Hi all, HNY

Just come across this, a hobbyist free effort that in a pinch might give
some adhoc newsgroup access?

https://newsgrouper.org.uk/

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Adrian Caspersz wrote:

Just come across this, a hobbyist free effort that in a pinch might give
 some adhoc newsgroup access?

https://newsgrouper.org.uk/

The author is concerned that the Online Safety Act might make it
non-viable to provide the service.

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On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:53:38 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Adrian Caspersz wrote:

Just come across this, a hobbyist free effort that in a pinch might
give
 some adhoc newsgroup access?

https://newsgrouper.org.uk/

The author is concerned that the Online Safety Act might make it
non-viable to provide the service.

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

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jon wrote:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

I don't get any white text, mostly black on duck-egg blue, or black on buttermilk, it would benefit from a choice of css themes

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In message <ltlb6kFe78hU1@mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns
<usenet@andyburns.uk> writes

jon wrote:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

I don't get any white text, mostly black on duck-egg blue, or black on buttermilk, it would benefit from a choice of css themes

Try using the mouse to highlight the text.
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> posted:

Adrian Caspersz wrote:

Just come across this, a hobbyist free effort that in a pinch might give
 some adhoc newsgroup access?

https://newsgrouper.org.uk/

The author is concerned that the Online Safety Act might make it
non-viable to provide the service.

Yes, it's my site. Some people running small sites are treating the OSA
as the end of the world, others think the panic is overblown. I'm hoping
some useful guidance for small sites will appear soon.

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jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> posted:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

Hi, I run the Newsgrouper site. I don't set the text colour to white,
and no-one else has complained about that problem, so I think it must
be something specific to your browser - what are you using?

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On 01/01/2025 17:09, Andy Burns wrote:

jon wrote:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

I don't get any white text, mostly black on duck-egg blue, or black on buttermilk, it would benefit from a choice of css themes

Black print on a duck egg blue background here as well using Pale Moon & Firefox.


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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> posted:

jon wrote:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

I don't get any white text, mostly black on duck-egg blue, or black on buttermilk, it would benefit from a choice of css themes

Ok, /by popular demand/ I'm looking at adding some options in the
Preferences page to change the colours :-)

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jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> posted:

On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:20:30 +0000, Colin Macleod wrote:

jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> posted:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

Hi, I run the Newsgrouper site. I don't set the text colour to white,
and no-one else has complained about that problem, so I think it must be something specific to your browser - what are you using?

Opera

Interesting, I had a report from an Opera user a few days ago about
form field positions being screwy, which I fixed.

I've now updated the code to explicitly set the text colour to black,
I had been just relying on it defaulting to black. Please try again
and see if that fixes your problem.

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On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:20:30 +0000, Colin Macleod wrote:

jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> posted:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

Hi, I run the Newsgrouper site. I don't set the text colour to white,
and no-one else has complained about that problem, so I think it must be something specific to your browser - what are you using?

Opera

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On 04/01/2025 11:30, jon wrote:

On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:20:30 +0000, Colin Macleod wrote:

jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> posted:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

Hi, I run the Newsgrouper site. I don't set the text colour to white,
and no-one else has complained about that problem, so I think it must be
something specific to your browser - what are you using?

Opera

All browsers and mail clients seem to allow so much choice in what color
to display if no color specified, what color to display if color IS
specified and so on..




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On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:27:10 +0000, Colin Macleod wrote:

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> posted:

Adrian Caspersz wrote:

Just come across this, a hobbyist free effort that in a pinch might
give
 some adhoc newsgroup access?

https://newsgrouper.org.uk/

The author is concerned that the Online Safety Act might make it
non-viable to provide the service.

Yes, it's my site. Some people running small sites are treating the OSA
as the end of the world, others think the panic is overblown. I'm
hoping some useful guidance for small sites will appear soon.

Yes the text is white on black now, because I am running Opera in 'Dark
Mode'

Thank you.

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On Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:20:30 +0000, Colin Macleod wrote:

jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> posted:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

Hi, I run the Newsgrouper site. I don't set the text colour to white,
and no-one else has complained about that problem, so I think it must be something specific to your browser - what are you using?

This looks as though it could solve the issue of lack of a decent
Newsreader under Android.

Will give it a try.

Thanks for your efforts.

