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

From: left_coast <void_at_void.not>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:01:44 -0700
Message-Id: <o1rer3-bc2.ln1@alta.sierrandays.org>

Tweedale wrote:

> On 17 Aug 2006 at 15:26, DA Morgan wrote:

>> 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...
>>
>> I don't and have never used google to get here: I use ThunderBird. Talk
>> to you ISP.

>
> Surely the point is that while of course using Google Groups as a
> newsreader would be absurd (not sure I'd like using Thunderbird either,
> mind you), it is extremely useful for /searching/ Usenet postings: it
> quite often happens that a Google web search doesn't turn up much, and
> you think to yourself "Hmmmm, I bet that's been discussed on Usenet in
> the past...", and being able to check this by just clicking the "groups"
> link at the top is a big time-saver.
>

I certainly would not call eliminating a single click a big time save when two clicks can be saved by using a bookmark.

-- 
Because I am tired of google trolls, I have started blocking all usenet
posts from Google. Have fun Ethan, Tina, Maureen, or whatever name you
chose to go by. 

Received on Thu Aug 17 2006 - 14:01:44 CDT