<rurpy <at> yahoo.com> writes: > On 02/17/2013 11:10 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > > For at least the 10th time [...] > > And for at least the 11th time, you are wrong. There are reasons > (not applicable to everyone but applicable to many) for using > Google Groups, among others it is more accessible and easier to > use for many than a news reader with Gmane.
I will admit that GG's is easier in this respect. However, you /can/ read gmane /without/ a newsreader using the "frames and threads" or "flat (blog-like)" web-interface. Although, there are a few issues that are annoying me: 1. When viewing in the "flat" interface style, the text of the messages is so small i need to squint whilst reading. Of course i can zoom my web browser, however, then i get a horizontal scroll bar and some of the post text is unreachable without scrolling (I really hate horizontal scroll bars!). Not to mention that i will need to adjust the zoom level back to normal when leaving the site. 2. When positing a new message i must enter my email address and username each time. The forms are auto-filled for replys but not for new messages. Go figure! 3. There is no method to sort the topics by either: "last reply first" or "date of thread composition". This is probably more suited to a personal newsreader though. 4. (In the blog style interface) the menu of threads uses a font with insufficient vertical spacing and everything becomes so jammed together that it is completely unreadable. I will try to change my browsers' font and see if that solves the issue; although i am quite fond of my current settings! > There are ways of mitigating some of the worst characteristics of > GG posts, see > > http://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython Thanks for this link! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
