On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:58:23 +0000 Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering when this subject was going to come up. Ironically > (despite my numerous posts to the Fvwm Forum) I don't like forums -- > they'r acsolutely useless in threading or ascertaining information > quickly. The flow of conversation in a forum is diminished given the > linear fashion in whicn each "thread" is presented to you. The only > time one can track a conversation is if the reply also includes the > quote from the last person -- a practice rarely employed by people that > post to forums. First, no. Second never! I use the lair and gentoo forums a lot, and always quote the relevant parts, as most users do. So, your affirmation is totally unfounded. And, well, it denotates that you really dont use the forums that much, because most people end the thread saying something like "Thanks, this has helped me so much." Another thing, when it comes to find info, forums are the quicker method, after google, of course. Since they do have a search function. > But forums, like mailing lists, come down in their use only as personal > preference. What benefits does a forum have to offer, over the current > system of the two mailing lists we have at the moment? Those people that > post to the forums get timely (and fairly accurate) advice, as do those > that post to the mailing-lists. No one is losing out -- it just depends > on one's preference. Now of course, you might argue that mailing-lists > aren't as apparent at storing the answers -- and that you need to either > be on the mailing-list to receive the reply, or at least search archives > for it. This is true, although archives of the FVWM mailing-list are > achived on the web. What would you do about fvwm-workers? You'd need > this mailing-list -- it's much better suited as one as opposed to the > forums. > Well, the fact is that having such forums makes these lists much more cleaner. Because, without the forums, people would be still asking everyday here how to make a key binding work when caps lock is on. Instead, they search it on the forums, and thousands of useless mails are avoided. I think that both, the forums and the lists, have different purposes, and both are very valuable resources. > This is why I am trying hard to shunt most of the information that's > currently on the forums over to the wiki -- there's already too much of > a segregation between the two, that the balance needs to be readjusted. > I want the wiki to work -- and it will do. It just needs some time. > > -- Thomas Adam > Allways nice to hear from you Thomas Adam. Jesús Guerrero.
