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OT: all answers, no questions?I use google groups to access this newsgroup. Increasingly, I can not
see each OP's original post. I only see the first & subsequent answers to that original post. This makes it impossible to answer the original post, without hopping-on to someone elses' reply. Is anyone else finding this? TIA, TC "TC" <aatcbbtcc***@yahoo.com> wrote in message I'm not sure how many people use Google to post. Most regulars use a news:1115195639.454308.292570@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >I use google groups to access this newsgroup. Increasingly, I can not > see each OP's original post. I only see the first & subsequent answers > to that original post. This makes it impossible to answer the original > post, without hopping-on to someone elses' reply. newsreader like Outlook Express, Agent, etc. There are a lot of questions coming via the MS web-based forums. Since it's the original message you can't see, perhaps they are just slow to be picked up by google. Do they *ever* appear? -- Joan Wild Microsoft Access MVP No. I seem often, to never see the original post!
Maybe it's a bug in the new google groups. Cheers, TC "TC" <aatcbbtcc***@yahoo.com> wrote in message Could be; it is in beta still.news:1115261782.055244.180220@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > No. I seem often, to never see the original post! > > Maybe it's a bug in the new google groups. -- Joan Wild Microsoft Access MVP Yes, I agree.
But broken threads is only part of it: In general I find myself unwilling to recommend Google Groups to new users because the new system seems to be not useful enough: How can I tell a person to search Google instead of posting a new question, when using Google Groups (Beta) seems to be more work for less return? (david) Show quote "TC" <aatcbbtcc***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1115195639.454308.292570@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >I use google groups to access this newsgroup. Increasingly, I can not > see each OP's original post. I only see the first & subsequent answers > to that original post. This makes it impossible to answer the original > post, without hopping-on to someone elses' reply. > > Is anyone else finding this? > > TIA, > TC > I agree that the new version has some annoying glitches. But why do you
feel that it is more work for someone to post a question? Once you're in the relevant group, you just hit "start a new topic" (or whatever it is), enter your logon details (if you haven't already done so), then type away! And you get the benefit of being informed of new replies, whenever you next log on. Cheers, TC I used to believe that it was less work to do a
Google Search, and you got better answers. I no longer believe that. I now believe that it is less work to post a new question, and you get better answers. (david) Show quote "TC" <aatcbbtcc***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1115615384.312252.218490@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >I agree that the new version has some annoying glitches. But why do you > feel that it is more work for someone to post a question? Once you're > in the relevant group, you just hit "start a new topic" (or whatever it > is), enter your logon details (if you haven't already done so), then > type away! And you get the benefit of being informed of new replies, > whenever you next log on. > > Cheers, > TC > > But broken threads is only part of it: In general I find Actually, I wonder if the broken threads may be relatedto the use of the "no archive" flag: http://groups-beta.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7918&topic=250 I suspect that some mail readers may support this, or perhaps there are web-access providers who automatically set this flag. (david) Show quote "david epsom dot com dot au" <david@epsomdotcomdotau> wrote in message news:uc21TdDVFHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > Yes, I agree. > > But broken threads is only part of it: In general I find > myself unwilling to recommend Google Groups to new users > because the new system seems to be not useful enough: > How can I tell a person to search Google instead of posting > a new question, when using Google Groups (Beta) seems to > be more work for less return? > > (david) > > > "TC" <aatcbbtcc***@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1115195639.454308.292570@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >>I use google groups to access this newsgroup. Increasingly, I can not >> see each OP's original post. I only see the first & subsequent answers >> to that original post. This makes it impossible to answer the original >> post, without hopping-on to someone elses' reply. >> >> Is anyone else finding this? >> >> TIA, >> TC >> > > Yes, could be.
I never understand why people set that flag for normal posts. But as you say, maybe some agents set it automatically. TC  |
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