huh ...
I belive critisism is good when *and only when* a sugested solution folows
... as I se it those who need it, should write it ... the mail service
module ... do not jive support it now ? ...
To replicate the web forum to a maillist ... one way would be to have all
new postings go to the web forum - and then the web forum would resend to
SMTP ... for a easy sync ? ...
/peter
on 1-07-13 10.22, Jason Dillon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ouch.
>
> --jason
>
>
> On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:41:12AM +0200, Peter Fagerlund wrote:
>>> Ahhh ... pushing forward is hard ... change ... the pain of growing ...
>>> cognisance dissonance - from having to change a GUI ... ;-) ... I to feel
>>> uncomfortable but recognise it is me - having to adapt really ... Just have
>>> hourly/daily/monthly *text* "tome's" downloadable for those who like to read
>>> and grep offline ... could be one simple solution ...
>>
>> Actually, when it comes to user interfaces, moving to an exclusively
>> web based solution is a significant step backwards. With mail, the
>> content and the presentation are very firmly separate. As a user, I am
>> only bound by the content and I can use whatever presentation I
>> like. I have used my mail reader for years and have become very
>> comfortable with it. This is true for many others. If I become unhappy
>> with the way my mail is presented, I can get _any_ other mail reader
>> that supports the content format (SMTP) and use that in stead.
>>
>> The exclusively web based solution integrates both content and
>> presentation into one. I have to be satisfied with the way the web
>> solution chooses to present the content to me and there is no way I
>> can change this to fit myself. Not to mention that I have to be happy
>> with the excessively crappy web forms text editor when composing
>> messages.
>>
>> It represents a step backwards in terms of usability, apparantly in
>> order to pave the way for a step forwards in implementation (i.e., use
>> web/jboss/whatnot). I don't like it when the usability of a service is
>> sacrificed in favour of some behind-the-scenes implementation details
>> that I couldn't care less about (as a user).
>>
>> But that's just me - a picky end user.
>>
>> As a developer, I find the jboss/jetty/web forum thing very
>> interesting. But I was very disappointed to learn that it won't
>> support SMTP as this limitation makes it largely useless for anything
>> halfway serious. In my opinion.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Bent D
>>
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