On Feb 21, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Geoff Perlman wrote:
I think this is a matter of which method (mailing list or web forum) you are accustomed to using. Having just compared reading and responding to messages on both, I can't see how the forums require more time than the mailing list.
I have to disagree. i use not web forums and mailing lists extensively and have for years... For heavy use (high traffic) navigating forums is significantly slower .. and how fast pages come up varies a good bit. Viewing downloaded messages does not.
Visually scanning a list of messages is quick... and with OSX mail threading that list can be much shorter (though I don't use it). Sorting by Date or author is something I find useful also as well as searching by key words.
also I have mailboxes see up I can drag message i want to to save to for reference... can't do that easily in for forums... Also forums can only be read while on-line... down loaded messages can be read at your leisure even when you don't have a connection (laptop or your ISP is having problems)
Mailing lists give me more control overall and are more efficient for me.
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