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

On 2006-08-17, timasmith_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Michael Heiming wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc timasmith_at_hotmail.com:
>> > Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>> >> On 2006-08-17, timasmith_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>> >> > Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>> >> >> On 2006-08-17, timasmith_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>> [..]
>>
>> >> [please don't top post]
>>
>> > [ please dont bottom post]
>>
>> See RFC1855 howto reply properly.
>
> You want me to read an RFC to learn how to reply...sorry, wrong
> generation to waste my time.

   Most people don't need to; it's obvious from reading Usenet how to    do it.

>> [..]
>>
>> - Reformat longish lines with a single keystroke?
>
> Ugh, it wraps

    In Google Groups? Only badly.

>> - Use a real editor but not some sucking http form?
>
> You should post text, dont post fancy formats from your personal editor

    One doesn't post fancy formats from anywhere. A text editor is     vastly superior to any web form for text entry and manipulation.

>> - Allow for adjustable spell checking?
>
> I dont care if I mispell a word on Usenet

   Obviously.

>> - Postpone articles on demand?
>
> I have no idea why I would do that. Oh thats because I wouldnt.

   And what you want is the only thing that's important? A good    newsreader can handle anything anyone wants.

>> - Allow arbitrary things like piping some article to some
>> script/command/etc?
>
> You are joking right? Do you have a program on the other end of the
> SSH pipe that writes an article for you?

   You are blinkered by using a limited interface.

>> [..]
>>
>> > and can you click on the suggested link and in 0.05 seconds get the 46
>> > articles across the entire usenet that reference java server faces
>> > command link component?
>>
>> That's what a search engine is about, *not* some nntp client!
>
> Exactly! Now you are talking my language - please join me in
> pressuring Google to put the Groups link back on the main Google
> page...

   Why do you need that?

>> Google does a good job for searching purposes, but obviously is
>> just a makeshift to write to usenet.
>>
>> There are for sure quite a few reasons to use it, but to praise
>> it as superior to any serious nntp client is just a joke. ;-)
>
> You're missing the point - I dont need an nntp client - I have Google
> groups - its like Java - it runs everywhere.

    You are missing all the capabilites that Google doesn't offer.

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