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On 2014-04-17 15:02, Alan Browne wrote:

> I don't know if Xnews will run on W8 - but do be aware that it hasn't
> been supported in years.  I did use it on occasion (WinXP) when I was
> downloading some large files (.rar).  It did that okay.  The UI has a
> bit of a learning curve.  It's not a large package IIRC, so worthwhile
> to DL and try.

I used to be an Xnews user but the fact that it appears to be a long
dead product is a bit of a turn off. I realize if it works well that
shouldn't be a problem. If it doesn't have any bugs, why update it? :)

I will confirm that Xnews has a counter-intuitive UI. I had to
constantly refer to the manual to figure out how to do things; just
scanning over the menus was not helpful. Based on the menus I at first
concluded that the program had very limited functionality. In reality
there is a lot of functionality buried behind "magic" key combinations.

Peter