NewsLeecher for Windows

User Reviews

• Great but dear God the owner/developer is AWOL a lot

  August 29, 2016

  Pros

  Probably the best binary downloader there is. Four stars for the product, 0 stars for the developer.

  Cons

  The developer. FFS, he's notorious for being absent, sometimes for months at a time. Issues will get resolved, eventually, but be prepared to wait and get frustrated. It's a pity he runs the shops because in someone else's hands it would be run quite a bit better than it is now.

  Summary

  Good but frustrating ownership. Still worth it though. It's now in version 7 BTW, not 5.

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• One of the best, still.

  SRaySeptember 2, 2011

  Pros

  Newsleecher seems to have had a rocky development past, but recently they seem to be doing much better. I have yet to find a better binary search and download Usenet app. Super Search subscription is a huge time-saver.

  Cons

  The latest "stable" release isn't great for posting & reading text based groups, but it is usable. Support needs some work.

  Summary

  If you want to download a lot of stuff on Usenet, you should definitely take a look at Newsleecher. It's worked very well for the past year and their Super Search feature is DEFINITELY worth the subscription. Don't pay too much attention to the past reviews, as those are much older versions.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Sep 2, 2011<p/>I wanted to say also that this review is for the 4.0 Final, not the 5.0 beta. I haven't checked out v5 yet.

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• Once the best there was.. not anymore

  zxenFebruary 12, 2009

  Pros

  Easy to use interface. Excellent design and simplicity and the included Supersearch is...or was the best around.

  Cons

  Supersearch was certainly worth the monthly/yearly subscription. Sadly in the last few months it's had outages lasting days a week. With little to no communication from the software's developers regarding the outages has left many customers miffed.

  Summary

  Was once a great piece of software. The interface was easy to use and had many useful features. All in all: Not worth paying for and certainly not compared to cheaper or even free offerings out there. Button Line, unless it miraculously recovers from its recent failings I'd say avoid this piece of software.

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• Hentaku1November 16, 2007

  Pros

  Contrary to what the reviewer before me says, I have never had a problem downloading pictures with this. This program is one of the best one's I've tried. Allows for quickly selecting all files within a grouped list. Has a shit-list so you can avoid other people's garbage post's. Works very well giving time to go through the features.

  Cons

  Doesn't pay for my Usenet access.

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• Almost great, but one BIG drawback

  guyin808June 15, 2007

  Pros

  The program works alright, and although it has a busy interface most people can probably figure stuff out.

  Cons

  It's marketed as a binary downloader but doesn't support MIME attachments. Pictures are binaries too!

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• Version 3.0 Final among the best I've tried, still has a few quirks

  x3mjp3xApril 25, 2006

  Pros

  Fairly easy to use after trying out about 10 different newsreaders (Android News being my current number one for handling large groups). Like the fact you can add multiple news servers. Also like being able to search multiple servers for certain header subjects. Pretty good-looking GUI with well thoughtout options. Love the file manager feature. Saves time when I'm downloading alot of different files and need to move them around.

  Cons

  Very CPU-demanding. Sometimes the program slows down to a crawl and lags in response time when a download begins. Screen flickers like my computer is having a seizure (but does not crash). I've got a Celeron 1Ghz, so it doesn't help. It can be incredibly irritating to have to wait till you regain control of it again (might have to wait for the current download to finish)

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• This is in the MP3 section, I found no music.

  tarabunkinsMarch 21, 2006

  Pros

  Cons

  This is in the MP3 section, I found no music. Where are the mp3s.

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• I did not like the user interface

  saraht18March 21, 2006

  Pros

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  This is not the best leecher I have used.

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• Hard to install and use

  MusicDude19March 21, 2006

  Pros

  Cons

  I thought the program was hard to install and use.

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• Well, seems CNET is out of dat with this one.....

  BrassEyeFebruary 21, 2006

  Pros

  None now, since this is WAY outdated

  Cons

  NL Version 3 is the ONLY working version now without annoying pop-ups telling you your software is outdated. NL V3 is crap -- for some reason, instead of actually improving the product, they are only concerned about getting paid. <p> <p>Bought V3, like a moron, and it promptly crashes every time it's started. Never had that with any V2 edition. Installed on fresh-kill computer, either it crashes or demands you pay for it -- when you have just paid! Tech support was poor (their suggestion on the BRAND NEW machine? Re-install Windows!), oh, and forget refunds. Their technical glitches are your problem. <p> <p>Not worth the bandwidth, sorry. I was loyal to Newsleecher, but now I'll switch to Grabit or NewsRover. At least they're more stable and not PBS-like.

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