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Unison - 1.5

Usenet newsreader for discussions, files, and media

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 1.5:	(4.6)
Selected Version:	1.5
Release Date:	2004-08-30
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 1.5):	2,198
Downloads (all versions):	102,248
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:

New Features

Brand-new fast article storage technology

Re-written from scratch, Unison now stores groups much more efficiently
Grouping data is now saved, so opening of previously-visited groups is now significantly faster
As an added benefit, Unison's overall memory usage has now been massively reduced

Mark Read / Mark All Read can now be used in ALL views!

It's now possible to mark files, music, etc., as read, and only see new things in future visits

Improved Download Manager

You can now pause the download queue at any time
It's also possible to cancel / retry a group of items in one click
The download queue is now remembered between Unison sessions

Mail-like Favorites drawer allows you to switch groups from within a group
Rules, in the Preferences, allow you to highlight or kill incoming items automatically
Profiles, also in Preferences, allow you to post from different personalities in a flash
Image Groups can optionally sort images into folders for easier browsing
You can now optionally sort both Images and All Groups in a variety of ways
It's now possible to add custom headers to posts, such as the much-requested "X-No-Archive"
You can also choose which headers to view when viewing messages
Mark As Read and Toggle Read Items has been added to the available Toolbar items
Unread message counts are now displayed right in the Favorites view
Support for quick downloading with NZB files

Quickly download items by using web-based Usenet search
Simply drag or double click an .nzb file and Unison will start downloading

It's possible to Clear Messages, emptying the database for a group for faster future loading
Rot-13 support allows you to scramble or unscramble hidden text

Changes

"Shape" status indicators have been added as an option for people who cannot easily distinguish color
Fixed problems with certain message encodings, included Quoted-Printable
The "Check Spelling" setting is now maintained
Dead-key modifiers now work in the message composer
Download manager no longer springs to the front when minimized
The space bar will now go to the next message in separate viewer windows
The space bar also pages down in files/images/music lists, and shift-space pages up
"Home" and "End" keys finally work
Made the "download speed" reporting more accurate, showing actual data transfer speed
Improved the visibility of failed downloads
Read items in other views are now drawn in gray to make them easier to spot
Fixed a problem with image viewing degrading Unison stability over time
Fixed a huge number of hangs, crashes, and other undesirable behaviors
Literally hundreds of additional small changes we'll never remember. :)

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 1.5:
Overall Rating:	(4.6)	Features:	(4.1)	Support:	(4.3)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.2)	Price:	(3.9)

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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.