On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 15:47, Nick Bowler <nbow...@elliptictech.com> wrote: > On 10:37 Mon 26 Jul , Job Vranish wrote: >> I agree. A web forum would be more friendly to newcomers, easier to browse, >> and better organized, than the mailing list. > > I don't understand this sentiment at all. How are web forums easier to > browse than list archives? Especially given that there are usually multiple > archives for each ML, with a variety of ways to use them (e.g., I tend to > use gmane with my newsreader for this purpose).
Irrespective of what is easier to use, what really counts is where the *targets* of your post hang out. Personally I prefer a mailing list, and I would only ever use a forum if I had a better chance of getting good and informative answers there. Another option is to import the entire haskell-cafe archive into gmail :-) >> Some people will still prefer the mailing list of course, but I think there >> will be enough demand to justify a forum :) > > Wine has a web forum that is directly connected to their mailing lists: > each post on the forum is sent to the corresponding list and vice versa. > The web forum interface doesn't support proper threading, but it > otherwise seems to work OK. Perhaps something like that would be > useful? This would be a good compromise. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus@therning.org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe