On Jun 22, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Russell Leggett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 5:21 PM, // ravi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Jun 19, 2015, at 5:12 PM, C. Scott Ananian <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > No, thank you.
>> > Email clients are the ultimate forum aggregators.
>>
>> +1 on “No, thank you". Email works, email has are full-featured clients, do
>> not force browser use, etc, etc.
>>
>
> I have to admit, I find this attitude somewhat ironic. The standards group
> for a major component of the browser avoiding browsers. I understand trying
> to avoid the replication of email. These days, there are a lot of
> communication platforms that don't interoperate, and so it may seem like
> email is still a universal client, and therefore who needs anything else -
> but seriously, are you all so cynical that the additional value gained means
> nothing? As long as discourse supports email notifications/responses, then I
> don't really see the compelling reason not to make the switch. The advantages
> of switching are numerous: better search, easier participations, easier
> organization/categorization of threads, better formatting/code highlighting,
> etc.
>
Some of the criteria you offer are subjective and are in fact the reasons for
me (and possibly others) to take the opposite position to yours (e.g: easier
participation, easier categorisation). Without doubt there are advantages to a
forum — for instance, as someone mentioned earlier, one can opt out of threads
(an implementation detail, but an implementation that is lacking AFAIK in many
email clients); also better formatting as you say. But there is not much irony
here. JavaScript is no longer a browser-only language. Additionally, standards
are the reason why we should all, ideally, not confine ourselves to the
browser. Everything is not and should not be a “web app” and every application
protocol should not be <proprietary>-over-HTTP.
This is a large can of worms I am happy to leave partially opened. I agree with
you that if a discussion forum provides email delivery as well as the ability
to respond via email, it would be near-indistinguishable for my needs from a
mailing list server.
Regards,
—ravi
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