1) No one will use it. 2) No one will use it. 3) Have fun because you will be the only one using it ;-)
Jesse Quoting Andrew Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 1) Filters? > You still have to sift through whatever topic you were interested in, and > don't get a clear idea of the thread over time. > > Filters: don't deal with the problem, they just put them into another > folder... > > 2) I'm in my email app too, but the most when I am at work - this email is > meant for work, and some bosses don't take kindly to seeing something they > don't consider work related. If I use another email/webmail, I still have > to work at it like a forum - logging in, checking through and catching up > on > my own time without worry of problems with work. > > 3) Quicker to read email? Not possible. > A thread is a composition of numerous emails if you will - I can scroll > through them browsing rather then having to click on individual messages > and > not getting a clear timeline of a discussion. > > Efficiency: Considerably less when in email. > > 4) Would you like a little cheese with that whine? > I never said it was perfect much less instantaneous, but it's not like > posting in a forum takes 5 minutes and a hearty breakfast. > > 5) Here we are with the 2nd mention of simply "filters"... > > 6) That is one way to look at how a forum works, but it also mean you can > leave it for a time and come back without getting too far behind. > > Glass half empty, glass half full... > > 7) I can search for whatever I want in the forum - who a post was to, from, > a given string be that the topic name or in the body of the response, by > time, etc. depending on the forum criteria. And I don't waste my processes > doing it... > > With a forum, I don't have to hunt through an archive either - it's already > in front of me as I already mentioned. > > Response time: Less on a forum then email. > > 8) And what impact does a PIM have with a mailing list anyway? None, > unless > you schedule your responses... Change/toggle windows/desktops/etc., which > you probably do anyways. > > The #8 point: worthless, not priceless... > > 9) Want the post/reply? There's numerous options - copy/paste into text > editor of choice, email the post yourself, bookmark the link. > > Take off the blinders... > > 10) If you racked your brain for anymore, I'm sure it would just be > "filters" after the third mention... ;) > > I don't know what forum(s) you've been to, but: > > a) You didn't give them the time to get used to it (most likely from my > impression so far) > b) The forum(s) setup sucked pretty bad > e) All of the above > > In conclusion - your evidence is far from overwhelming. > > Thanks, > Andrew > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron J. Seigo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 11:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Website and Forum? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" > - Albert Einstein > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE98jzC1rcusafx20MRAmt0AJ4iXYxwg5+e/Hs2GwQiXqTruZUJCgCglFuc > dADzPp+gPmwFgjqhr2bvYfU= > =Z1Wm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
