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Unison - 1.0.1

Usenet newsreader for discussions, files, and media

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 1.0.1:	(4.0)
Selected Version:	1.0.1
Release Date:	2004-02-05
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 1.0.1):	2,001
Downloads (all versions):	102,121
Price:	$24.95

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Product Description:

Unison is a carefully-crafted, genuinely revolutionary Mac OS X Usenet newsreader. It offers all the expected newsreader functionality: easy-to-navigate threaded discussions, the ability to ignore annoying posters, multiple signature management, and easy, Mail-like posting with spell checking and all the trimmings.
But it also goes much, much further than any other Usenet client on earth, starting with a unique four-view interface that lets you view and work with Usenet group content in four distinct styles: messages, files, images, or music. It lets you preview MP3 files directly off a Usenet server, view images in an elegant iPhoto-like thumbnail view, prioritize transfers with a flexible downloads manager, find favorites quickly with a categorized column-view interface, smartly group files into meta-groups (like songs into albums), show download status beautifully in the dock, and much more. Phew!

What's new in this version:

Added colored quote blocks! It's now much easier on the eyes to read quoted messages
Added the ability to set your "Organization" name (with more header preferences to come)
Fixed a bucket-load of issues and suggestions with posting and replying to messages:
Quoted portions are now handled and wrapped properly
Signatures now have "-- " automatically prepended when posting
Signatures are now displayed in a shade of gray
Signatures are no longer quoted when replying
Selecting text in a message before hitting Reply will now only quote the selection
When replying, the message is now properly marked with all previous message ID's
Fixed a few problems with the "Get Latest Posts" feature
Threading is now properly maintained
Current thread settings (open / closed) are also matained
Duplicate messages should no longer show up on occasion
When hiding the Message Preview panel, messages are no longer marked read unless opened
Rapidly scrolling through messages no longer generates "connection" errors
Fixed a problem where images would not download properly if already previewed in Images view
Fixed a crash that could occur, among other things, when selecting "Ignore Sender"
Fixed a problem with the menu bar being nonfunctional while the Transcript Window was open
URL's that were in parenthesis or brackets weren't begin properly recognized
Unison now actually uses the specified server port number
The "Favorites" folder is now named "Others" by default to avoid some UI confusion
Changed the Add to Favorites location pop-up to default to said "Others" folder
Additionally, the Add to Favorites location pop-up now remembers its last-used location
Triple clicking on an image thumbnail would bring you back to thumbnail view; no longer!
Fixed a problem where two-digit dates were being read incorrectly
Fixed an issue where clicking the Thumbnails button would sometimes return you to the top of the list
Fixed a rare problem where Unison couldn't connect to certain non-standard news servers
It is now possible to rename favorites back to their original names
Unison now properly displays the "replied" status icon for messages that have been replied to
The "Group" icon now displays properly in the left-hand column of the Favorites view
Changed the thread indentation to be a bit more readable
Unison is now better at decoding message/partial MIME attachments
Fixed some potential weirdness with renaming Favorites
Fixed a problem where certain servers would make posting impossible due to weird message ID's
It's now possible to override a message's encoding via the Text Encoding menu
Added support for the system localized date setting, so day and month make sense to all
Unison now properly displays international header text that's been encoded (like "Subject" lines)
Message loading and displaying is now much faster

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.0.1:
Overall Rating:	(4.0)	Features:	(3.5)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.5)	Quality / Stability:	(3.9)	Price:	(2.9)

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Unison is really, really good - Version: 1.8.1, 11/30/2008 02:55PM PST

(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)

astarte--2008

After struggling with Thoth for years -- it just would not run properly on OSX versions, and got worse with every version, I decided to try Unison. It was either that or give up usenet altogether. Downloads are easy and complete! It works the way a client should! AND it makes use of nzbs. One click on your nzb and you are good to go.

The only thing I would change is the way that filters are handled. I would like for them to be not just highlighted, but sorted to the top of the page, prioritized. The kill filter did not seem to work at all though.

It's totally worth the price. I just love it.

Great Newsreader - Version: 1.8.1, 5/27/2008 04:34AM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

Macman2004

I would like to echo what a previous poster said and state that this is the best newsreader for Macs hands down. Fast and easy to use.

I used to use 1.8.0 and the SSL crashing bug used to drive me crazy, but after downloading 1.8.1 it works like a dream now.

On a side note, has anyone managed to get it working through a proxy/SOCKS setup? Just curious as I heard it is possible...

The program is a little pricey, but it is definitely worth it.

Cheers!
S.

NOT Shareware - Version: 1.8.1, 2/27/2008 04:35PM PST

(3 of 6 users found this comment useful)

eatme3726

A free trial that stops working unless you pay for it is not shareware. It's a free trial for COMMERCIAL software.