Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
>
> What a scream! I'm at the point I'm about kf the entire Google domain. I
> kfd Yahoo and hotmail awhile back. Had to resucciate (sp) them. I was
> missing too many cool posts. I don't think posting from Google is
> necessary. [snip]

Of course it's not "necessary," but I've used less convenient
newsreaders. For each topic, Google shows you the title, the number of
unread posts and total posts. the most recent author, and the total
number of authors. This lets you skip a lot of posts easily -- because
the topic is not of interest or the poster is one you don't read or --
and I like this feature -- because the ratio of authors to posts is
skewed. If it says there are 12 posts and 3 authors, for example, you
know it's just a couple of people jabbering at each other and you don't
need to waste time on it. If there are 12 posts and 10 authors then
it's probably something with a diversity of opinion that might be
interesting.

When you do select a topic, Google lets you see them either as a tree
or in chronological order, either of which can be convenient for you
depending on circumstances.

If they would let you filter it would be quite good. As it is, it's
pretty easy to use and has the advantage of being available wherever
there's an internet connection. -aem