On 17 Aug 2006 at 19:01, left_coast wrote:
> Tweedale wrote:
>> 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.
*sigh* No - if you've /already done a Google web search/ then you can
(could) do the same search in Google groups by clicking the "groups"
link. With a bookmark, you have to copy the text from the search box,
click your bookmark, then paste the search, then click the search
button. Hardly a saving of clicks, by my counting.
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Received on Thu Aug 17 2006 - 14:24:30 CDT
