RSSNew Google Groups Leaves Beta
By the Betanews Staff | Published January 24, 2007, 1:27 PM
Google has dropped the "beta" moniker from the new version of its Groups service, which brings a number of new social networking features in over 12 languages. Users can now customize the look of their group, create and edit Web pages, upload and share files and photos, and view member profiles.
"And for your discussions, there's no need to struggle to follow interrupted conversations, as Google Groups now includes the same style of organization that Gmail users love," said Google software engineer Griff Hazen. The company has put together a tour showcasing the new features, including Web page creation and file sharing.
And... How about Gmail and Froogle and Images and Video... And... ???
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Takes an extra step now to search for something, but it's still good.
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I just want to use it like I did when it was DejaNews. I'm not too interested in all the rest. I hope they continue to index the groups and provide a fast, functional search engine for that Usenet archive.
I would prefer that newsgroups still be registered and processed through the standard Usenet procedure, but I guess that may be less convenient for many who don't want to jump through those hoops.
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Love the flexibility of the new site. Converted our Merkel Cell Cancer Google Groups site the first day the beta version came online.
George
Group Admin & MCC Survivor
Merkel Cell Cancer at Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/group/merkelcell?hl=en
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Wow, it can do all that? Here I've been, doing simple searches with it all this time like it's still DejaNews.
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