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I'm only voting for a web forum if registration is forced. The mailing
list as it is now is fine by me. In fact I prefer it to web forums. But
in my opinion forced registration and, more particularly, the consequent
and entirely unexpected deluge of garbage would be a major turn off for
new users and that instantly tips the balance for me.
Don't forget too that many OO users are still on slow dial-up lines
using pay as you go tariffs so suddenly getting hundreds of irrelevant
e-mails a day, some with attachments, is not going to be well regarded
from a cost or time point of view. I really don't think we ought to be
inflicting that kind of punishment on some poor soul even if they
couldn't be bothered to read the FAQs.
Regards, Harold
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [users] Forced Registration For This List (was Re: [users]
Return receipts)
Robert wrote:
Well, here's a vote for retaining mailing lists. I detest web based
forums,
all with their own format, and usually unbearably slow.
+1
From my perspective, support offered is thru a web forum is akin to
saying "we don't care about helping you. Go buy/use the competitors
products."
that committed themselves voluntarily to answering questions of
others,
but is not good for people that just want an answer to their question.
I have major issues with a FLOSS email client. The only support offered
for it is on a web forum. I had to ask the same question four times,
before I got a response that was usable. I've never seen that type of
behavioral response on a mailing list. [Even Microsoft's stupid query
based bot provided more accurate help with Outlook, than the web forum
for that FLOSS email client provided.]
If you want to add some web based information, go ahead. Please do not
consider at all the idea of getting rid of the mailing list.
+1
xan
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