Greg Ewing [MVP] <gewing@_NO_SPAM_claritycon.com> wrote:
Jon, what would you say are the top 5-10 features of Gravity? Any
particular reasons you like it?
It's free. (Admittedly it wasn't when I first used it - I liked it
enough to buy it before it became free.)
It doesn't try to do HTML (which I know others like, but I can't
stand).
It quotes pretty well, stripping signatures (for instance).
It's pretty flexible in terms of layout, display etc.
I can do most of what I want from keyboard shortcuts rather than having
to use the mouse.
It's separate from my mail client, which again I like even if others
don't.
It's got pretty good scoring/colouring features so I can easily see
cross-posted articles, replies to my articles etc.
It's pretty standards-compliant (passes all "MUST" criteria of the Good
NetKeeping Seal of Approval).
I tried Agent a while ago, and somehow it just didn't feel quite
right... not sure why. I tried Outlook Express ages ago, but got too
fed up with its awful quoting. (I gather it's slightly better now, and
QuoteFix helps a lot too.) I used to use trn, and that has one thing
which I haven't seen in any other Windows newsreaders (although I'm
sure it exists elsewhere) - a really *good* thread diagram, which
easily lets you see what came from where.
--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
