[gnome-love] Re: interested in implementing a (the) newsreader for Gnome?

[Scott Henson <scotth csee wvu edu>]

Toni Willberg <toniw iki fi> writes:

> Hello world.
>
> Is there anyone else out there who can't find the right newsreader for
> your taste?
>
> Some ideas for the UI, that are missing/wrong in current newsreader
> implementations:
>  - treeview with multiple roots (servers)
>  - HIG compliant
>  - easy to use; I want my mom to be able to use to :)
>  - minimalistic features; it's a newsreader not a nuclear plant...
>
> Ok, now it's your turn to use the cluebat and tell what you think about
> this. ;)

Ive been thinking about something like this for a while as well.  Ive
been looking at it more from the point of view of a gnus type
mail/news reader.  I currently use gnus because it comes closest to
what I want my mail/news reader to do, but I would love to have a
gnome app that does this in a hig compliant and easy to use way.  Also
to accomplish the minimalistic features requirement, I was thinking
about only implementing the basic parts of the apps and then putting
in an interpreter for python or another similar language to provide an
easy interface for plugins.  I know python can easily be embedded and
guile is another language that could be used.
This is probably more than you wanted, but its something Ive been
thinking about.  

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Scott Henson <scotth csee wvu edu>