run/own/etc. Each time a user surfed to the forum, that user is not just
getting a simple text message, but gobs of graphics, and other
bandwidth-sucking files. Even low-bandwidth forums, like punbb.org, cost
more [in bandwidth] to run than a mailman-hosted mailing list.
It also puts the burden of searching on the server hosting the forum, and
not your Mac. Thunderbird has a *great* search feature. Why not subscribe
to the list, have all traffic filtered to a certain folder, mark as read,
and then, when you are looking for something, open that folder and do a
search? If nothing is found, then one of the w3-based interfaces would
work. But remember, a search on your local system is merely asking OS X to
search its own hosted files. When you search via a forum, the server on
the other end is doing all the work. You might just be one user, but
imagine if 500 users do this same thing on this one server. Now you've got
both bandwidth and CPU issues.
Not to mention the fact the most forums are ugly as sin, difficult
to navigate, conducive to repetative-strain injuries, and just a PITA to
use in general.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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