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On Friday 06 December 2002 01:15, Andrew Barnes wrote:
> And exactly how is a mailing list so efficient? With a graphic
1) filters
2) i'm already in my email app all day, i'm not in the 20+ webforums i'd have
to subsititute that with with even a similar frequency and never could be.
3) email is quicker to read through than a web forum thread as i can use the
keyboard to read through my email (+/- to jump forward/back, Del to remove,
etc...) and read msgs are marked as such so i don't waste time with them. i
just hop from one unread to the next, and not just within the same forum but
across ALL the mailling lists and email i receive.
4) it's quick to reply to emails since i don't have to wait for a web form to
be sent and then use the mouse for mundane activities like "send" (hello
Ctrl-Enter!)
5) filters
6) the messages arrive when they are sent: in other words it's push, not pull,
which fits perfectly for this sort of communication. i never waste time "just
checking the board" the messages
7) i can search through the last X months of email locally (which means fast
and powerful) and only defer to the archive when necessary
8) email works with the rest of my desktop: scheduler, addressbook, etc.
9) it's easier to save individual messages/threads from my mail app
10) filters
i bet if i racked my brain i could come up with another 10. but the bottom
line is this: for someone who is even moderatly versed in the task of reading
email and has even a moderately decent email application, they will be more
efficient with email than a web forum. this probably means the difference is
neither here nor there for newbies, but it is for those who know what they
are doing and are busy doing it.
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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