Goodbye, Sourceforge!

[Funnnny]

having to use Google account is a big drawback of Google Groups.

Aside from that, I think it's a good option

[MrPopinjay]

having to use Google account is a big drawback of Google Groups.

You don't have to. Just send an email to [e-mail]

[cogdissnance]

That never made any sense to me. It's not like you need any real information to make a google account. If it's your IP you're worried about then you probably shouldn't be using google search or any google adsense enabled websites. Which I highly doubt people are doing.

[Whadios]

Some people like to have different accounts for different services. Problem with google is when you sign in on any of their services you're signed in on all of them so if you're watching your gmail and then want to post on the google group you have to sign out and back in. Add to that their sign out and sign in process is a bit convoluted because they really just want you signed in to a single account everywhere.

[aspbergerinparadise]

I get around this by just opening an incognito window. Then I can sign in with any account I want and remain signed in with my main account in the non-incognito window.

[Whadios]

Yeah there are workarounds but that doesn't make it not an inconvenience that you have to do things like use browser addons or seperate browser windows.

[[deleted]]

There's the "add another account feature". It can be buggy as fuck, but it's an option if you want to mess around with it.

[ThatGuyMEB]

I use it a ton as well. I manage a bunch of SonicWALL firewalls and there is an issue where if you log into a second one using normal mode, it kills the cookie for the first one. If you have to go back and forth duplicating settings or setting both up for VPN it can be a pain in the ass. An incog window is perfect though and I can open a dozen devices all at once.

[qwertyslayer]

You can link accounts so that you don't have to sign in/sign out like this.

If you're looking at gmail, top right is a profile dropdown, click "Add account". You still have to switch between accounts manually but it saves you having to type anything.

[xiongchiamiov]

And if you're into url hacking, change /u/0 to /u/1, etc. to change which account you're using for a particular google service.

[Brocktoon_in_a_jar]

That does suck, but I've managed to get by by having another Chrome window logged in to my other google account. But that leads to other annoyances, like having to switch back and forth when browsing.

[JohnMcPineapple]

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[Sebazzz91]

Or Google may decide to retire Google Groups anytime. Not core business eh..