Posted by GamblerZG on 11/05/05 23:04

Lester Caine wrote:
> GamblerZG wrote:
>
>> I do not see anything horrible in my message. It's not like I'm
>> _demanding_ something, or suggesting to tear down mailing lists.
>> Neither did I suggest that mailing lists suck. In case of
>> php.internals they totally make sense. But I _do_ think that forum
>> efficient in case of high-volume messaging.
>
>
> Having had to endure the newgroup interface while my eMail address was
> being bounced, I much prefer being able to manage the content of my
> eMail folders. I don't have to have a network connection while searching
> or reviewing material and I can add my own local notes as well. Forums
> are even more restrictive than newsgroups so I don't see that they add
> anything that is not currently available, and this list has considerably
> less traffic than some of the others I am a moderator on ;)
>

I understand that mail lists are convenient for many people. But
personally, I would like forums because I do not read all the messages
here. Newsgroup partially solves the problem, but it's quite slow, and I
can't post from a computer where I did not configure email client. PDA
is no good either.

Plus, forums have other nice features: formatting, syntax highlighting,
images, ability to edit messages and make them sticky. Also, you can
monitor a single thread by email, without receiving all of the messages
in the forum.

Finally, forum can be much more newbie-friendly if you allow anonymous
users to post. It is the main reason I think there are many other people
who would also like to have web conference. Instead of «subscribe, post,
wait, receive gadzillion of mails, receive needed reply, unsubscribe,
delete gadzillion of mails», it would be just «post, wait, receive reply».

--
Best regards,
Roman S.I.

http://sf.net/projects/naturalgine/

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