[hayesnews] Yahoo Screws Groups

[deerlabsky]

Hello,

Some of the posts on the Yahoo! Groups Blog
<http://www.ygroupsblog.com/blog/>   clarify what will/won't be changed.
Scroll down to the August 12, 2010 'We're Remodeling' post and (after
you marvel at people jumping) work your way up from there.

Before I turn into a certain caller from 'Down the Line' - Bye,
Dan

One more thing...thanks for all the posts!

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Philip Edwards <festive50@...> wrote:
>
> I've just received this from a moderator on another Yahoo Group I
belong to.
> I don't normally distribute "scaremongering" but I've just gone to the
1st
> link in this e-mail and it doesn't look too good.
> Is anyone else aware of these proposed changes?
> Phil
>
>
>
> On 12 September 2010 20:41, Chris B chrisjbrady@... wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi folks.
> >
> > Are you aware that Yahoo is making big changes to Groups? It seems
that
> > these have been instigated by a new member of the Yahoo team out to
make her
> > mark. However she is leading the project to turn Groups into Face
Book -
> > that is rather than being a topic based system, Groups is to become
a people
> > based social networking look-a-like. Along with this will be the
loss of
> > many features including rich-text messages (no HTML / formatting),
no
> > databases, possibly the loss of links and files and photos. The new
system's
> > pages are also so top-heavy with s/w that it is causing computers to
freeze
> > and to crash. In its arrogance Yahoo is refusing to listen to the
thousands
> > of Group moderators that have in some cases spent many years
developing
> > their Groups with their thousands of members. CJB.
> >
> > You should read some of the comments here and post your own, too:
> >
> > http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=groups&fid=210745
> >
> > Some comments on the new Yahoogroups look:
> >
> > 1) The list activity box is gone. This was useful when deciding if
one
> > wanted to join a group or not.
> > 2) The search function is gone. This was useful if it was necessary
to show
> > what someone had actually said. This may come back later, but it
only took 2
> > YEARS to get that one fixed last time.
> > 3) The "greater than" and "less than" symbols no longer are treated
as
> > delimiters showing what someone said. As a result entire sections of
posts
> > are deleted with the comment: "Non text portions removed"
> > 4) Internet Explorer is encountering frequent lock-ups when
accessing
> > messages.
> > 5) If you do happen to have a post number and try to use it, you
will get
> > an entire page of posts, not just the one you want to see.
> > 6) No one seems to like it (link:
> >
> > http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=groups&fid=210745 )
> >
> > 7) If you want to "vote" on it, it seems like the only option is
"thumbs
> > up".
> > 8) It is much less than ready to use. Many functions, when accessed,
give a
> > message along the lines of "the piant is still drying on this one".
> >
> > In short, it's horrible.
> >
> > Also see the Group [GroupManagersForum]
> >
> >
> >
>