hmmm. I thought it had an nntp functionality built in somewhere. I know pine can do nntp, but it gets picky one some groups, especially the binaries groups.
-Eric On Dec 1, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Jim Barbour wrote: > I use mutt for email, but I don't think it does nntp. > > It is a very nice terminal based mail reader. > > Jim > > On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 05:28:40PM -0700, Eric Oyen wrote: >> have you tried mutt? its a command line NNTP client. you might have to >> install Xcode tools and install it from the ports tree (from macports). >> most, if not all command utilities are fairly accessible with VO. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Dec 1, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Massimo Vettoretti wrote: >> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> I am looking for an accessible NNTP usenet client. I was trying four of >>> them, but none is usable. >>> >>> I tried Nemo. It seemed very very promising; the configuration wizard was >>> fully accessible, but... the table containing the subscribed groups looks >>> empty to Voice Over. I mean, it can see the table but all rows and columns >>> are empty for VO. Of course, the control containing the message itself is a >>> standard HTML content that VO can read with no problem... :-) Menu bar >>> cannot be accessed by pressing VO+m, but they respond to ctrl+f2. Voice >>> Over will not read them. :-) >>> >>> Ok, uninstalled Nemo, I instal thunderbird. Just for fun. As you already >>> know, no accessibility at all there. >>> >>> Thoth was m third attempt. Another disaster. I was not able to access the >>> preferences dialog. >>> >>> The last usenet client I tried is Unisom. Preferences are accessible and so >>> are the menus and other pars of the application. But the overall >>> accessibility is less then pore. Some controls do respond to VO+space, >>> others need the simulated mouse click, and some are triggered only by a >>> physical mouse click. The message list is not easy to find, and the >>> threaded view is not a list or a table but some kind of text area... I am >>> not sure... :-) >>> >>> Any help? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
