Bah, IDEA would benefit from less feedback, if you ask me (yesyes, I know nobody is).
One advantage of newsgroups is what others cite as a disadvantage, you'd have to go out and read them, therefore people won't feel obliged to pipe in with whimsical requests all the time. An email to news gateway would be a good solution, since I do empathise with the firewall issues and that few corporations will allow NNTP access to the outside. Hani On 20/4/02 8:08 am, "Andrew Timberlake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to add that I also prefer email lists to newsgroups. > I allows me to monitor interaction throughout the day in a reactive > manner. > Personally I would be less inclined to read the messages on a news > server that the way I can currently glance over every mail that filters > through my mail box. This allows me to read and conribute with every > minor break throughout the day. > > This is all said to allow the developers to best access the needs of > their customer base. > > Their primary goal must be to get the most and best feedback to make the > best product. > This is my view on the best way to get the most feedback. > > Thanks > > Andrew > > On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 23:11, Robert Hedin wrote: >> Let me preface this with the fact that I have, personally, licensed and paid >> for IntelliJ and have planned on shifting my company's development group to >> using it as well. >> >> That said, I am not in favour of having sole access to the kinds of >> information provided for by the existing mailing lists converted to news >> groups. >> >> Currently, the mailing list is proactive- that is, if someone has a problem, >> bug, fix, whatever I am notified with some semblance of timeliness. A >> message shows up in my in-box, is appropriately routed automatically to an >> IntelliJ folder and is flagged for me to look at. If I am busy, this still >> happens in the background. I can get an idea of the severity of problems in >> a given release by watching the number of new mails go up. This is very >> easy, and keeps me informed in a very timely manner. >> >> Conversely, sole access via news groups is reactive. In order to access the >> news groups I have to physically make an effort to do so. In a worse case >> scenario, I may have to wait until I am home and able to access the news >> feed. This means that there is a good chance I won't check, simply because >> the last thing I want to do when I stop working is get on the computer yet >> again. >> >> Speaking from personal experience, I tend to review news groups religiously >> at first, then stop due to the extra hassle and time it takes. I, >> personally, have no problem keeping all my email archived, including those >> from mailing lists, and using that as a first stop to finding answers to >> problems. >> >> Bear in mind that I am not saying that you shouldn't have a newsgroup, only >> that I would prefer that it not replace the current mailing lists, but >> rather act as a different means of accessing the exact same information. >> >> rob. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Eugene Belyaev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:49 PM >> Subject: [Eap-list] IMPORTANT: Newsgroups >> >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We now have a news server located at news.intellij.net which has a lot >>> of newsgroups. We are planning to shift the main discussion traffic >>> there from the eap-list and eap-features mailing lists. >>> >>> Please use the newsgroups instead of the mailing lists! >>> >>> The groups related to IntelliJ EAP are: >>> >>> jetbrains.intellij.eap.general >>> jetbrains.intellij.eap.bugs >>> jetbrains.intellij.eap.features >>> jetbrains.intellij.eap.announcements >>> jetbrains.intellij.eap.openapi >>> >>> The names are self-descriptive, so please post there according to the >>> names. >>> >>> The announcement groups are read-only. >>> >>> We will have both mailing lists synchronized for some time with the >>> eap.bugs and eap.features newsgroups. However, please notice that >>> mailman (the mailing list software we use) does not form discussion >>> threads with the newgroup server for messages posted to the mailing >>> list. So it's not recommended to post to the mailing lists if possible. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Eugene Belyaev >>> JetBrains, Inc / IntelliJ Software >>> http://www.intellij.com >>> "Develop with pleasure" >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Eap-list mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Eap-list mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
