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

Dag Sunde wrote:
> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> > On 2006-08-17, joel garry 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...
> >>
> >> Why don't we club Google to allow us to format whatever we want on
> >> our home page?
> >
> > Why do you need a home page on Google? Why not crate a file on your
> > own computer (or on one of the many free web sites) to use as a
> > home page?
>
> Incompetence?
>
> He seriously believe that a web-interface is superior to a newsreader
> when accessing usenet...

Why do you say that? I specifically noted I prefer slrn.

Google's interface does allow scrolling up and down to easily see previous posts that have been trimmed to change their meaning, though. In this case, all the stuff I had posted about why creating a file on my own computer doesn't work, not the least of which they happen to be off most of the time.

And of course, the obvious use of google to search usenet! Sheesh.

jg

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