Tweedale wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Bottom line, the claim that eliminating a single click is a big time saver
is just bogus.
--
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 - 14:35:04 CDT
