Reading RAS on an Android Phone Problems

I get a daily digest email from http://groups.google.com of the latest RAS articles. Sometimes I read RAS on a windows computer but often I read on my Android phone (Pixel 3 running Android 10).

Very recently I find that while I can read RAS articles (and other Google Groups) on my Android but I cannot reply to an existing article or start a new topic. The option just doesn't seem to exist.

This happens when using Chrome or Firefox but it is ok with the Dolphin browser. It appears to me that Chrome/Firefox are using the new Google Groups interface while the Dolphin browser is still using the old interface.

You would think that reading a Google group (albeit a usenet group) on the latest Google Android OS would be a great experience. Not so much. Anyone else seeing this issue?

Again, on Windows (using either the new or old interface) allows replies and adding a new topic. The only issue I see is that old interface allows "reply privately to author" while the new interface does not (greyed out). Windows browsing allows the user to change back/forth between the interfaces ... at least only for the time being it seems.

Please don't suggest me to;

- use another usenet news reader app. I prefer reading all my groups in a browser.
- buy an iPhone instead.
- stop babbling about my complaints!

Thanks!

- John

On 8/26/20 10:22 AM, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:


Again, on Windows (using either the new or old interface) allows replies and adding a new topic. The only issue I see is that old interface allows "reply privately to author" while the new interface does not (greyed out).
Firefox on a Linux PC greys out the private reply for me because "you
must configure your browser to handle mail-to links". Not an issue for
me because I generally use a real mail reader.

How about "Quit using a cell phone like a teenage girl"? Since that
wasn't one of your options, I thought I'd help out! :-D

On 8/26/2020 10:22 AM, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net
wrote:
I get a daily digest email from http://groups.google.com of the latest RAS articles. Sometimes I read RAS on a windows computer but often I read on my Android phone (Pixel 3 running Android 10).

Very recently I find that while I can read RAS articles (and other Google Groups) on my Android but I cannot reply to an existing article or start a new topic. The option just doesn't seem to exist.

This happens when using Chrome or Firefox but it is ok with the Dolphin browser. It appears to me that Chrome/Firefox are using the new Google Groups interface while the Dolphin browser is still using the old interface.

You would think that reading a Google group (albeit a usenet group) on the latest Google Android OS would be a great experience. Not so much. Anyone else seeing this issue?

Again, on Windows (using either the new or old interface) allows replies and adding a new topic. The only issue I see is that old interface allows "reply privately to author" while the new interface does not (greyed out). Windows browsing allows the user to change back/forth between the interfaces ... at least only for the time being it seems.

Please don't suggest me to;

- use another usenet news reader app. I prefer reading all my groups in a browser.
- buy an iPhone instead.
- stop babbling about my complaints!

Thanks!

- John

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Dan, 5J

On Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 1:22:20 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
How about "Quit using a cell phone like a teenage girl"? Since that
wasn't one of your options, I thought I'd help out! :-D

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Dan, 5J

Dan - Whose the comedian here? Me or you? ;-)

It's pretty crappy, minimally usable, on a Nexus 7 2013.

My Nexus 7 2012 was simply awful, like watching paint dry, until I
rooted it and installed the SlimKat ROM.Â* Now it's a screamer.Â* Too bad
it doesn't have a sunlight readable screen...

On 8/26/2020 4:26 PM, George Haeh wrote:
It's pretty crappy, minimally usable, on a Nexus 7 2013.

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Dan, 5J

A partial workaround was sent to me by Doug T (W24).

While reading an article I can then turn the display sideways into landscape mode at which point the options to Reply All, Forward and a greyed-out Reply-to-Author show up. Hurrah!

In the home screen no matter which-a-way I turn the display I cannot see an option to start a new article.

I'm using the last official LineageOS for N7 2013 and working up courage to repartition for a later release.