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  8. Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 09:22:40 GMT
  9. From: clay@panix.com (Clay Irving)
  10. Message-Id: <clay.633.2DC4C660@panix.com>
  11. Organization: Clays R' Us Society
  12. Sender: ses
  13. References: <Cp1Eqn.FH2@dorsai.org>, <ind00371.14.0009E41B@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>, <sjacobs.116.01257787@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
  14. Subject: Re: Chameleon (Hows that newsreader?)
  15.  
  16. In article <sjacobs.116.01257787@maroon.tc.umn.edu> sjacobs@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Steve Jacobson) writes:
  17.  
  18. >The newsreader is so slow IMHO it is unusable.  Netmanage claims it will be 
  19. >improved in a future release.  If you want a good newsreader, use Trumpet.  
  20. >The rest of the Chameleon package is OK.
  21.  
  22. I agree -- I tried to use the Chameleon newsreader on a PPP connection. It
  23. was horrifically slow compared to Trumpet. It takes *forever* to load the
  24. newsgroups initially, especially very active newsgroups... Back to Trumpet
  25. for me!
  26.  
  27.  
  28. --
  29. See the Happy Moron                             
  30. He doesn't give a damn                  Clay Irving                            
  31. I wish I were a Moron                   clay@panix.com
  32. Oh God! Perhaps I am!