On 6/17/2012 11:43 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/17/2012 8:56 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:22:16 -1000, dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OTOH, GG is better than nothing. For tablet and mobile device users,
>>>> it'll probably be the preferred option.
>>>
>>> If that is true, I'll never own a tablet. GG is horrid and not worth
>>> the pixels it is printed on.
>>>
>>
>> "I'll never own a tablet." Famous last words. Usenet ain't the world,
>> ya know.
>>
>
> Usenet ain't the world? And yet you're here I'll never own a tablet
> because I don't choose to walk around carrying a computer. I'd also
> rather read actual books so forget about trying to sell me a Kindle.

If you're implying that Usenet is the world, because I'm here, you might
want to rethink your logic. My guess is that one day you'll eat your
words. I won't have to sell you a thing.

>
> GG is around because, despite other companies turning off the usenet
> switch, it's apparently still alive and well. That doesn't mean GG is
> good at it. They just did it because they had to. We aren't going
> away. Oh no, us techno-dinosaurs who remember way back...

I've never said that the GG interface is perfect. I've never said that
the interface is very good either. I have said that the mobile version
of the new GG has some big problems. OTOH, it's true that for most
tablet users, it's presently the interface we're stuck with.

Computing is changing from the way it's been since the 90s. We're all
going to have to change with it whether we like it or not. It's not
necessary that you believe me. Believing that you won't change seems as
likely to happen as refusing to grow up. As it goes, most of the
dinosaurs were wiped out by a single event. You techno-dinosaurs are
only around as long as the servers remain active. This seems like a slim
thread to hang your world on.

>
> Jill