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   Review - Xnews

   2005.10.18 Test (Jan 18, 2006)

   A superb reader that I have used for four years. There's dedication. I have tried many others, but only Xnews delivers so much that I want.
   
   The GUI is to my liking, which helps. We all have different tastes and Xnews suits mine.
   
   I have one key gripe (but Xnews is so good it still gets the 5, just). The use of archives rather than folders to store downloaded segments - it's risky. I have yet to fully evaluate v6.02.16b and will specifically test handling of >2Gig archives. v5.04.25 looses segments if the 2Gig boundary is exceeded in win98se, win2k and winXP. If this has been fixed, Xnews becomes still more formidable - and I will post accordingly. Currently, I get round the problem by running multiple queues and archives.
   
   Two suggestions: 1. Consider alternative segment storage. 2. How about scheduling of downloads - the icing on the cake?