Re: Google groups no longer provides pinned posts, program highlighting?

2020-11-13 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 10:05:29 AM UTC-6 tbp1...@gmail.com wrote: > > *New Google Groups to replace classic Groups on Nov. 16 - * > > > https://its.umich.edu/communication/collaboration/google/update/new-google-groups-replace-classic-groups-nov-16 > Thanks for this. I have a vague memory

Re: Google groups no longer provides pinned posts, program highlighting?

2020-11-13 Thread Thomas Passin
*New Google Groups to replace classic Groups on Nov. 16 - * https://its.umich.edu/communication/collaboration/google/update/new-google-groups-replace-classic-groups-nov-16 On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 8:17:15 AM UTC-5, Edward K. Ream wrote: > > > > On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 3:00:05 PM

Re: Google groups no longer provides pinned posts, program highlighting?

2020-11-13 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 3:00:05 PM UTC-6 Edward K. Ream wrote: > Imo, the so-called "classic" form of google groups was significantly better than the "new improved" version. I do notice a significant improvement in typing responsiveness. That's not nothing. Otoh, I'll now be using t

Breakthrough: Leo's excellent new undo pattern

2020-11-13 Thread Edward K. Ream
Yesterday marked an important milestone in the never-ending effort to simplify Leo's code base. Leo now has a new pattern that makes implementing undo/redo straightforward. I won't show the new pattern here, because of the new limitations on syntax coloring in this group. However, the first co

Re: Google groups no longer provides pinned posts, program highlighting?

2020-11-13 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 5:01 AM jkn wrote: > Yeah, for a while an alternate link with (something like) "ui=1" in there > worked. But it was only a matter of time before Google decided that their > new shiny interface was somehow better. > > I was concerned originally that having a 'google group'

Re: Google groups no longer provides pinned posts, program highlighting?

2020-11-13 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 4:11 PM Thomas Passin wrote: > I'm still using classic groups. When they changed me over, I disliked > the new skin and found some link to get back, but I forget where it was. > And yes, no ability to edit, GRRR. I figured that at some point, we'd all > get stuck with th

Re: Google groups no longer provides pinned posts, program highlighting?

2020-11-13 Thread jkn
Yeah, for a while an alternate link with (something like) "ui=1" in there worked. But it was only a matter of time before Google decided that their new shiny interface was somehow better. I was concerned originally that having a 'google group' rather that (eg) a usenet group would be too much o