Google News Drawbacks to Using Google Groups Forrest Stroud
Drawbacks to Using Google Groups
There are a few drawbacks to using Google Groups as opposed to a typical standalone newsreader. First, Google Groups filters out all graphics, so if one of your hobbies happens to be downloading binary image files from certain newsgroups, Google Groups is definitely not going to be your best bet.
Google Groups also lacks some of the more advanced features found in newsreaders like Agent and Xnews, including article sorting capabilities, mark for later retrieval options, customizable font and screen options, multilingual support, and thread ignoring capabilities. Finally, although Google Groups is a free service, you will have to suffer through the standard fare of web advertising banners when browsing newsgroups.
