7 Mar
2005
7 Mar
'05
7:21 a.m.
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com>
What Sellam said!
Given the task
at hand, given the needs of the users, given the
recently described hassles, is mailing-list technology the best
design and solution for this task?
I prefer the flow and linearity of a mailing list. I like to consume
everything and discard what I don't care for. With a web forum, it's more
difficult to keep track of new messages being posted. And with the
incredible level of topic drift here, it's not entirely evident what's
being discussed in any particular thread based on the title. You might
miss something you would be interested in or be helpful with. Find a web forum that acts like a mailing list and
I'll buy in ;)
Another thing I like about the list: I read mail locally (as opposed to a
drain-bamaged web interface). As a side effect, my mail folders contain an
edited local "mirror" of the cctalk and cctech lists. Which comes in mighty
handy when I need to find something, even if my ISP or the list is
out-to-lunch at the moment.
Also, if I wanted a web interface, couldn't I just go to the archives (and
post through a web email interface)?
Vince