Usenet Explorer

There are a lot of icons used in the program to indicate stuff, and while I can figure some of them out, some I have no idea and it seems like a ton more have popped up with the recent revisions.

An icon-legend of some sort (maybe it's in one of those menu options somewhere? ) Would be much appreciated!

Ditto - something straightforward under the help menu would be a huge convenience...

as to the latest icon file type modifiers i'll make it an option disabled by default so they won't distract new users.

and it is likely i'll just create something like http://www.usenetopia.com help topics instead of current home page (maybe to move the current page to "specifications", i don't know maybe it won't look nicer but it is practical since i see there is significant number of hits to selected topics comparing to the number of newspro trials, so probably users find them useful.

then the request would amount to adding another help topic.

i just didn't have time for that before.

i voted yes,

not necessary for me, but could be handy for others.

The explanations in the "Selected Topics" are very helpful. However, there are at least 4 types of "sub-icons" (small boxes at the lower right side of the icon) which are not mentioned yet and which I do not understand.

In the help menu, there also could be an entry for a popup window showing and explaining the small status icons for the postings or collections of postings.

Ok, I have learnt that the sub-icons on the right lower side of the main icons correspond to the file type (rar, zip, etc.). What about the sub-icons that appear sometimes at the left lower side? Thank you.

like what?

if you see something similar to green cube "show parts" toolbar button it means the partial downloaded in the "parts" mode, the mode is rarely needed, mostly for tests e.g. to download certain part. for compact binary groups parts are not even necessarily shown right away in the show parts mode.

I started a type of legend a couple weeks ago. If someone can help fill in the blanks perhaps I can make a pdf or something.
http://www.elbc.net/ue/ue.htm

the disk drive subicon (e.g. your topmost icon) means "is to be saved"

"importance" - cyan oval - if you set the find pattern (rigthmost quick filter checkbox switches between find and extract filters) it shows matches.

par2 subtype - the small you don't know means ".par2" file (with checksums only, no vol) and the disk which you call "par2" means "volx+y.par2" file i.e. file with recovery data.

Thanks Alex. If you like you can give me a list and I can make a quick PDF that you can use. I think I have most of the icons already captured.

there is already one screenshot in "explaining icons" in selected topics, it describes icons enough to handle the program.

i need to recheck the collection code but when i have more time i'll add a couple more screenshots exhausting all possibilities.

all i know users beforehand all could handle the program without such an explanation, empty header, header marked for download, header with body, error - not many basic varieties.