On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:57:03 +0200 Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Op dinsdag 14 juni 2011 16:22:42 schreef Lee Forest: > [...] > > Android mail does that by default. But that just proves my > > other point. Half the time these replies complaining about top > > posting, lazyness, or 'netiquette' are being shot back instead > > of useful respones. In a forum this is much less of a problem. > > Most forums are only setup to send just your own reply to the > > topic, and quoting a specific post instead of the whole thread. > > Thus not letting the user quote that much at a time by default. > > Less redundancy by design, and we can move past the > > 'netiquette' complaints and focus on the topics more. And in > > the process actually modernize this communication system in a > > way that moves AWAY from mailboxes bombed with redundancy. > > Don't count on the users to use 'netiquette' because its been > > long proven that 'common sense is not all that common', and its > > by definition 'insane' to expect everyone to use it. Because it > > will always be a problem with some new users who are new to > > mailing lists. > > I never visit any of the forums. > > the problem with forums is: > - no textonly, so too much junk like html, colors, fonts and > whatnot: this means emphasis on appearance and not on content. > - there are more than one forums in all kinds of languages > > so you see, there's people who like forums and people who like ML > and it's one of the holy wars like the vi vs emacs one, just like > wobo said. > > this is completely open, everyone is allowed to say their saying, > there are only a few rules. > > i mean, if you _DO_ want to say your opinion, i think it's only > normal to make an effort for it. if you can't make the effort, > then perhaps it's not as high priority to yourself as you would > like to believe. > > and lastly, i am not fond of your wording choice: "modernizing" ? > makes me feel like an old dinosaur... Forums aren't exactly 'modern' - they're just a BBS with added graphics. -- Margot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Otford Ducks Computers** We teach, you learn... ...and, if you don't do your homework, we set the cat on you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~