Ditto all the above comments. It does suck. Not near the flexibility on the settings menu that the classic version had. Must have to do with reducing storage space on their myriad of web hosting servers.
On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 2:43:28 PM UTC-6 Kieran J wrote: > The new interface is somehow both more blank AND more cluttered than > before. UI nightmare IMO. Google has ignored this platform for years, only > now to swoop in and hose it up. Way to go :-\ > > KJ > > > On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 11:55:20 PM UTC-8 Ian A wrote: > >> >> I got bumped too. Now on the "new and improved" version. It is a lot >> clunkier in mobile view than Classic. In order to reply to this thread I >> had to switch my Android device to desktop mode. It's still usable, but so >> far I'm not enjoying the new interface. >> >> IanA >> On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 4:08:34 PM UTC-7 Mark Roland wrote: >> >>> And talk about dumb and redundant/not necessary, after I post, a comment >>> comes up New Message Posted/ View Message. You hit View Message, then it >>> comes up New Message from Mark Roland. Really? Who is that? In front of the >>> message is a refresh circular arrow. You must now hit this (third step) to >>> finally see the message. At least you know who it's from. Sheesh. >>> >>> On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 6:04:47 PM UTC-5 Mark Roland wrote: >>> >>>> I just got involuntarily forced into the new view. How this is an >>>> improvement I have no idea. The nice easy visual parameters that let you >>>> know what you've read, how many messages have posted since, who the OP >>>> was, >>>> etc., all knowable at a glance. I see that top posts have also been >>>> removed. No doubt a temporary glitch. I guess Google has to justify all >>>> those highly paid software engineers in some way or another. I don't think >>>> I am being a retrogrouch when I say it sucks. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 1:00:25 AM UTC-5 Ian A wrote: >>>> >>>>> That's disappointing. I am still on Classic view. I don't suppose that >>>>> will last now. >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps the new format will be tweaked over time to make it more >>>>> user-friendly. Or maybe it's the beginning of the end for Groups as we >>>>> know >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> IanA >>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/236d473f-9baf-434f-aee7-ffb9371b7896n%40googlegroups.com.