On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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>
There are several companies blocking access to Gmail and probably yahoo mail even. Heck, my previous employer blocked access to the yahoo interface for this list. Ironically, these companies are probably ones that have developers doing enterprise work that would understand what a enterprise-flexcoders list is about with out crying about how to define it. In my own opinion, adding multiple lists is a good thing because it simply is. Take CF-Talk,CF-Community,CF-Jobs, and CF-Server as examples. CF-Community is for non tech talk bringing the community of CF folks together, hey not everyone goes a twittering, flittering, facebooking, and such. I could care less about email client use, who uses which, and if a particular client is bad or good or makes you beer or bangers. I don't think this list is stagnant, this thread could provide proof of that, but its one thread lingering amongst only a handful. The Flex technology touches a vast array of other technologies and niches. You think HTML has only a single htmlcoders list? What about Flash itself? Curious, how many comp.flash.* news groups are there? Either way, new lists are going to be added regardless of blessings from on high or low as the community grows ever bigger, eh? DK > >> 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 > > > > -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it?
