I get close to that myself. Well, say 7-10 hours a week, anyway. It is not just about giving to the community, understand, but reading questions and answers has taught me a great deal. I see it as an investment, not a luxury!
Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bjorn Schultheiss Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: New Adobe forums coming! Who pays you to spend 10-20 hours a week? How do you afford this luxury? --- In flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, "Amy" <amyblankens...@...> wrote: > > --- In flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, Sam Lai <samuel.lai@> wrote: > > > > I'm not on the forums, but they should be sending out the mailing-list > > header in each email which allows you to create a filter to apply > > labels to in Gmail. > > If I am not interested in using a web interface to visit a forum, why would I be interested in using a web interface to get the e.mails that are being sent instead of enabling nntp? > > NNTP automatically handles threading and putting the groups into their own separate "folders," so it feels to me like Adobe has scrapped something that worked well for power forum users, and replaced it with something that's only going to be usable for occasional users. > > I'm actually thrilled to pieces with the change, because I used to spend 10-20 hours a week reading and responding to posts on there, and now I have a huge chunk of time left every day that I didn't have before. > > -Amy >
