articles they would have disappeared from the display, next time you loaded >>> the group.
You could also (very valuable) Mark a whole group as read, and all 99,999 >>> articles disappeared, so that you could take up the group again with a clean
start. No dout Usenapp can do these things, but I'm blowed if I even know >>> where to look (partly because the terminology is different too.

Any documentation, anywhere?

Cheers
John

There are lots of us here prepared to give you the benefit of our experience.

But I agree, a manual would be VERY helpful, even to me - and I was part of >> the beta testing. I tend to forget how to find things. Rules are a particular
problem.

I wonder how André is getting on with the manual? Let's go and ask him!

Alas, André says "I understand your point, but creating the manual is not a high priority at the moment.
If you have any questions about the operation of Usenapp, you can of course always ask them".

So I don't think we'll see Usenet manual any time soon.

My limited experience with this sort of thing is that if you don't write something down at the outset and then build it as you go along, you're lost.

Was a "Manual" *EVER* produced?

If so, how may one access the manual?

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On 17/05/2025 08:33, John Hill wrote:

On 16 May 2025 at 10:43:53 BST, "David" <David@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 15/12/2023 12:08, John Hill wrote:

On 13 Dec 2023 at 08:18:46 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

On 12 Dec 2023 at 15:36:55 GMT, "Another John" <lalaw44@hotmail.com> wrote:

I've had to move my Usenet reading to the much-vaunted Usenapp: I had used
MT-Newswatcher since its birth, but last week my 2007 Snow Leopard 20" iMac
went POP, with a smell of burning electronics.

(I could have a go at fxing it, replacing powersupply etc. but I have to >>>>> acknowledge that it's time to move on. And anyway I do most of my work >>>>> nowadays on this much newer (but ancient) 27" Mojave iMac. I stayed with the
20" because of beloved MT-NW.)

So: I bought a licence for Usenapp, and -- well -- is there a manual, >>>>> anywhere? At all? The Usenapp website says "coming soon" .. but since the >>>>> application is now years old I don't hold out much hope.

I find I'm all at sea! For example: with MTNW, when you had read (or marked)
articles they would have disappeared from the display, next time you loaded
the group.
You could also (very valuable) Mark a whole group as read, and all 99,999 >>>>> articles disappeared, so that you could take up the group again with a clean
start. No dout Usenapp can do these things, but I'm blowed if I even know
where to look (partly because the terminology is different too.

Any documentation, anywhere?

Cheers
John

There are lots of us here prepared to give you the benefit of our experience.

But I agree, a manual would be VERY helpful, even to me - and I was part of
the beta testing. I tend to forget how to find things. Rules are a particular
problem.

I wonder how André is getting on with the manual? Let's go and ask him! >>>

Alas, André says "I understand your point, but creating the manual is not a
high priority at the moment.
If you have any questions about the operation of Usenapp, you can of course >>> always ask them".

So I don't think we'll see Usenet manual any time soon.

My limited experience with this sort of thing is that if you don't write >>> something down at the outset and then build it as you go along, you're lost.

Was a "Manual" *EVER* produced?

If so, how may one access the manual?

AFAIK, no. And I doubt that there ever will be unless one of us takes it on.

Old John.

Thank you, OJ! 🙂

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On 16 May 2025 at 10:43:53 BST, "David" <David@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 15/12/2023 12:08, John Hill wrote:

On 13 Dec 2023 at 08:18:46 GMT, "John Hill" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>

On 12 Dec 2023 at 15:36:55 GMT, "Another John" <lalaw44@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>

I've had to move my Usenet reading to the much-vaunted Usenapp: I had used >>>> MT-Newswatcher since its birth, but last week my 2007 Snow Leopard 20" iMac
went POP, with a smell of burning electronics.

(I could have a go at fxing it, replacing powersupply etc. but I have to >>>> acknowledge that it's time to move on. And anyway I do most of my work >>>> nowadays on this much newer (but ancient) 27" Mojave iMac. I stayed with the
20" because of beloved MT-NW.)

So: I bought a licence for Usenapp, and -- well -- is there a manual,
anywhere? At all? The Usenapp website says "coming soon" .. but since the >>>> application is now years old I don't hold out much hope.

I find I'm all at sea! For example: with MTNW, when you had read (or marked)
articles they would have disappeared from the display, next time you loaded
the group.
You could also (very valuable) Mark a whole group as read, and all 99,999 >>>> articles disappeared, so that you could take up the group again with a clean
start. No dout Usenapp can do these things, but I'm blowed if I even know >>>> where to look (partly because the terminology is different too.

Any documentation, anywhere?

Cheers
John

There are lots of us here prepared to give you the benefit of our experience.

But I agree, a manual would be VERY helpful, even to me - and I was part of >>> the beta testing. I tend to forget how to find things. Rules are a particular
problem.

I wonder how André is getting on with the manual? Let's go and ask him!

Alas, André says "I understand your point, but creating the manual is not a >> high priority at the moment.
If you have any questions about the operation of Usenapp, you can of course >> always ask them".

So I don't think we'll see Usenet manual any time soon.

My limited experience with this sort of thing is that if you don't write
something down at the outset and then build it as you go along, you're lost.

Was a "Manual" *EVER* produced?

If so, how may one access the manual?

AFAIK, no. And I doubt that there ever will be unless one of us takes it on.

Old John.
--
God makes power, Man makes engines.

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