NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)
$3.99
5.5for iPhone, iPad and more
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About NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)
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.
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.5
Last updated on Mar 19, 2021
Old Versions
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.
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Version History
5.5
Mar 19, 2021
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
Jan 5, 2020
Fixes an issue with the keyboard which is sometimes covering the text when editing postings.
5.4
Dec 29, 2019
- 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
Aug 15, 2019
Fixes an issue with the iCloud sync
5.3.4
May 2, 2019
- 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
Nov 12, 2018
Fixes an issue when trying to save a photo into the album
5.3.2
Nov 2, 2018
- Added support for new iPhones (XS, XS Max, XR)
5.3.1
Nov 27, 2017
Fixes several glitches in the User Interface on an iPad running iOS 11.
5.3
Nov 19, 2017
- 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
Mar 2, 2017
Fixes an issue when syncing the newsrc file if the clock of server and device are too far apart.
5.2.5
Feb 23, 2017
- 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
Jan 5, 2017
- 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
Oct 24, 2016
- Fixes and issue with the Dropbox Sync
5.2
Oct 19, 2016
- Fixes an issue where the App could crash when messages contain invalid or damaged references information.
5.1.8
Apr 19, 2016
- 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
Mar 9, 2016
Better support for HTML messages without text section.
5.1.6
Feb 18, 2016
Fixes an issue where sometimes deleting old articles could take too long
5.1.5
Jan 19, 2016
Solves an issue under iOS 9.2 on the iPad where the article view would become slower over time
5.1.3
Jan 13, 2016
- 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
Dec 8, 2015
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
Dec 3, 2015
- 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
Oct 16, 2015
- 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
Sep 25, 2015
- 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
Dec 13, 2012
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
Dec 7, 2012
- 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.
NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader).
iPhone
Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 10.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) supports English, German
