Re: *pressure Google to put Groups back on main page...*

timasmith_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> I dont want to use bookmarks, I hate menus - too many clicks, too slow
> - read up on your HCI. My home is google search and one click is for
> google groups.
>
> Newsreaders are an archaic method - perhaps for retirees who have
> nothing better to do with their time but read every single message
> posted - lol.
>
> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:

>> On 2006-08-17, timasmith_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Seriously, who the hell cares about 'Videos' - there must be millions
>>> of usenet group users - can we club together and force them to put
>>> Groups back on the Google home page - 2 clicks per visit is starting to
>>> bug me...
>>    Why do you need a link? Can you not go straight to the group you
>>    want without going to the main page? (I don't remember when I was
>>    last there.) Do you not have bookmarks? Or a file with links?

If your "home is google search," you should get a google account so you can customize your search page. There are a bunch of widgets you can add, including a "My Groups" widget that's like an RSS feed of your chosen news groups. Once you add that, you'll see the newest posts automatically underneath the Google search bar. No clicks necessary.

But for the record, actual newsreaders are vastly better than the Google interface, or the AOL interface before that, or whatever other idiot-friendly gateway will come next. Received on Thu Aug 17 2006 - 11:04:02 CDT