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Re: The death of Google Groups

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On 07/31/2012 01:11 PM, Michael Stemper wrote:
> In article<b275a49d-8b3b-4e74-bad7-607b8168f4ad@z19g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>, Fabrizio J Bonsignore<syntotic@gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> The new interface is unbearable. It is over a decade of using a TEXT
>> ORIENTED interface, daily almost, daily for periods, and suddenly...
>> Not all of a sudden but now the choice is being imposed. For some
>> reason I was still able to login into this interface, but opening a
>> new tab... I am spending more time fighting the OS and interface than
>> actually writing something!
>>
>> Not to mention the backing up... With the original interface backing
>> up is just a matter of Save as... and parsing texts; with the new
>> interface... WHAT IS THE OBFUSCATED CODE OF FACEBOOK DOING HERE? Or is
>> Facebook an outcome of the obfuscated code of the Google search page?
>>
>> In fact, a change of interface is a change of product! These google
>> groups are dead!
>>
>> I already gave a SOLUTION: LET USERS CHOOSE INTERFACE.
>
> That solution has existed as long as Usenet has. Anybody can choose
> which client and which service provider to use to access Usenet. You
> have chosen to use a web browser and Google.
>
> There are many other choices. Instead of whining about how you're using
> something you don't like, use something else.
>

For Usenet reader, I use Thunderbird, a product of the Mozilla
people who make Firefox.

I've heard good things about Forte Agent, Gnus and other
news-readers.  Using some form of filtering and/or
"spam-scoring" for ng-junk is most beneficial.

Dave

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The death of Google Groups Fabrizio J Bonsignore <syntotic@gmail.com> - 2012-07-28 09:38 -0700
  Re: The death of Google Groups Tim Prince <tprince@computer.org> - 2012-07-28 13:16 -0400
    Re: The death of Google Groups Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-07-30 13:52 -0700
      Re: The death of Google Groups Chicken McNuggets <chicken@mcnuggets.com> - 2012-07-31 10:50 +0100
        Re: The death of Google Groups jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk - 2012-07-31 04:23 -0700
          Re: The death of Google Groups James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-07-31 07:52 -0400
            Re: The death of Google Groups Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-01 00:08 -0500
              Re: The death of Google Groups James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-01 06:47 -0400
                Re: The death of Google Groups Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-08-01 16:06 -0400
                Re: The death of Google Groups James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-08-01 16:16 -0400
                Re: The death of Google Groups Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-08-02 00:50 -0700
                Re: The death of Google Groups William Ahern <william@wilbur.25thandClement.com> - 2012-08-02 12:32 -0700
          Re: The death of Google Groups Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2012-07-31 14:00 +0200
        Re: The death of Google Groups Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-07-31 13:04 -0700
        Re: The death of Google Groups Fabrizio J Bonsignore <syntotic@gmail.com> - 2012-08-01 10:54 -0700
    Re: The death of Google Groups lovecreatesbeauty <lovecreatesbeauty@gmail.com> - 2012-08-13 23:18 -0700
      Re: The death of Google Groups Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-08-14 00:39 -0700
        Re: The death of Google Groups Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-08-14 12:16 +0000
  Re: The death of Google Groups mstemper@walkabout.empros.com (Michael Stemper) - 2012-07-31 17:11 +0000
    Re: The death of Google Groups David Bernier <david250@videotron.ca> - 2012-08-01 13:15 -0400
      Re: The death of Google Groups David Bernier <david250@videotron.ca> - 2012-08-01 13:28 -0400
        Re: The death of Google Groups Fabrizio J Bonsignore <syntotic@gmail.com> - 2012-08-01 11:01 -0700
        Re: The death of Google Groups David Bernier <david250@videotron.ca> - 2012-08-01 14:13 -0400
          Re: The death of Google Groups David Bernier <david250@videotron.ca> - 2012-08-01 14:30 -0400
            Re: The death of Google Groups David Bernier <david250@videotron.ca> - 2012-08-01 15:13 -0400
      Re: The death of Google Groups Robert Miles <milesrf@Usenet-News.net> - 2012-09-09 21:57 -0500

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