NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) Hack 5.5 + Redeem Codes
Developer: Alexander Clauss
Category: News
Price: $3.99 (Download for free)
Version: 5.5
ID: de.icab.NewsTap
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Description
NewsTap is a powerful Usenet Newsreader for the iPad, iPhone and the iPod Touch.
Features:
- Optimized for offline usage, so you can read and write news articles without an internet connection
- It's easy and simple to subscribe, manage and read news groups.
- Filters (also known as "Killfile") can automatically mark articles as read or mark them with a certain color.
- The application fully supports the portrait and landscape mode.
- Support for binary groups (photos and other files). Photos and pictures can be displayed directly. It's possible to add photos into the photo album or open them in other Apps.
- Quotes are displayed in different colors. Colors are also used to distinguish between read and unread articles, filtered articles.
- Hyperlinks are automatically detected and can be opened in a web browser.
- Optimized article layout for the small iPhone display. The original article layout is also available.
- Navigate within the articles from within the thread view or simply by flipping to the next/previous article with your finger.
- A graphical „tree view“ visualizes a complete discussion and makes it super-easy to follow and participate discussions.
- It's possible to hide articles that are already read and to hide quotes.
- Sync the read/unread states of the articles using a „newsrc“ file with other usenet client. The sync can be done via SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox and iCloud.
- Post new articles or send followups.
- Build-in help, which explains all the application features.
For more screenshots please look at the developers web site.
Features:
- Optimized for offline usage, so you can read and write news articles without an internet connection
- It's easy and simple to subscribe, manage and read news groups.
- Filters (also known as "Killfile") can automatically mark articles as read or mark them with a certain color.
- The application fully supports the portrait and landscape mode.
- Support for binary groups (photos and other files). Photos and pictures can be displayed directly. It's possible to add photos into the photo album or open them in other Apps.
- Quotes are displayed in different colors. Colors are also used to distinguish between read and unread articles, filtered articles.
- Hyperlinks are automatically detected and can be opened in a web browser.
- Optimized article layout for the small iPhone display. The original article layout is also available.
- Navigate within the articles from within the thread view or simply by flipping to the next/previous article with your finger.
- A graphical „tree view“ visualizes a complete discussion and makes it super-easy to follow and participate discussions.
- It's possible to hide articles that are already read and to hide quotes.
- Sync the read/unread states of the articles using a „newsrc“ file with other usenet client. The sync can be done via SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox and iCloud.
- Post new articles or send followups.
- Build-in help, which explains all the application features.
For more screenshots please look at the developers web site.
Version history
5.5
2021-03-19
Because of a bug in iOS 14 very large and deep threads could not be read properly anymore. So articles of the groups could not be accessed. The new release will include a workaround for this iOS 14 issue, so articles do no longer get lost. There was no such problem under iOS 13 or older.
5.4.1
2020-01-05
Fixes an issue with the keyboard which is sometimes covering the text when editing postings.
5.4
2019-12-29
- Adds support for the dark mode of iOS 13
- Fixes a rare crash when processing links in postings
- Fixes a rare crash when processing links in postings
5.3.5
2019-08-15
Fixes an issue with the iCloud sync
5.3.4
2019-05-02
- There are a few usenet servers which send the groups list in an invalid or malformed format. NewsTap is now able to get the groups list from these servers as well.
- Fixes an issue where additional text could be interpreted as link, if the link was not delimited properly.
- Fixes an issue where additional text could be interpreted as link, if the link was not delimited properly.
5.3.3
2018-11-12
Fixes an issue when trying to save a photo into the album
5.3.2
2018-11-02
- Added support for new iPhones (XS, XS Max, XR)
5.3.1
2017-11-27
Fixes several glitches in the User Interface on an iPad running iOS 11.
5.3
2017-11-19
- Support for the new iPhone X added
- Solves a few issues under iOS 11
- When writing a new article the text editor will now use the font size that is configured in the settings.
- On the iPad the tree view for the threads will now adapt correctly when enabling/disabling the splitview.
- Solves a few issues under iOS 11
- When writing a new article the text editor will now use the font size that is configured in the settings.
- On the iPad the tree view for the threads will now adapt correctly when enabling/disabling the splitview.
5.2.6
2017-03-02
Fixes an issue when syncing the newsrc file if the clock of server and device are too far apart.
5.2.5
2017-02-23
- Fixes an issue with the read counter when syncing with multiple servers.
- Certain malformed UU-encoded binaries can be decoded now as well.
