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Default The New Groups REALLY SUCK!

On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 16:36:43 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
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>On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 9:01:23 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 2:09:33 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>> > On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 09:57:10 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > >On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 11:24:17 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> On Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 12:15:37 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > My father-in-law was a computer wiz but he never got the hang of Windows OS and high level programming languages.
>> > >>
>> > >> I'm older than John and I figured out how to get the old GG appearance
>> > >> back. Sure, I only have one degree, but I've actually been working
>> > >> in that field for the last 20 years.
>> > >>
>> > >> There's a difference between being intelligent and being smart.
>> > >>
>> > >> Cindy Hamilton
>> > >>
>> > >I'm older than both of you and I have no degree and I figured out the first
>> > >2 minutes when they introduced the new groups how to get back to the old
>> > >format. All without cussing somebody out!
>> >
>> > You post with Google Groups? But your (and Cindy's) posts look
>> > civilised compared to the other Google Groupers.

>>
>> Some of us are courteous enough to hit Enter every 80 characters
>> or so, since Google Groups doesn't do it for us.
>>
>> OTOH, I'd hit Enter about that often anyway because I'm habituated
>> to it.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton

>
>I learned how to type in the 60's so I know my way around a carriage return. In the 80's I learned that forcing a carriage return would only cause formatting problems with text. I won't be forcing carriage returns on general principle. It's the year 2020 and nobody should have to do that - at least, not with text. Of course, using the enter key is acceptable between paragraphs.
>
>My suggestion is that people get a modern newsreader or use Google Groups. While they're at it, I suggest they dump Windows too.


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