Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-09-08 Thread Anton Shepelev
J S: > As many of you are no doubt aware, GG broke its > interface this week so that you have to be logged > in in order to read group content. I had been us- > ing email to post to this forum (vim) and using GG > to read it. I can no longer read GG, because of > the aforementioned

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-09-08 Thread Richard Mitchell
On Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 4:38:30 AM UTC-4, ottavio2006-usenet2012 wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 02:30, Tony Mechelynck > > wrote: > > > > FWIW, it is still possible to revert (for the time being) to the > > former look & feel. I think it involves a rolldown widget near top > >

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-09-08 Thread 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 02:30, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > FWIW, it is still possible to revert (for the time being) to the > former look & feel. I think it involves a rolldown widget near top > right of the Google Groups page, but now that I've made the changeback > and that it works (for me) I

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-09-07 Thread Tony Mechelynck
FWIW, it is still possible to revert (for the time being) to the former look & feel. I think it involves a rolldown widget near top right of the Google Groups page, but now that I've made the changeback and that it works (for me) I don't want to break it by going even temporarily to the new style.

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-09-07 Thread Jerry Peek at sites4people.com
It's been a couple of weeks since this thread ended, but FWIW... On 8/23/2020 03:13, meine wrote: On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 08:00:52PM +0100, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote: Maybe time to move this mailing list away from Google Groups? Last year we had trouble with the International Slide

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-23 Thread meine
On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 08:00:52PM +0100, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote: > > Maybe time to move this mailing list away from Google Groups? Last year we had trouble with the International Slide Rule Forum and moved to groups.io groups.io lets you post and read through email as well as in a

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 22:40, Eric Weir wrote: > >  > > On Aug 22, 2020, at 1:25 PM, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use > wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 18:02, 'J S' via vim_use > wrote: > > > Are there any alternatives for reading this forum? > > > Can you not read it in a mail client, like

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread Benjamin Esham
Richard Mitchell wrote: > On Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 3:01:22 PM UTC-4, ottavio2006-usenet2012 > wrote: > >> A quick loot at posters' email reveals most don't use gmail; I assume >> they check their emails in an email client, as you do. >> >> Maybe time to move this mailing list away from

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread Eric Weir
>> On Aug 22, 2020, at 1:25 PM, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use >> wrote: >> On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 18:02, 'J S' via vim_use >> wrote: >> >> Are there any alternatives for reading this forum? > > Can you not read it in a mail client, like most of us do? > >> P.S. Be sure to CC to my email any

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread Richard Mitchell
On Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 3:01:22 PM UTC-4, ottavio2006-usenet2012 wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 18:37, Richard Mitchell > wrote: > > > > Most, really? > > A quick loot at posters' email reveals most don't use gmail; I assume > they check their emails in an email client, as you

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread Bram Moolenaar
J S wrote: > As many of you are no doubt aware, GG broke its interface this week so > that you have to be logged in in order to read group content. I had > been using email to post to this forum (vim) and using GG to read it. > I can no longer read GG, because of the aforementioned breakage.

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 18:37, Richard Mitchell wrote: > > Most, really? A quick loot at posters' email reveals most don't use gmail; I assume they check their emails in an email client, as you do. Maybe time to move this mailing list away from Google Groups? And, as per list footer: > Do not

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread Richard Mitchell
Most, really? I've always read and post to groups using groups.google.com. Google's new format sucks. The most irritating thing (for me) is it does not show which groups have new messages. I've tried and reverted back many times just to give more negative feedback. On Saturday, August 22,

Re: Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use
On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 18:02, 'J S' via vim_use wrote: > > Are there any alternatives for reading this forum? Can you not read it in a mail client, like most of us do? > P.S. Be sure to CC to my email any response on this thread, as (obviously) I > won't otherwise be able to read them. Which

Meta: How to read this forum/board now that Google Groups is busted

2020-08-22 Thread 'J S' via vim_use
As many of you are no doubt aware, GG broke its interface this week so that you have to be logged in in order to read group content. I had been using email to post to this forum (vim) and using GG to read it. I can no longer read GG, because of the aforementioned breakage. None of my old GG