Unison was a
shareware
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Mac OS X
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client for
Usenet
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, developed by
Panic Software
Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and frantic agitation consistent with a fight-or-flight reaction. ...
. It required access to a
news server
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Articles an ...
and supports
binary file
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downloading (including
NZB support), group browsing and segmenting and
error checking
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utilities. The software won the
Apple Design Award for Best Mac OS X
User experience
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in 2004, as well as being a runner-up in the "Best product" category.
On 6 November 2014 Panic Software announced, with the release of version 2.2, that all further work on Unison had been discontinued. Unison is still available for download and no longer requires a purchased license; however, it is unsupported by Panic.
It was also a
Usenet newsreader.
History
Unison 1.0 was released in 2004.
Unison 2.0 was released on January 5, 2010.
See also
*
Panic
Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and frantic agitation consistent with a fight-or-flight reaction. ...
*
List of Usenet newsreaders
Usenet is a worldwide, distributed discussion system that uses the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). Programs called newsreaders are used to read and post messages (called ''articles'' or ''posts'', and collectively termed ''news'') to one or ...
*
Comparison of Usenet newsreaders
This is a comparison of Usenet newsreaders.
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See also
* ''alt.*'' hierarchy
* List of newsgroups
* List of Usenet newsreaders
* News server
* Newsreader (Usenet)
* Network News Transfer Protocol
* Use ...
External links
Unison websitePanic website
References
MacOS-only proprietary software
Usenet clients
Panic software
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