"Angelo DePalma" writes:
Why would anyone not simply use their email program's newsreader? Google is
great, but who needs their groups?

The issue is that Google has 20 years of searchable Usenet archive,
and they have screwed up the ways in which users can access it. You
can't get the same info now that you could before. People who haven't
bothered maintaining their own archives, because Google was already
doing it, are now somewhat screwed.

Spam Scone wrote:
Bruce Leverett wrote:

The second reason is, that using Google, I can post using an old,
obsolete e-mail address. Spammers are out there trying to send
hundreds of messages a day to , and it
doesn't get to me, because that e-mail address doesn't work any
more,
and it doesn't even forward to my current e-mail address. Using
the
newsreader, outgoing stuff would have my current e-mail address on
it,
which I hope to never again do. So I don't use the newsreader to
post,
ever.

Bruce, are you having any trouble posting? Google Groups wasn't able
to
reach the old address, so they refused to
let
me post. I had to switch to a real email address before I could post
again.

I had some snafu, but it was minor, and I don't remember the details.
The bottom line is, I never had to type my current e-mail address or
have e-mail sent to it.

Odd situation this is. But I am blessedly spam-free. Now all I have
to do to unclutter my e-mail every morning is remove the dozens of
irrelevant messages sent by my co-workers :-)

The only thing I like is the instant posting. I have no use for binary
downloads, so I guess I can get rid of my Usenet account.

Other than that, I think it's ugly. And stupid looking.
Leshaun Fossett
http://leshaunfossett.cjb.net/

At first I was shocked by the new format.
I signed up for the beta version anyway :-)
And either Google quickly has improved its
new format or I have selected some nice options,
I like the new format and the new situation
(fast feedback: I sent a post, it showed
up immediately, and the puerile Mr.Kh's
response to my post even faster :-).

It seems to me that Google is attempting
to squeeze more advertisements, but not
too bad. And Google is making up for it
by using a smaller font.

There are several nice touches. Auxiliary
info shows up only if you click on the
respective button. Otherwise it is not
displayed. The names of the authors show up
in the headers of the posts in nice, clear
way. And a big one: many sloppy posters
quote entire posts. We have even a clown who
creates whole threads and quotes himself
progresivelly: e.g. in the fourth post he quotes
all three previous posts; in the fifth all previous
four, etc. Now he is harmless because Google
covers up for his cretinism, it hides the whole
quoted text--it getas displayed only when you
click on the proper button.

Wlod

I agree. I love it for the same reasons!