Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Michael wrote: > >> Based on the feedback of the group members they are going back to using >> email lists for communication. The consensus was the forum was too time >> consuming to use. > > Good for them! We had a discussion of this same issue on the LyX users > list a few weeks ago. The newcomers/Windows users wanted a GUI forum, the > rest of us preferred the mail lists. I think someone pointed out that gmane > (or something like that) allows subscribers to read and write from a web > interface. > > As far as I'm concerned, the major difference between a mail list and a > web-based forum is convenience. Mail lists push information to me so it > shows up in my INBOX or the appropriate mail folder. No work on my part. > Fora require me to go to a web page and pull the information down if I want > it. More time consuming and less convenient. > > Rich >
A group I am a member of recently changed from email to forum. The advantage of the forum as I see it is that there can be different groups within the forum, so that I can review the threads I am interested in, and skip the esoteric ones I am not. This, however, requires all posters to perceive the various categories similarly: does asking about a tire go in General or Technical? The forum allows notification by email of any new posting in my selected categories. This helps. As for as time is concerned, I am retired, so I move slowly anyway. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
