..

At first it was because I lost internet at home and
was using accounts at the library and internet cafe's.

I was also interested to see Google groups 'from the inside'
to check whether my suspicions about it (a web-interface)
creating a 'tunnel vision' view of the usenet newsgroups
was correct (it would perhaps require a lot of words to describe*
exactly what I mean - if anybody seems terribly interested,
I will attempt it).  ..and yes, they do create that effect.

* In a few words, contributors that use web-interfaces tend *not*
to soak up tips from other threads in which they have no direct
interest (based on the thread title, mostly).

Ironically (perhaps), I am *continuing* to post through
Google groups (even though my internet is reconnected),
for the moment, mostly because of that 'blinkered' effect -
it is much easier for me to *not* get drawn into unprofitable,
bandwidth wasting arguments with people that appear
'for a few moments', only to vanish back into obscurity/irrelevance..

Ultimately, I think web-interfaces are good for the fact that
they allow people to post through colleges, library, internet
cafe's and such.

They *do* create many problems, and are a poor second
to using a news-reader, but I am glad that they are
available for those with no internet at home (and no ability
to set up a news client at the place they access internet).

Andrew T.

With google groups, the focus/cursor is put at the top of the post,
scrolled to the top, there is a space to top-post.

We could email google and tell them to scroll to the bottom and put the
focus there.

I blame google.