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NEWSie Ideas
The following are ideas of improvements in NEWSie, the News/Mail/FTP program.
Please rate the following items in the order of importance to you:
(1 through n, or High, Medimum, or Low)
'*' indicates items in progress
* Implement selective Retrieve/Delete of mail messages
Threads support for e-mail (like News)
Translations for German, Spanish, etc.
Keyword/Author searching in newsgroups
Build an internal editor, eliminate need for external editor
Add additional support for keyboard shortcuts
Provide shortcut to next mail message without returning to mailbox
Support mail and news header continuation lines
Support FTP File links as well as Directory Links
* Implement Edit Menu Cut/Copy/Paste/Select All/etc.
Support Menubars in windows
Support for ISO 8859 character set
Better support for deleting Offline News articles
Offline News Read status to include newsgroup, article# and # to go
Support for multiple Nicknames files
Provide sort option for Nicknames
Support horizontal scrolling in windows
Make news_receive() completely re-entrant (w/header return area)
Support "killfile"s for eliminating unwanted (spam) stuff
Add more color to NEWSie windows and dialogs
Create mail compression/verification/archival process
Automatic recognition/notification of new release w/auto download
Provide for auto-extraction of Attachments/Binaries on incoming msgs
Provide option to ignore/disable right mouse button
Support PGP/RSA encryption for e-mail
Implement newsgroup first/last article display/maintenance.
Support FTP servers w/o use of PASV command
Investigate:
Investigate support for PPP_Connect (if docs available)
Investigate support for IMAP4 mail servers
Pass unused key presses to AVSERVER, if server exists
Support limited scripting capabilities, remote control, etc.
Investigate -silent option in MUNPACK.TOS to supress console messages
Detect insufficient file space, and take action/send warning to user
Expand:
Expand number of messages per mailbox (currently 100)
Expand number of Nicknames per Nickname file (currently 30)
Expand number of FTP servers (currently 30)
Expand number of FTP directory entries displayable (currently 200)
Expand number of fonts supported/selectable (currently 50)
Expand Browser to include graphics, forms, tables, etc.
User Interface:
Support changing mouseform for "spinner(s)"
Show attachments as single line in viewer (i.e 'Attachment: XYZ.ZIP')
Make Function Keys "sensitive" to menu item 'disabled' status
Make Toolbar entry selections "sensitive" to 'disabled' items
Set Popup menu items to enabled/diabled status, similar to main menu
Produce user warning message for any Timeout condition
Support 'drag-and-drop' of .GRP, .MBX, .SVR files via VA_START requests
Re-organize Mail and News options, Move shared options to common area
Auto configure Language Resource/Help files based upon _AKP cookie, if present
Provide Language selection option in General Preferences dialog
Support moveable Dialog boxes
Add Browser Main menu title, w/associated sub-entries
Other Ideas: (be as specific as you need)