Having to use full screen since Google Groups changed

Have not used them in years. Some groups are partial to posts emanating from there. I would recommend Thunderbird or another news reader.

Get Thunderbird and spend $3 for a blocknews account. Much better than GG.

Start here. It's free.

I see you really didn't get an answer to your question, just advice to switch to something else. Sometimes using Google Groups is good if you're using multiple computers and don't want to lose track of what has already been read. Having said that I still prefer the separate newsreader/news server combo.

No, I do not have to maximize the browser to use Google Groups, but I am using Google Chrome.

This will no longer be a problem once we start rounding up Leftists and shipping them to predetermined locations around the country where they can then be exterminated.

Not me.

Cindy Hamilton

Yes, I never use GG in less than full screen, but I just tried it for you and it doesn't work here either. I'm using Mypal browser on this laptop, it's a Firefox derivative. At less than full screen, you can't see or get to what's on the right part, eg the reply button at the upper right corner.

I avoided the new GG for months until they finally forced it on us. The old one was not only fine, but better, IMO. What did they add with the new? Nothing I can see. It's one of those stupid overhauls on something that was working fine. I sent them that as feedback too when it wanted to know why I preferred the existing version. Now if they added something useful, like being able to add pictures, that would be a welcome improvement.

I'm pretty sure they made it look more like gmail. I don't use gmail, but the new look is consistent with Outlook.

A simplified user experience, blah, blah, blah.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 05:24:17 -0800 (PST), trader_4 posted for all of us to digest...

Some groups, like this one do not support pictures, therefore posters use image sites. It is not the fault of Google groups or a particular newsreader. It is a result of how newsgroups started out using very slow connections with age defying transfer rates. If your reader supports it one can d/l the database files to the cloud and d/l the file prior to updating from the server.

I can't find the filter command. In the past I could set it to show anything I'd replied to or asked. Without that function most of the usefulness is gone.

That is why I suggested Google Groups could change it. AFAIK, nothing stopping them from an implementation that allows pictures at GG. It would be an advantage for them, pics at GG, but not viewable elsewhere. Alternatively, they could certainly implement a hosting site for pictures, integrate it into GG, have it work directly with GG, but you can use a link to the host with posts made outside GG

Google has picture hosting. You you have to sign up with Google to use it.

I don't think their heart is really in GG. The change to its appearance suggests a merging of the GG and Gmail code for ease of maintenance. I wonder when they'll give it up altogether.

Cindy Hamilton