NewsLight

NewsLight is an in-browser newsgroup reader.

One of the most aggravating things about CS classes is the fact that they use newsgroups for communication, but there are no convenient newsgroup readers. You have to install some other bloated application, solely for the ability to access newsgroups. After that, you still can't access it on other machines or public computers. NewsLight solves these problems by offering a newsgroup reader through your browser, which also saves you're newsgroups and read messages.

A specific feature that makes NewsLight different from other online news readers or in-browser application is that the frontend is written in Microsoft's new Silverlight 2.0.

The backend is an ASP.net server which acts as the actual newsgroup reader. Intercommunication between the frontend and backend uses SOAP and both are written in C#.

Report any bugs/problems/suggestions/feature requests to sigwin@acm.uiuc.edu.

UPDATE: Link to NewsLight coming soon!