I like mailing lists because 1) using a gmail account, not only do I get my own searchable archive of all the messages, but I can keep that online and not worry about ever running out of space 2) I do #1 not just for LC but for every development tool I use. I have one account that gets every message from every list for every tool going back YEARS. In the case of some tools, since the very early days of gmail being invite-only 3) It's easy to pre-categorize for every tool and for threads, authors, and topics within that tool. I want to pay attention to what the smart kids are doing, so I can set up categories so that I can stalk them. 4) I don't have to go poking through the groups on a forum the way that the forum has them set up, or poking through them at all. In the case of some of the tools that have multiple lists for various topics (attempting to mimic the categorization of a forum but in a list), I can completely ignore the list boundaries because the categories can merge all the lists. 5) It's many fewer clicks to get into the mailing lists and scan the messages than it is to get through the forums and scan them, and since gmail changes the colors on threads I've viewed, I know right away if I'm current on a thread I'm watching or not.
Mailing lists are just much, much more convenient, IMHO. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
