On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, Anatole Tartakovsky wrote: > The same way "threads by the topic" are simplier then unsorted individual > email - you read only the ones you need and fold the rest. While you can > argue that you can sort and fold messages with some client email > customization, it is not a trivial task unless your server or client > supports it.
<rant> Why should we risk ruining the list for everyone, because some people have poor client software ? There may be real, genuine reasons why someone is stuck with Outlook Express and can't access GMail, but that must be a *real* low number of people. </rant> > list in subtopics and one of them would be "dashboards, charts and BI" - > getting 5-10 messages a day - would you rather moderate that or whole > list? Moderating 'the whole list' right now isn't a chore. > Would it get up in your inbox? No, I have a nice mail client. > What are the chances that a single > mail would get missed by specialist? About the same as if the list were split, at a first past guess. A 'specialist' would have to be subscribed to all the lists anyway. > What about the quality of the answer? Splitting the lists wont change the level of participation. If anything it raises the barrier to entry. > Visibility of all questions and answers on the topic? <shrug> My mail client happily threads and sorts, creating 'topics' on the fly for me. > Am I the only one who > thinks that libraries place books by category for convenience and access > simplicity? FlexCoders is not a reference resource. > There is nothing simple about fishing in 100+ items. You need better search. > sorting data in the beginning eliminates order of > magnitude processing later. Let us apply it to our daily life. My mail client indexes all mail into a local database as it arrives. Search is very very quick. GMail is probably even better. > The only way I can see single as an alternative to multiple list is to > enforce tagging of the questions. This is a creating a huge barrier to entry. I don't think we should be doing that. > That in turn means next generation of > email clients or forcing everybody to use RSS type readers instead of > email. What ?!? Why on earth would that be better ? RSS doesn't even support threaded comments ! > We will get to it in a few years, its requires serious update to the > email system. Or your client. -- Tom Chiverton **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. ------------------------------------ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
