Ciao Jeremy I kicked this thread off. On the one hand its a can or worms. On the other its a quiet, gentle acknowledgment of "at least it basically works". Maybe I should not have done it?
But I wonder if there is a mid-point? As far as i understand it GG allows basic tagging. Could that help make this somewhat unwieldy beast more usable? By way of explanation, its clear to me now that the FUNDAMENTAL issue looks like Loss Of History. Best wishes Josiah On Saturday, 25 June 2016 13:15:12 UTC+2, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > For me personally, the important thing about Google Groups is that > alongside the web interface it also offers the functionality of a > traditional mailing list. Thus I can work with the messages using my > standard email client, meaning I can read and post messages when offline. > > The thing I don’t like about Google Groups is kind of my fault: my popular > request I switched on the ability for posters to edit their posts. The > problem now is that people like me who are reading via email don’t get to > see the updates. > > Google Groups does not offer a bulk export capability. There has been work > done on scrapers for it (which you can find via Google) but actually the > best approach is probably to extract the messages from my Gmail archive > (which will be minus any edits made after the email was sent, as per my > point above). > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > > On 24 Jun 2016, at 14:25, RichardWilliamSmith <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Perhaps the solution is Google Groups +, where the + is some tool we > deploy to make sure our conversations remain useful into the future. It > would be great if we could automate a process of archiving this group to > our own searchable wiki (perhaps with something like IFTTT) > > Regards, > Richard > > On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 10:45:26 PM UTC+10, AlexHough wrote: >> >> I think Google Group is a good muse for the TiddlyWiki project. TW is a >> tool which fills the gaps between email and other sites. >> >> >> Alex >> >> On 24 June 2016 at 12:28, Josiah <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ciao Alex >>> >>> I kinda reluctantly agree. Mainly because its there & used & "sort-of" >>> okay, given the equal poorness of the main competition & the nightmare of >>> any putative transfer. A point others have hammered home to me. >>> >>> However, its worth commenting that the things you are doing that make it >>> usable for you sound like they are NOT native to GG. They are your informed >>> adaptation to it. >>> >>> The French list is lovely IMO, though they are a lower volume group. Bit >>> it gives an idea how something decently organized can function. >>> https://forum.tiddlywiki.fr >>> >>> Best wishes >>> Josiah >>> >>> On Friday, 24 June 2016 12:56:29 UTC+2, AlexHough wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I vote that we remain with Google Groups. >>>> >>>> I read the posts though gmail. Each one gets filtered. >>>> >>>> I can star the posts i like >>>> Using TiddlySnip I can make links to threads on my node.js TW >>>> >>>> For me the current set up is perfect. >>>> >>>> best wishes >>>> >>>> Alex >>>> >>>> On 24 June 2016 at 11:05, Josiah <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Salut Sylvain >>>>> >>>>> IMO, that is definitely better than Google with your Category system. >>>>> Its also great to see Tutorials built in. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes >>>>> Josiah >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, 24 June 2016 11:28:34 UTC+2, Sylvain Naudin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> For french community, I run a Discourse instance ( >>>>>> https://forum.tiddlywiki.fr) and I really like it. >>>>>> I've don't setting e-mail reply but i's possible. >>>>>> There is a wiki flag to convert a post thread. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think it's a good option to leave a Google Groups, but It cost a >>>>>> server ;) >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/960eb299-9b60-4e3f-96e6-68caff051b2c%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/960eb299-9b60-4e3f-96e6-68caff051b2c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/27266069-a682-4e63-8574-cb3bcf1060a1%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/27266069-a682-4e63-8574-cb3bcf1060a1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/07914eaf-b059-4a0a-8046-3d3127ed7078%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/07914eaf-b059-4a0a-8046-3d3127ed7078%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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