I agree. And I don't agree that chat puts people off. I think chat makes the list appear more open and there's nothing worse than a list where you post a question and it is not answered at all.
This is a very good list. Paolo > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Wild [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 August 2002 17:18 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] quiet > > > there's quality help in this dev list. > > there may be the odd chatter e-mail but thats more than made > up for by the > breadth of CF/JS/Flash/Hosting/Systems/SQL/HTML/style > knowledge thats in > here, and thats invaluable. Its quite common to have questions in here > answered in more depth, with better language and quicker than > CF-Talk etc... > There's very rarely a question that goes unanswered in here. > > now [EMAIL PROTECTED] - thats where the real > craziness lies. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paolo Piponi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 20 August 2002 17:31 > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] quiet > > > > > > People chat on this list because often it is very quiet. > > However, when I've > > needed help I've always found an answer from you guys. It's > > not the busiest > > list, but it's certainly well supported. I'd rather have a > > small group of > > wise developers than a large groups of hit and miss teens. > > > > On the subject of CF growth: The fact there are more sites > > might just be > > because as time goes by more sites are created, not because there is > > proportionally greater demand. CF is definately bigger than > > it was 2 years > > ago, but I'd be dubious about growth from 12 months ago. > > > > However, I await more stats from the guys in the know. > > > > Paolo > > > > PS This message in not on chat because I think it's relevant > > to this list. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Russ 'Snake' Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 20 August 2002 17:07 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] quiet > > > > > > > > > that's why we have the chat list. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Lucas Sherwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: 20 August 2002 17:03 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] quiet > > > > > > > > > just throwing in my two cents worth... > > > > > > the main thing that scares people about this list is the > > > signal to noise > > > ratio... there is often useless banter between a small group > > > of people that > > > barrage people wiht mails - this tends to turn people off (IMHO) > > > > > > L. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Paolo Piponi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 4:45 PM > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] quiet > > > > > > > > > Well, looking at my email history that contains all 18653 > > > items on this list > > > since July 1999, most people mail less than 10 times. Then > > > there's a small > > > group who have mailed between 200 and 1200. I've mailed 267 > > > (now 268). The > > > top mailers, of course, have mailed over 1200. With an > > > estimate of say 50 > > > words per email that means some of you have mailed the > > > equivalent of an > > > average novel. > > > > > > Unfortunately, as my job hunting has proved, all CF > > > Developers are probably > > > already on this list, since there's little demand for CF. > > > Thankfully, we've > > > pulled off a deal, my job is safe, and I am no longer on > the agency > > > scrounge. > > > > > > What we probably need are more CF users. What's the news on > > CF growth > > > generally, compared to ASP/.NET? (Russ, no comments from you > > > :-) Has CF got > > > any chance? > > > > > > Paolo > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Russ 'Snake' Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 20 August 2002 16:03 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] quiet > > > > > > > > > > > > have to get some more people on here then. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Matt Horn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 20 August 2002 16:01 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] quiet > > > > > > > > > > > > They call this place > > > > > > > > Tumbleweed list > > > > > > > > if you listen VERY closely you can almost hear it blow by > > > > > > > > the developers .. they were here > > > > but now .. they have all gone to Chat > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 15:50 20/08/02 +0100, you wrote: > > > > >This list has become very quiet of late. > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
