I agree - it's a thorny problem trying to meet the needs of new users (we'd like bring them in to the fold) and more sophisticated users such as yourselves. But, as a new user, I am prepared weed through the threads so I have a better understanding of the underlying issues and my options. Glenn On Feb 19, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote:
> On 2/18/2011 11:30 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: >> On 2011-02-17 9:18 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: >>> The presence of archives, or people coming in to a discussion that's >>> already underway, is the main reason that mailing lists differ from >>> normal conversational e-mailing where there may well be only two >>> parties, or several people who have all been there since the beginning, >>> where everybody just needs to see the most recent addition to the >>> conversation (or occasionally look deeper into the material for >>> reference) and top posting is the most effective way to keep >>> communications going. >> That makes much more sense on a FORUM... >> >> But, Barbara, honestly, I guarantee you the vast majority of people who >> participate on mail lists do not go to the archives to read entire >> threads... ever. They come here to post a question and get an answer. > > Understood. But we do have archives, and we do try to encourage people to use > them. That's why I say there's not ever likely to be a totally satisfactory > solution to this. > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
