Chris Edwards wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Bleurgh wrote: > > | If I use the "Classic" view in Nabble it appears more "forum" like which I > | much prefer. I'm not a great fan of mailman or any email based discussion. I > | think its had its day. I find the modern discussion boards much more > | functional and easier to read. > > Hmmmmm.... > > For me, a "web forum" is a poor man's mailing list, which itself is a poor > man's Usenet newsgroup. > > Web forums are *really* crap and annoying, and I'm struggling to see the > benefits. They seem to be liked by the "Internet == http" generation, > who've often never used a proper Usenet client or threaded mail reader. > > A particular gripe is that the "web forums" with which I'm familiar > show me every message in a given thread, not just any NEW messages. > So I have to scroll down trying to remember where I last read up to. > What should take 1 second actually takes 10 :-( :-( >
ACK. The very thing a decent MUA/News-reader removes as a sore point.... Have to say it *was* easier when the stuff came in over triple-stack of TTY Model 15 or the later 33 & 37. If only because just about anyone can read faster than all three could print.. Searching the 'archives' OTOH, was a first-order RPITA, so ... progress... ;-) Bill -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