- Certain malformed UU-encoded binaries can be decoded now as well.
5.2.2
2017-01-05
- Fixes an issue with the attachments of articles which use a certain Chinese text encodings.
- Supports a lot of old DOS text encodings as well, in order to read articles from old Usenet archives.
- Supports a lot of old DOS text encodings as well, in order to read articles from old Usenet archives.
5.2.1
2016-10-24
- Fixes and issue with the Dropbox Sync
5.2
2016-10-19
- Fixes an issue where the App could crash when messages contain invalid or damaged references information.
5.1.8
2016-04-19
- Solves an issue when processing an article with an invalid MIME structure
- Fixes an issue with the scrolling when composing a new post on the iPhone
- Added an option for displaying articles with an extra large text size
- Fixes an issue with the scrolling when composing a new post on the iPhone
- Added an option for displaying articles with an extra large text size
5.1.7
2016-03-09
Better support for HTML messages without text section.
5.1.6
2016-02-18
Fixes an issue where sometimes deleting old articles could take too long
5.1.5
2016-01-19
Solves an issue under iOS 9.2 on the iPad where the article view would become slower over time
5.1.3
2016-01-13
- Fixes an issue when an articles includes a corrupt or invalid „References“ header. This could result in articles not being included in a thread correctly.
- Fixes an issue with parsing „yEnc“ encoded data which could result in the App „hanging"
- Fixes a few minor issues
- Fixes an issue with parsing „yEnc“ encoded data which could result in the App „hanging"
- Fixes a few minor issues
5.1.2
2015-12-08
The App can now also load messages which do not follow the standards to encode the header lines. You need to set the correct text encoding in the settings before you can load these messages.
5.1.1
2015-12-03
- A new option allows to encode attachments either via base64 or via UU encode
- Fixes an issue when posting attachments.
- Fixes an issue when posting attachments.
5.1
2015-10-16
- On the iPad there's a new setting "2-column navigation" available. When enabled the navigation within the threads and articles will no longer use three columns (groups, threads, articles) but instead two (groups, and another where either the thread or the articles are shown). Especially when using the iPad in portrait orientation, this makes sure that the columns won't get too narrow.
- There are a few new filter options available. It is now possible to create a filter that marks all articles written by the user, and there's a new filter type available which marks all replies to the articles of the user (including replies to these replies - which means the whole subthread)
- ROT13 is now also available when writing a new article. This option is available in the "quotes" menu after selecting some text within the article editor window.
- Articles where the line breaks are encoded in the wrong way where not formatted correctly.
- Bugfix: when creating new articles on the iPad using the icon at the left, the articles were never sent.
- Bugfix: navigating across thread boundaries did not always work with certain sort orders.
- Bugfix: automatically deleting read articles while connecting to the server could also close the currently displayed article.
- Bugfix: if a new server was added by importing a newsrc file, the grups list for this server could be loded more than once
- Bugfix: several smaller fixes in the user interface
- Bugfix: better handling of "unusual" server responses
- There are a few new filter options available. It is now possible to create a filter that marks all articles written by the user, and there's a new filter type available which marks all replies to the articles of the user (including replies to these replies - which means the whole subthread)
- ROT13 is now also available when writing a new article. This option is available in the "quotes" menu after selecting some text within the article editor window.
- Articles where the line breaks are encoded in the wrong way where not formatted correctly.
- Bugfix: when creating new articles on the iPad using the icon at the left, the articles were never sent.
- Bugfix: navigating across thread boundaries did not always work with certain sort orders.
- Bugfix: automatically deleting read articles while connecting to the server could also close the currently displayed article.
- Bugfix: if a new server was added by importing a newsrc file, the grups list for this server could be loded more than once
- Bugfix: several smaller fixes in the user interface
- Bugfix: better handling of "unusual" server responses
5.0
2015-09-25
- Compatibility for iOS 9
- Supports the new "Split View“ mode of iOS 9 for the newer iPad models.
- Supports binary data (posting and receiving)
- The full "tree view“ of a discussion thread is available on the iPhone as well
- newsrc sync is available via iCloud, SFTP, WebDAV or Dropbox
IMPORTANT: When updating from an older version of NewsTap, you need to enter the login passwords in the server settings again. The passwords can not be took over from the old version.
- Supports the new "Split View“ mode of iOS 9 for the newer iPad models.
