I have to admit to not reading all the 132 messages so far written on this thread, but my 2p...
On 20 Jun 2008, at 10:15, Tom Chiverton wrote: > On Thursday 19 Jun 2008, Joseph Balderson wrote: >> Again this is a mail client problem, not a list problem IMO. > Exactly. I've had the exact same discussion on other lists (when > moving to > Google Groups, for instance). Personally I feel this list would be a lot more reader-friendly if 'mailing list etiquette' was used more widely by contributors. In particular getting away from 'top posting' and unnecessary quoting would reduce traffic and time wasted by readers trying to find the new comment within the noise of repeated quotation. Some people are already doing this here and I'd argue their responses are much easier to follow. I also tend to find it a lot easier to read as plain text rather than as html text with all the extra Yahoo noise. The settings are easy to change in your Yahoo account. On 19 Jun 2008, at 09:40, Tom Chiverton wrote: > On Wednesday 18 Jun 2008, enjoy_jake wrote: >> Maybe a mailing list like this isn't the best choice. Maybe it's time >> to abandon flexcoders in favor of a more customized solution for >> solving our problems. > This is not a good plan. Web based forums ... are simply not as easy > to use as a mailing list. > Mailing lists work... +1. I too find Web based forums a complete pain to use. Mailing list although basic, does a much better job. -- Paul creative-cognition Ltd http://www.creative-cognition.co.uk/ http:/blog.creacog
