I hardly think anyone is "preaching" about using GMAIL. It has just been offered up as a very good comprimise and needs little or no effort from anyone to get what they want.
On Apr 5, 2005 1:38 PM, Danny Rego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The funniest thing about this whole thing is.....now that this conversation > is "getting out of hand", people will start asking for this discussion to > stop, where with a nice web-based forum, you can skip the thread, very > easily. > > (now where is everyone to preach about using GMAIL, or switching mail > readers, or setting up different filters....blah blah blah) > > Danny Rego > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mixer boy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:42 AM > Subject: Re: [slim] Better forum please! > > > Christian Pernegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>What's ugly about e-mail? If you don't like the look of your mailer, use > >>another one. > > > > Doing this via email is a very fragmented way of holding discussion. I > > would rather see a thread of original post followed by replies. If someone > > replies to that thread years later the whole thread is brought to the top > > of the current threads where anyone can catchup and participate. > > > >>I fail to see what's not straight forward about e-mail. I don't want to > >>register at another forum, give up lots of personal information only to > >>have to remember another password. Every time I switch browsers, the > >>cookie info on read/unread threads is most likely lost. > > > > I don't experience any of the issues you have with web forums and nor does > > the vast majority of people who use them which is why they are far more > > popular than email mailing lists. > > > >>Sure, having a forum saves you from having to read most messages, so less > >>questions get answered and less people know about an issue if it was > >>posted OT in another thread. > > > > That is not correct. Threads are presented from start to finish in a much > > easyer to follow format with a web forum. > > > >> >If you cannot see the lucidly clear advantaged of using a system like > >> >vbulitin then you are clearly > >> >beyond any ability to form an intelligent opinion. > >> > >>Thanks for insulting me. > > > > That was a reply to Paul not you. > > > >>Now that specialized web sites and forums have replaced mailing lists, > >>everybody is after the RSS feeds. I wonder if that is because push is > >>better than pull for a lot of applications? > > > > I am new here and Its not my intention to war with a few die hards who > > refuse to modernize. My concern is Slim Devices and making its support > > more accessible for the majority. > > Looking over the archive shows clear evidence that the current system is > > inadequate for many people. As I said before, I suspect the majority don't > > even have a voice here. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
