On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 07:18 AM, Brian Reynolds wrote:
elrod...@cs.com wrote:
Frankly, I don't know why folks want to use this e-mail list as much
as they do when there is an excellent forum at Pinhole Visions.
I prefer email lists to web forums because I can read my email
anywhere (with or without a live Internet connection once the mail has
been delivered), with just about anything (allowing me to pick the
user interface I like) and I can search and archive the messages more
easily.
To read a web forum I have to have a live connection to the Internet,
a web browser (often with all sorts of ugliness turned on), I'm stuck
with the user interface of the specific web forum software, and
searching and archiving are more difficult.
I think a web based archive of the mailing list (e.g., MHonArc
URL:http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/mhonarc.html, with examples
at URL:http://www.mhonarc.org/archive/html/) is better than a web
forum. It allows those who want to receive the list as email to do
so, and those who want to use a web browser to do that too.
As I like to say about a lot of things - its not a contest. Both the
mailing list and the forum have their advantages and special features.
I read from and enjoy both formats most every day. Each of us can
prefer or use one over the other, or to enjoy both - that's each
person's choice. My own reason for promoting the new forum recently is
because it is new and people may not be aware of what its features are.
It is also the home of this list's upload gallery which is
web-based the same as the previous one and allows people to post and
discuss pinhole images (something that is not allowed in the discussion
list). I like the discussion list and have no intention of ending it.
The forum is simply another way for us to discuss and share pinhole
photography. The important thing is that we continue to ask and answer
questions, share ideas, and enjoy getting to know one another - whether
in the discussion list or the forum.
BTW: Another example of a web-based MHonArc archive is the pinhole
discussion list from 1998 - 2000:
http://www.???/discussion/archive.php ;-)
- Gregg
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