- Supports binary data (posting and receiving)
- The full "tree view“ of a discussion thread is available on the iPhone as well
- newsrc sync is available via iCloud, SFTP, WebDAV or Dropbox
IMPORTANT: When updating from an older version of NewsTap, you need to enter the login passwords in the server settings again. The passwords can not be took over from the old version.
4.0.1
2012-12-13
Bugfix: When using an iPad with iOS 5, there's an issue with scrolling when replying to a longer article.
If you already updated to iOS 6 or when using an iPhone or iPod Touch, you do not need this update.
If you already updated to iOS 6 or when using an iPhone or iPod Touch, you do not need this update.
4.0
2012-12-07
- Support for the new screen resolutions of the new iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5 added.
- Supports posting in multiple groups at the same time (Crossposts)
- Supports Followup-To headers.
- iCloud support allows to sync favorites, settings, group subscriptions and the read/unread states between multiple instances of NewsTap on different devices.
- Supports a new way to hide or show a quote by simply tapping on it.
- Fixes an issue with decoding certain text encodings in articles in "quoted-printable" format.
- Solves a few issues under iOS 6.
- Supports posting in multiple groups at the same time (Crossposts)
- Supports Followup-To headers.
- iCloud support allows to sync favorites, settings, group subscriptions and the read/unread states between multiple instances of NewsTap on different devices.
- Supports a new way to hide or show a quote by simply tapping on it.
- Fixes an issue with decoding certain text encodings in articles in "quoted-printable" format.
- Solves a few issues under iOS 6.
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Ratings
3.2 out of 5
13 Ratings
Reviews
jcraigcx,
cannot Watch threads
A lot of potential, but not quite there yet. Really like the layout and it does a number of things well (thread hierarchy tree is really cool), but missing a key feature that, for me, makes it unusable.
There is no ability to flag threads in a group that you want to Watch. So you have to manually scan the entire group each time you start Newstap to see if anything you are interested in has changed. I monitor a very active group with hundreds of new threads per week, and unfortunately, can't use Newstap without this feature. Had to go back to other alternatives.
On the plus side, Alexander was very responsive to my queries on this subject and will hopefully consider adding a Watch function in the future.
There is no ability to flag threads in a group that you want to Watch. So you have to manually scan the entire group each time you start Newstap to see if anything you are interested in has changed. I monitor a very active group with hundreds of new threads per week, and unfortunately, can't use Newstap without this feature. Had to go back to other alternatives.
On the plus side, Alexander was very responsive to my queries on this subject and will hopefully consider adding a Watch function in the future.
naddy6969,
Works just fine
I have no idea what others are complaining about. Possibly setup wrong. Anyways, I use this every day now, after being away from Usenet for many years. It’s fast, the layout is fine on the iPad screen and it is easy to navigate. A bargain at $4.
MJH-!,
Works for me
Been using this app for a while now as my usenet reader. Never had any of the problems mentioned in other reviews. Works as advertised for me.
TheShok,
Loaded articles once, then they disappeared
After that articles won’t load again, tried following steps in the support section and no luck. Wish I could get my money back.
Beernut66,
Disconnects
After downloading all the newsgroups, program disconnects while downloading the descriptions. I’ve tried several times and waisted many, many minutes in the process. It does this EVERY time! Very frustrating! At this point, it’s unusable.
xyz_,
App cant request permissions to save photos
So you cannot save photos.
At least it crashes each time i try to save a photo.
Which makes this not useful at all. For me
At least it crashes each time i try to save a photo.
Which makes this not useful at all. For me
frossie,
Works on the M1 !!
So reliable, very happy it works on the M1.
fcardoza59,
Doesn’t work
Connection keeps closing without retrieving any articles.
AirForce MSgt,
Useless
Disconnects without loading articles.
jminpa,
great newsreader - love this ipad version
This is an update to my old review - this app remains 5 stars - it works just fine & allows me to still enjoy the newsgroups I've followed/participated in for decades(!), now. It's unfortunate that people are complaining about account issues and what must be general ignorance of Usenet and blaming the app, itself. It works fine, it works fine for multiple groups, it posts and updates just fine ... 5 stars.
I've been using newstap on the iphone for several years, now, and it worked fine, for me. But this ipad version is great - the extra screen real estate is used very nicely. Now, I don't care about binaries, I just care about reading my favorite few groups. rmgd lives!
I've been using newstap on the iphone for several years, now, and it worked fine, for me. But this ipad version is great - the extra screen real estate is used very nicely. Now, I don't care about binaries, I just care about reading my favorite few groups. rmgd lives!
