On 7 Apr 2013, Harriet Bazley <
baz...@feathermail.co.uk> wrote:
> On 7 Apr 2013 as I do recall, Tony Moore wrote:
> > On 7 Apr 2013, Harriet Bazley <
baz...@feathermail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > > Well, after months of warnings Google finally seem to have broken
> > > the Usenet archive on NetSurf - not only can I not see Michael
> > > Gerbracht's original post, but the ?selm=<MsgID> method of
> > > accessing it via the Web no longer works and I can't find a way of
> > > accessing the Advanced Search to do it manually :-(
> >
> > A Google search for 'comp.sys.acorn.hardware gerbracht raspberry-pi'
> > finds the post at number one. Clicking the link shows the thread
> > with collapsed messages, but clicking on 'Individual message'
> > finally shows Michael's post. Hard work - maybe there's an easier
> > way.
>
> All that happens for me when clicking on the search result is that I
> get an advertising page informing me that "Along with familiar
> features like group creation and search, Google Groups has a new look
> and exciting new features" and asking me to "Sign in" or "Take a tour
> of Google Groups" :-(
Today, the first of the 20 search results
comp.sys.raspberry-pi has been created - comp.sys.acorn.hardware ...
groups.google.com/.../comp.sys.acorn.hardware/.../309215ffec47f423?...
4 days ago ... Just a short notice, that the new newsgroup
comp.sys.raspberry-pi ..... A Google search for
'comp.sys.acorn.hardware gerbracht raspberry-pi' ...
leads to
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.acorn.hardware/browse_thread/thread/0b92ee770203ea70/309215ffec47f423?show_docid=309215ffec47f423
which displays 10 collapsed messages, in this current thread, and
clicking on the first 'Individual message' link, leads to
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.acorn.hardware/msg/6347622b5746ca07
which opens Michael's original post.
(I'm using NetSurf #1009, with 'Disable JavaScript' unset. NetSurf
cookies and disc-cache were cleared during RiscPC boot, an hour ago. I'm
not logged-in to my Google account)
Clicking on the message
The old Google Groups will be going away soon, but your browser is
incompatible with the new version.
leads to
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33864
which says that
Google Apps supports the following browsers:
� Chrome
� Internet Explorer
� Firefox
� Safari
NetSurf is not on this list - nor is Opera - so we may expect further
problems when, and if, Google switches off the old version of Groups.
[snip]
> Not much of an archive any more!
Agreed!
Tony