[SOLVED] NewsTap app question

I spent a little time looking around for an answer to this and didn't find
anything.

I use the paid version of Newstap on the iPad and iPhone to read usenet when
handy.

For some reason, the time stamp of an article is displayed as GMT I guess (6
hours earlier than where I am). Like right now, it's about 8:40am here, when
I post this and look at it from NewsTap, it'll show it as 2:40am.

Most unix based newsreaders I use generally have some kind of setting to
control it, but unless I keep missing it, I don't see anything within the
app or in the devices Settings for the app.

I also don't see anyone else complaining about it, so I dunno if it's just
me or what.

Any clues?

-bruce

Bruce Esquibel wrote:
>
> I also don't see anyone else complaining about it, so I dunno if it's just
> me or what.
>
> Any clues?
>

I too have looked for a way to change the time zone, but there doesn't
appear to be any option. IMO, this is a flaw in the application, and as a
purchaser, I would suggest contacting the developer (I shall too).

http://www.clauss-net.de/contact.html

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(D Finnigan) wrote:

> Bruce Esquibel wrote:
> >
> > I also don't see anyone else complaining about it, so I dunno if it's just
> > me or what.
> >
> > Any clues?
> >
>
> I too have looked for a way to change the time zone, but there doesn't
> appear to be any option. IMO, this is a flaw in the application, and as a
> purchaser, I would suggest contacting the developer (I shall too).
>
> http://www.clauss-net.de/contact.html

based on the lack of any updates to the sw in a very long time, I doubt
that the developer is doing anything with it at all.

Lloyd <> wrote:


>
> based on the lack of any updates to the sw in a very long time, I doubt
> that the developer is doing anything with it at all.

The last update was some ten days ago... :-) But the one before that was
looooong time ago.

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The Sandman <> wrote:

> Lloyd <> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > based on the lack of any updates to the sw in a very long time, I doubt
> > that the developer is doing anything with it at all.
>
> The last update was some ten days ago... :-) But the one before that was
> looooong time ago.

I had forgotten that one. What was it supposed to actually do better?

At best, Newstap is a very minimal usenet client, but it is all we have
on the iPad.

I emailed the developer, and he replied that it is a bug:


On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:57:23 +0100, Alexander Clauss wrote:
>>a year. I would like to suggest a feature for the next version. I think
>>that having a selectable timezone for the date display of articles would
>
> In general NewsTaps should always display the dates based on the timezone
> that is configured in the system. But there's a bug so that currently this
> is not working. But this will be fixed in the next release again.

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Lloyd <> wrote:
> In article
> <2029184092345061357.935565nospam->
> ,
> The Sandman <> wrote:
>
>> Lloyd <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> based on the lack of any updates to the sw in a very long time, I doubt
>>> that the developer is doing anything with it at all.
>>
>> The last update was some ten days ago... :-) But the one before that was
>> looooong time ago.
>
> I had forgotten that one. What was it supposed to actually do better?

On iPad there's a new two panes view.

>
> At best, Newstap is a very minimal usenet client, but it is all we have
> on the iPad.

And I find it in any case really good. Better than any reader on PC or Mac.


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<485541960345065178.881990nospam->,
The Sandman <> wrote:

> > At best, Newstap is a very minimal usenet client, but it is all we have
> > on the iPad.
>
> And I find it in any case really good. Better than any reader on PC or Mac.

what newsreaders have you used? newstap is garbage. it doesn't even
handle crossposts properly.

Lloyd <> wrote:
> In article
> <2029184092345061357.935565nospam->
> ,
> The Sandman <> wrote:
>
>> Lloyd <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> based on the lack of any updates to the sw in a very long time, I doubt
>>> that the developer is doing anything with it at all.
>>
>> The last update was some ten days ago... :-) But the one before that was
>> looooong time ago.
>
> I had forgotten that one. What was it supposed to actually do better?
I didn't install it because it appears in the clutch of apps with iOS5
"fixes" and I'm avoiding installing the thing in the first place because I
want to keep the content I have and do NOT want to be dependent on the
"cloud" that is totally useless without a 365/24/7 internet connection.
Sometimes I actually use mine OFF LINE!!
>
> At best, Newstap is a very minimal usenet client, but it is all we have
> on the iPad.


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nospam <> wrote:
> In article
> <485541960345065178.881990nospam->,
> The Sandman <> wrote:
>
>>> At best, Newstap is a very minimal usenet client, but it is all we have
>>> on the iPad.
>>
>> And I find it in any case really good. Better than any reader on PC or Mac.
>
> what newsreaders have you used? newstap is garbage. it doesn't even
> handle crossposts properly.

In my opinion, that's one of its finest features!

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