Does anyone else find it odd that Google’s suddenly releasing lots of new versions of their ancillary products? First a new Blogger, then a new Google Reader after basically a year with no changes, and today a new Google Groups. It’s like they realized that some of us actually use these things every day.
The new Google Groups is a welcome change. The old layout tried too hard to mimic Gmail’s layout and it felt forced. The new version feels more like a message board, without all the terrible color schemes and huge signature images.