Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
No, rss feeds are an infant technology as compared to usenet. On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Teresa Cochran wrote: I believe Usenet has RSS feeds, which Mail handles very nicely. Teresa On Dec 2, 2010, at 12:55 AM, Massimo Vettoretti wrote: Il giorno 02/dic/2010, alle ore 06.34, Jude DaShiell ha scri

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
pine and alpine can run in graphcal mode if you use gpine or galpine to run them.On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Eric Oyen wrote: you can get these through groups.google.com not sure about other places though. -Eric On Dec 2, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: I believe Usenet has RSS feeds, whi

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-02 Thread Eric Oyen
you can get these through groups.google.com not sure about other places though. -Eric On Dec 2, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I believe Usenet has RSS feeds, which Mail handles very nicely. > > Teresa > On Dec 2, 2010, at 12:55 AM, Massimo Vettoretti wrote: > >> >> Il giorno 02/d

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
I believe Usenet has RSS feeds, which Mail handles very nicely. Teresa On Dec 2, 2010, at 12:55 AM, Massimo Vettoretti wrote: > > Il giorno 02/dic/2010, alle ore 06.34, Jude DaShiell ha scritto: >> Pine can do nntp if configured properly. So can alpine. > Maybe I have to be more specific. What

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-02 Thread Massimo Vettoretti
Il giorno 02/dic/2010, alle ore 06.34, Jude DaShiell ha scritto: > Pine can do nntp if configured properly. So can alpine. Maybe I have to be more specific. What I need and I am looking for is an accessible Usenet client with accessible graphical user Interface. The woman I am helping is making

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
A package called gnus which runs under emacs can handle both usenet and email once set up correctly. Mutt never did anything with nntp, mutt only does email.On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, erik burggraaf wrote: It's really unfortunate. Older versions of unison were amazing, but they have really broken

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
Pine can do nntp if configured properly. So can alpine. On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, Eric Oyen wrote: 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 Bar

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread Eric Oyen
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 termin

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread Jim Barbour
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 (f

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread Eric Oyen
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 look

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Emacs? that was always the prefered way at UUNet. On 01/12/2010, erik burggraaf wrote: > It's really unfortunate. Older versions of unison were amazing, but they > have really broken it. > > best, > > Erik Burggraaf > User support consultant, > Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf,

Re: Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread erik burggraaf
It's really unfortunate. Older versions of unison were amazing, but they have really broken it. best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-12-01, at 1:56 PM, Massimo Vettoretti wrote: >

Is there an accessible Usenet client

2010-12-01 Thread Massimo Vettoretti
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