On 23 Jan 2007 20:22:46 -0800, "Weatherlawyer"
wrote:

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wrote:
| Google keeps di--ing about with its web interface, and has finally
| produceed its masterpiece, which has a large mostly blank screen with a
| little text box in the middle, containing only 7 lines, and narrower
| than even a single line. Farce is surely the word.
|
| Oh, and I cant even see all this message as I type it!
|
| Are there still any free news servers operating? any recommendations?
|
|I am not happy with it too neither. It reminds me of a previous
|incarnation. I suppose there must be a good reason for the feck ups
|they introduce. And doubtless when the techs finish pulling their heads
|out of wherever it is they got them together, things might become
|manageable once more.
|
|There are a number of free online servers. Why not Google for them?

All web based methods of reading usenet are IME cr*p. see sig.
--
Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst*
method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.