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Google Flips Back to Groups Beta (Again)

Posted by Hemos on from the flip-flopping-away dept.

afabbro writes "Google backed off its beta of Google Groups within 24 hours of making it mandatory for all users. You may recall that its lack of features (date searches), unwanted features (e-mail masking), and clunky user interface met with a very chilly reception here. Unfortunately, as of December 5th, Google Groups Beta is back and you can't get to the original (wonderful) Google Groups anymore. Be sure to share your opinion with Google."

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  1. boo by Quasar1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't believe that you removed a FREE service that I liked and used and replaced it with another FREE service with lesser features... I'm sure you will release the old service as a pay service... how DARE you try and make money...

    signed... disgruntled freeloader.

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    1. Re:boo by Ubergrendle · · Score: 4, Funny

      They would be charging for the service, not the content. Usenet is public domain... you can archive 10,000,000 gb of information if you wish on your home data storage array too if you'd like.

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  2. Not bad enough by wallyghost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks to some drunken post-hockey game USENET posting a couple years back, I was really hoping they'd come up with something a lot worse. Hate to retire the email address, but I guess it's either that or live with those posts forever. (Oh, and of course the worst of what I wrote was replied back to me by someone else so I can't unpost it)

  3. Re:Huh? by Zorilla · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is Slashdot. They were probably referring to a change to Google Beta made in October 2002.

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  4. Re:I like it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    I wonder - am I alone in seeing the "Google Groups 2" as a significant improvement on the original?
    So you're the guy who liked Cherry Coke?
  5. Re:Email masking... by _randy_64 · · Score: 5, Funny
    For example, in Objective-C, there are several keywords that start with @, such as @interface. Some archives of Objective-C mailing lists have e-mail blockers, and so you see weird stuff like:


    But surely you and the other guy using Objective-C know each other and your email addresses by now?! ;-)

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