Re: Yanoff-/+

"Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
>
> I tried of firstly the Yanoff+ and then, when I didn't find anything
> there that I really needed the Yanoff- version. When I found out that
> the down button doesn't work in the "-" version, I went back to the GPL
> version (where it works).

Please explain what you mean by "the down button doesn't work".
The down button certainly should work in all versions of Yanoff.

> I've been thinking a bit about this and I'm really quite disappointed
> about this. Some may see this as overly negative and maybe a bit
> ungrateful for all the work Gregg has done, but I simply want to spark
> of an discussion that can, hopefully, inspire Gregg (or other people) to
> make a Yanoff that's a killer newsreader.

I just tested Yanoff- and the down button works fine.
The down button certainly would be a pretty mean thing
(and disappointing) thing to leave out; that's why we left it in!
Help me figure out what's happening and we'll get it fixed.
The problem may be that you don't realize (it is in the dox)
that only the actions before/below "REGISTER" are
available in Yanoff-.  You are probably doing "down+jump"
or some other navigational option and those are all
"for pay" actions.  However "down" and all the essential
basic options are available to Yanoff- users.

> The new version seems to have an impressive list of new features, but
> when I look through the list
> <http://www.palmyanoff.com/faq.htm#featdiff>, none of it actually
> changes the way I read my news on the Palm. Most the features are
> housekeeping functionality, that doesn't really add much to the main
> thing - reading mail. Maybe it's just me, but I can't envision any of
> those functions being something that you would pay for.  When I look
> through the list, most of my comments for most of the items is something
> like "nice, but when am I going to actually *need* it". The only thing
> that, I've actually needed in the past is rot13.
>
> My wish list:
>
> * T3 screen support
We are working on it.

> * Colour coding of text - make it easier to see if a text is a quote or
> new text
Coming in 3.0

> * Functionality to trim (excessive) quoting (like describes earlier on
> this list). Makes it easier to find the actually "meat". Saves memory.
This can be done manually but there's nothing automatic yet...

> * A kill thread/subject functionality (easy/fast way of marking whole
> thread read or simply delete the thread). Maybe that's hidden somewhere
> in the programmable buttons, and I just cant find it. See next item...
It is called "Kill (read) Subject".

> * The programmable buttons seems like a good idea, but it would have
> been a lot cooler if it was scriptable. Nothing complicated, just a list
> of drop downs giving me the option of something like [if
>
end_of_article][mark_current_read][next_article][goto_first_non_quote_line][
beep][elseif][scroll_down_page][endif]
We thought about this but it is significantly more complicated because,
instead
of a menu list ("free" with OS API), an entirely new and somewhat
complicated
facility would be required for the configuration screen.  We are still
considering
this idea for future releases.  We assume that with the current actions, the
vast majority of users' desires will be covered.

> All of they "nice" and not "need" but then again the GPL version works,
> so you can say that about nearly anything that goes beyond that version.
> But any of first four items on my wish list would be something that
> would make me want to trade in the GPL version for a + version and I
> cant say that for anything on the current feature list.

We appreciate your comments but suggest you reconsider Y-.
There is a LOT more in there than you realize.  The down
button thing is a fluke (first I've heard) and we should be
able to get that working in no time...





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