Cheers


Dave R



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Piaohong Usenet Newsreader which I am using is far from perfect,
but far more usable than Newsgrouper IMHO.
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Colin Macleod <user7@newsgrouper.org.uk.invalid> posted:

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> posted:

jon wrote:

I can't see the print white on very pale cyan.

I don't get any white text, mostly black on duck-egg blue, or black on buttermilk, it would benefit from a choice of css themes

Ok, /by popular demand/ I'm looking at adding some options in the
Preferences page to change the colours :-)

This is now done, I added a section at the end of the Preferences page where you can select whatever colours you like for the text and the background.

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"Graham. " <graham-usenet@mail.com> posted:

Piaohong Usenet Newsreader which I am using is far from perfect,
but far more usable than Newsgrouper IMHO.

Hi, if you can point to any areas where Newsgrouper's useability
could be improved, I would be interested to hear about them.

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Colin Macleod wrote:

Colin Macleod posted:

Ok, /by popular demand/ I'm looking at adding some options in the
Preferences page to change the colours :-)

This is now done, I added a section at the end of the Preferences page where you can select whatever colours you like for the text and the background.

Custom colours now work, I presume unrelated, but I can't access this
group now

Error Info

Tcl-Webserver/3.5.3 FOS
Tcl version 9.0b2
Webmaster: newsgrouper@yahoo.com

wrong # args: should be "heading params"
while executing
"heading"
(procedure "/do/group_search" line 32)
invoked from within
"/do/group_search 0 d-i-y 1 {}"
invoked from within
"catch $cmd result"
invoked from within
"Direct_Respond $sock $code $result $type"
(procedure "DirectDomain" line 29)
invoked from within
"DirectDomain /do sock55ecd3b41890 /group_search"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval $Url(command,$prefix) [list $sock $suffix]"

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On Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:09:54 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Colin Macleod wrote:

Colin Macleod posted:

Ok, /by popular demand/ I'm looking at adding some options in the
Preferences page to change the colours :-)

This is now done, I added a section at the end of the Preferences page
where you can select whatever colours you like for the text and the
background.

Custom colours now work, I presume unrelated, but I can't access this
group now

Error Info

Tcl-Webserver/3.5.3 FOS Tcl version 9.0b2 Webmaster:
newsgrouper@yahoo.com

wrong # args: should be "heading params"
while executing
"heading"
(procedure "/do/group_search" line 32)
invoked from within
"/do/group_search 0 d-i-y 1 {}"
invoked from within
"catch $cmd result"
invoked from within
"Direct_Respond $sock $code $result $type"
(procedure "DirectDomain" line 29) invoked from within
"DirectDomain /do sock55ecd3b41890 /group_search"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval $Url(command,$prefix) [list $sock $suffix]"

I have reported an issue accessing uk.d-i-y with my newly registered user. However I thing that my error message (after trying to post a debug
report) may have related to the debug report.

Cheers



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David <wibble@btinternet.com> posted:

On Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:09:54 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Error Info

....

I have reported an issue accessing uk.d-i-y with my newly registered user. However I thing that my error message (after trying to post a debug
report) may have related to the debug report.

Sorry about that, it's fixed now.

[Adding the colour choice stuff lead me to reorganise the storage of
user preferences, which then broke the group search which I had not
thought of re-testing.... :-( ]

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On Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:45:24 +0000, David wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:09:54 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Colin Macleod wrote:

Colin Macleod posted:

Ok, /by popular demand/ I'm looking at adding some options in the
Preferences page to change the colours :-)

This is now done, I added a section at the end of the Preferences page
where you can select whatever colours you like for the text and the
background.

Custom colours now work, I presume unrelated, but I can't access this
group now

Error Info

Tcl-Webserver/3.5.3 FOS Tcl version 9.0b2 Webmaster:
newsgrouper@yahoo.com

wrong # args: should be "heading params"
while executing
"heading"
(procedure "/do/group_search" line 32)
invoked from within
"/do/group_search 0 d-i-y 1 {}"
invoked from within
"catch $cmd result"
invoked from within
"Direct_Respond $sock $code $result $type"
(procedure "DirectDomain" line 29) invoked from within
"DirectDomain /do sock55ecd3b41890 /group_search"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval $Url(command,$prefix) [list $sock $suffix]"

I have reported an issue accessing uk.d-i-y with my newly registered
user.
However I thing that my error message (after trying to post a debug
report) may have related to the debug report.

Allegedly now fixed. :-)

It will be a while before I can test.

Cheers



Dave R



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