Usenet newsgroups introduce you to breaking news, thoughtful
discussion, and like-minded people (and to a few people you mind
very much), plus their accompanying videos, MP3s, and images. TIFNY
Usenet Newsreader filters and catalogs media files in newsgroups,
letting you decide which ones merit a closer look and which ones
you don't even want to see. TIFNY's makers say it monitors hundreds
of image-containing groups and displays images as a slide show as
they download--and that these functions can perform automatically,
or wait for your command.
Filtering logic rejects spam, cross-postings, and your killfile
items without wasting your time and bandwidth on downloading them.
You can weed out unwanted images by author, organization,
newsgroup, file type, file size, or keyword.
With its built-in MP3 jukebox and video player, TIFNY promises
you can enjoy your media files immediately. A preview mode lets you
choose the files you want to download, and a search function lets
you call up items you'd like to see again. All of this helps you
put the "use news" back into Usenet newsgroups.